This dimension groups qualifications by the type of body that awards them, a university, a professional body or a government agency. Wikipedia notes that an academic degree is "a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education," awarded in every case by one specific kind of body. Browsing by awarding body type keeps qualifications awarded the same way grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Academic degree
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The University of Bologna in Italy, regarded as the oldest university in Europe, was the first institution to confer the degree of Doctor in Civil Law in the late 12th century.
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