Laurea

In Italy, the laurea is the main post-secondary academic degree. The name originally referred literally to the laurel wreath, since ancient times a sign of honor and now worn by Italian students right after their official graduation ceremony and sometimes during the graduation party. A graduate is known as a laureato, literally "crowned with laurel."

This article is about the Italian academic degree. For the university of applied sciences in Finland, see Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
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