This Columbia University diploma sample opens with the trustees’ name and the line “In the City of New York.” Widely spaced capitals give the heading room, while the smaller text records completion of the studies and degree requirements. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences appears in the dean’s signing label below. A gold-toned seal sits between the two signatures.
Sample Details
Document type: University degree certificate sample.
Layout: Landscape format with centred text and no printed border.
Opening wording: “To all persons to whom these presents may come greeting.”
School named: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Signing roles: Dean of the Faculty; President of the University.
Obscured fields: Recipient name, degree title and part of the date.




