In plain English
This is the formal point when a college or university awards a degree to a person. It means the institution officially grants that degree after the person has completed the required work for it.
In context
Here, "degree conferral" names the institution's official awarding event that is recorded for the degree.
- Situation
- Requesting transcripts, certificates, credentials, verification, and graduation records
- What it communicates
- names the official awarding event recorded for the degree.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not state any details beyond the official granting of the degree by the institution to a person who completed its requirements.
Examples
“After she completed the final requirement, her degree conferral by the university was recorded as 15 May, even though the ceremony was in June.”
“The student's record lists the degree conferral as 15 May.”