Ad eundem gradum degrees
Ad eundem gradum degree means a degree conferred by Senate without examination.
About ad eundem gradum degrees
- 1881: the Ad Eundem Degrees Act gave Senate the authority to admit graduates of other universities to degrees in this University, equivalent to those which they held ... View the page from the Register of Matriculants and Graduates listing the names of some of the first graduates of other universities admitted ad eundem gradum to a University of Sydney degree - in Latin.
- in the early years: ad eundem gradum degrees were applied and paid for, while a small number of degrees of Doctor of Laws were awarded ad eundem gradum to members of the Royal Family, Governors-General, distinguished soldiers and leaders of industry - as a form of honorary degree.
- 1951: the University's Act was amended to allow Senate to award honorary degrees, and ad eundem gradum degrees lapsed.
- 1984: Senate reactivated admission to ad eundem gradum degrees - long-standing full-time permanent members of the University’s academic staff who were not graduates of the University and who had completed a minimum of ten years’ service prior to their retirement may be considered by Senate, on their retirement, for admission ad eundem gradum to an appropriate degree of the University.
- 2004: the policy was broadened to include general staff
- today: the current policy
Ad eundem gradum degree recipients - by year
1880s / 1890s / 1900s / 1910s / 1920s / 1930s / 1940s / 1950s / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s
1880s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1881 |
– Rev H A Barker, BA Oxf - Bachelor of Arts |
| 1882 |
– Mr K T B Belgrave, MD Edin - Doctor of Medicine |
| 1883 |
– Arthur Wigram Allen, BA Melb - Bachelor of Arts |
| 1884 |
– The Most Reverend Alfred Barry, DCL Oxf MA DD Cantab - Doctor of Laws |
| 1885 |
– Richard Philp, MA LLD Dublin - Master of Arts & Doctor of Laws |
| 1886 |
– David Collingwood, MD Lond - Doctor of Medicine |
| 1887 |
– William Andrews, MB Melb - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| 1888 |
– Rev Andrew Gardiner, MA Edin - Master of Arts |
| 1889 |
– Professor Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart, MD Edin - Doctor of Medicine |
1890s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1890 |
– Francis Anderson, MA Glas - Master of Arts |
| 1891 |
– John Doyle, BA RUI - Bachelor of Arts |
| 1892 |
– Bella Halloran (nee Guérin), MA Melb - Master of Arts |
| 1893 |
– Henry Deane, MA Queen's Univ, Ireland - Master of Arts |
| 1894 |
– Arthur P Canaway, BA Oxf - Bachelor of Arts |
| 1895 |
– Archibald Henry Simpson, MA Camb - Master of Arts |
| 1896 |
– Francis Alexander Bennet, MD Aberd - Doctor of Medicine |
| 1897 |
– William Thomas Chenhall, MB Melb - Bachelor of Medicine |
1900s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1901 |
– His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, LLD Camb - Doctor of Laws |
| 1902 |
– Charles Grant Varley, LLB Adel - Bachelor of Laws |
| 1903 |
– James Dawson, MA Glas - Master of Arts |
| 1905 |
– Charles Gregory Wade, BA Oxf - Bachelor of Arts |
| 1906 |
– His Excellency the Right Honourable Henry Stafford, Baron Northcote, LLD Oxf - Doctor of Laws |
| 1907 |
– Alexander Mackie, MA Edin - Master of Arts |
| 1908 |
– Arthur Graham Butler, MB Camb - Bachelor of Medicine |
1910s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1910 |
– His Excellency the Right Honourable Frederick John Napier, Baron Chelmsford, MA Oxf - Master of Arts |
| 1911 |
– Mark Cowley Lidwill, MD Melb - Doctor of Medicine |
| 1912 |
– David John Davies, MA Camb - Master of Arts |
| 1914 |
– William Bateson, MA Cantab - Master of Arts |
| 1915 |
– Gertrude Maud Robinson, MSc Manc - Master of Science |
1920s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1920 |
– William L'Estrange Eames - Bachelor of Medicine |
| 1921 |
– Rev Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher, MA - Master of Arts |
| 1923 |
– Sir William Macewen - Doctor of Medicine |
| 1926 |
– Stanley Melbourne Bruce, BA LLD Camb LLD Edin - Doctor of Laws |
| 1927 |
– Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett - Master of Arts |
| 1928 |
– Joseph Bannon - Bachelor of Science |
1930s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1931 |
– The Rt Hon Earl Beauchamp - Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 |
– Mary Josephine Arnold, MA Melb - Master of Arts |
| 1933 |
– Emeritus Professor Sir Edgeworth David - Doctor of Science |
| 1934 |
– His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester - Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 |
– Dr Pierre Bovet - Master of Arts |
| 1938 |
– Dr Hugh Dalton - Doctor of Science |
1940s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1940s |
none were awarded |
1950s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1951 |
– Erwin Nathaniel Griswold, AM, LLB SJD - Doctor of Laws |
| 1952 |
– Raymond Abba, MA Camb - Master of Arts |
1960s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1960s |
none were awarded |
1970s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1970s |
none were awarded |
1980s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1984 |
– Dr Richard A Bauman, BA LLB SA PhD Witw - Master of Arts (Hons) |
| 1985 |
– Associate Professor Mervyn K Cooper, BSc NSW PhD Lond - Master of Science |
| 1986 |
– Professor James Makepeace Bennett AO, BE(Civ) BE(Mech&Elec) BSc Qld PhD Camb - Master of Engineering |
| 1987 |
– Dr Gayatri M Bhatt, BSc Bom MS PhD Wis - Master of Science in Agriculture |
| 1988 |
– Mr Hugh F Bartlett, MA Camb - Master of Engineering (Res) |
| 1989 |
– Dr L Roy Allen, BSc PhD Manc - Master of Science |
1990s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1990 |
– Professor Ivan Peter Barko, Commandeur des Palmes Académiques France LicPhilRom Brussels DU Stras - Master of Arts (Hons) |
| 1991 |
– Dr Eric Gross, MA MLitt DMus Aberd. FTCL Trinity College of Music - Master of Music |
| 1992 |
– Dr John P Brien, BAgrSc Melb MSc Wi. PhD Macq - Master of Agricultural Economics |
| 1993 |
– Associate Professor Barbara M Horvath, BA Calif State MA Mich State PhD George - Master of Philosophy |
| 1994 |
– Dr A Clive Crossley, BSc R'dg PhD Camb - Master of Science |
| 1995 |
– Associate Professor Dorothy Clampett, DipSci UTS DipEd Sydney Teachers Coll MSc University British Columbia - Master of Education (Hons) |
| 1996 |
– Ian George Bowie, MSc Manc - Master of Engineering |
| 1997 |
– Dr Ian Stuart Falconer, MSc New Zealand PhD ANU - Master of Science |
| 1999 |
– Dr Jane Hardie, MMus Melb PhD Michigan - Master of Music |
2000s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2000 |
– Associate Professor Helen Beh, BA PhD UNE - Master of Science |
| 2001 |
– Professor Charles Bridges-Webb, MBBS Melb MD Monash - Master of Medicine |
| 2002 |
– Associate Professor Ian Jack, MA Glasgow PhD London - Master of Letters in Public History |
| 2003 |
– Professor Paul James Crittenden, DD CITS BLitt Oxford - Master of Arts |
| 2004 |
– Dr Darien Lee Chinnery, BA Adel PhD UNSW - Master of Applied Science (Rehabilitation Counselling) |
| 2007 |
– Associate Professor Robert Batterham, BAgEc UNE MSc PhD Illinois - Master of Science |
| 2008 |
– Professor Rif Ebied, BA (Hons) Ain Shams - Bachelor of Arts |
| 2009 |
– Dr Fredoun Zeinalabedin Ahmadi-Esfahani, BSc Oregon MA SFSU PhDManitoba - Master of Agricultural Economics |
2010s
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2011 | – Associate Professor Gerard Sullivan, BBSc DipEd La Trobe MA PhD Hawaii - Master of Health Science |
| 2012 | – Dr Margaret Edmond, BSW UNSW PhD Qld - Master of Social Work |
| – Dr Ronald John Balnave, BSc PhD UNSW - Master of Science in Medicine | |
| – Dr Laura Corinne Batmanian, BSc(Hons) PhD Melbourne - Master of Science in Medicine | |
| – Dr John Alexander Burne, BSc(Hons) PhD NE - Master of Science in Medicine | |
| – Dr Gary Mark Lee, BSc PhD UNSW MBA UQ - Master of Science in Medicine | |
| – Dr Gilbert John Vella, BSc(Hons) PhD UNSW DipEd STC - Master of Science in Medicine |
Ad eundem Degrees Act of 1881
AN ACT to empower the Senate of the University of Sydney to confer degrees in certain cases without Examination and to give to Bachelors of Arts the right of voting in certain cases.
[Assented to 23rd March, 1881.]
.. And whereas it is expedient that the said Senate should be empowered to grant degrees without examination in the cases hereinafter specified. ... Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:–
I. Any degree which the Senate of the University of Sydney is now or may hereafter be empowered to certain cases confer after examination may at the discretion of the said Senate be conferred without examination in the said University upon any person who shall have obtained a corresponding or equivalent degree in any other University recognized by the By-laws of the University of Sydney in force for the time being and the persons so admitted to such degrees shall be entitled to the same
rights and privileges as appertain to those who have taken the same degrees in the ordinary course in the University of Sydney.
II. The provisions of this Act shall be carried into effect in accordance with such By-laws as may be made and approved in the manner prescribed by the said recited Act of Council.
...
IV. This Act shall be styled and may be cited as the "Ad eundem Degrees Act of 1881."
Related 1880s By-law
151. Admission ad eundem gradum in this University may, at the discretion of the Senate, be granted without examination to Graduates of the following approved Universities, – that is to say, the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dublin, the Queen's University of Ireland, and the Royal University of Ireland lately established in its place, and the Universities of Melbourne, New Zealand, and Adelaide; and may also be granted to Graduates of such other Universities as the Senate may from time to time determine. Provided always that they shall give to the Registrar, to be submitted to the Senate, sufficient evidence of their alleged Degrees respectively, and of their good fame and character. Upon the approval of his application each candidate shall pay to the Registrar a fee of Two Pounds for the entry of his name on the University books in addition to the prescribed fee for his Degree.