# Category:certificate

**Source**: https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/careers/category/certificate/
**Parent**: https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/careers/2020/06/11/alumni-inspiration/

Whether you are graduating this year or just want to bank the award early, Eimear Gallagher, who heads up Queen’ s employability programme, is here to answer all your burning questions.

**What is Degree Plus?**

“Degree Plus is about encouraging you to get involved in extracurricular activities in and around Queen’s, but also to give you the opportunity to get a reward for that; to get an accreditation from the University and have it recorded on your Queen’s QSIS record,” says Eimear.

She adds: “At graduation, in addition to your Queen’s parchment confirming your degree, you also get a Degree Plus certificate. That is confirmation from the University that you completed an activity or activities and it will name the specific activities you have undertaken as well.”

**What counts towards Degree Plus?**

“There are a large number of activities to choose from, the last count was over 180. There are two different routes – Provider Verified and Combined Experience,” says Eimear.

View the [Provider Verified menu](https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/degreeplus/ProviderVerifiedActivityListFormerlyRouteA/)

View the [Combined Experience](https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/degreeplus/CombinedExperienceFormerlyRouteB/) menu

Provider Verified is the most common and straightforward route – around 2,000 students each year gain the award this way.

Combined Experience offer an opportunity to put yourself forward for the award -around 300 students gain the award this way each year.

Learn more about the [two types of Degree Plus](https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/careers/?p=459) here

**Who can apply for Degree Plus?**

It’s open to all students, both postgraduate and undergraduate, and you’ll get a Degree Plus, Graduate Plus or Researcher Plus certificate at graduation, depending on your study level.

For enquiries about Graduate and Researcher Plus, please contact [The Graduate School.](https://www.qub.ac.uk/graduate-school/development/researcher-plus/)

“There is no compulsion to do it,” says Eimear. “It’s for people who want to differentiate themselves and to stand out from the crowd; stand out from others with whom you’d be competing in graduate labour markets.”

*Eimear Gallagher is the Business Operations Manager at Queen’s Careers, Employability and Skills. To contact the Degree Plus team, email [degreeplus@qub.ac.uk](mailto:degreeplus@qub.ac.uk)*

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