.degree Domain
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What is a .degree domain?
The .degree domain suits universities, professional training bodies and online course providers. Be clear about what it does not do: the registry is contractually committed to open registration and cannot restrict who buys one, so a .degree address is not evidence that anything has been accredited. That matters more here than on most extensions. In the UK, section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988 makes it an offence to advertise an unrecognised degree, and advertisements are named in the Act, so the address has to be backed by a real awarding power.
Who should register .degree?
Universities, recognised awarding bodies, professional certification providers, and online course platforms that can back the claim.
Why choose .degree?
- Names what you award in a single word
- Separates formal education from informal
- Short and easy to say aloud
- Works for both campus and online learning
Who runs .degree, and since when
Registry data from the .degree delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Generic (gTLD)
- Registry operator
- Dog Beach, LLC
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 2014
- Delegated 22 May 2014
- Who can register
- Open to anyone; the registry is contractually committed to not restricting registration
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £41.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
What UK law says about the word degree
The interesting rule about .degree is not the registry's, it is Parliament's. Section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988 makes it a criminal offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine, for anyone in the course of business to grant, offer to grant, or issue any invitation relating to an award that is described as a degree and may reasonably be taken to come from a UK institution, unless it is a recognised award. Section 214(10) is explicit that an invitation includes a circular, prospectus or advertisement, and a website is an advertisement.
A recognised award means one granted by a body with degree awarding powers under Royal Charter or an Act of Parliament, or authorised under sections 42, 45 or 51 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. In England the Office for Students is the authority that designates them.
The registry checks none of that. Specification 11 of the .degree registry agreement commits the operator to open registration in so many words, and forbids it from limiting eligibility by identity. Registration is instant and anonymous in the sense that matters here. What determines whether you may lawfully offer a UK degree is your authorisation, and it exists entirely outside the domain name system.
Is .degree the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.degree works well if
- You already hold degree awarding powers and want a memorable address for a specific programme, campus or admissions campaign.
- You are an awarding body or a professional certification scheme whose qualifications are recognised, and the word describes exactly what you issue.
- You run a comparison or advice service about degrees, where the extension describes the subject rather than claiming to award anything.
Look elsewhere if
- You offer awards that are not recognised UK degrees. Section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988 makes advertising them as degrees a criminal offence, and the domain will not shield you from it.
- You want the extension to do the credibility work. Nothing is verified at registration, so the address proves nothing that your accreditation page does not have to prove anyway.
- You are a UK institution competing for UK applicants in search. The .ac.uk and .co.uk both carry UK signals that .degree does not, at a lower annual cost.
Teaching courses that do not award a degree? .education describes what you do without making a claim about the award. See .education pricing.
.degree vs .education: which should you register?
The words carry different legal weight, which is unusual for two extensions from the same registry family. Education describes an activity and nobody regulates the word. Degree describes an award, and in the UK the award is regulated whatever domain sits underneath it. That makes .education the safer default for anyone teaching, training or coaching, and .degree the specific choice for a body that actually confers qualifications.
Cost tilts the same way, with .education the cheaper of the two annually. If you are weighing them up and your organisation does not hold degree awarding powers, the decision is already made: take the .education, describe your accreditation honestly on the page, and leave .degree to the institutions that can back it.
.degree domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .degree domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyAnyone. The registry agreement with ICANN includes a public interest commitment to open registration, stating that second level names will be open and available to lawful registrants and that the operator will not limit registrant eligibility based on identity. There is no accreditation check, no institutional test and no documentation to supply. The extension is a dictionary word the registry sells, not a credential the registry issues.
No, and it is a criminal matter rather than a policy one. Section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988 makes it an offence, in the course of business, to grant, offer to grant or issue an invitation relating to an award described as a degree that may reasonably be taken to be from a UK institution, unless it is a recognised award. Advertisements and prospectuses count as invitations. Degree awarding powers come from Royal Charter, an Act of Parliament, or an authorisation under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
For a UK university the .ac.uk stays the primary address, because it is restricted to recognised institutions and British applicants read it as proof. A .degree is useful alongside it as a campaign or programme address that is short enough to print on a poster and say aloud at an open day. Buying .degree instead of the .ac.uk would trade a recognised signal for a generic one, which is the wrong direction.
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