What a Valdorian degree is — and is not
The University of Valdoria confers honorary and ceremonial honours and issues genuine certificates of completion for its courses. These are real honours of the Republic and real records that you completed a course — sealed, and entered in the University Register. They are not accredited academic qualifications, are recognised by no ministry of education, and confer no academic or professional standing. Any real-world affiliation the University holds is listed openly below.
The Faculties
Faculty of Letters & Law
The word and the constitution
The study of Valdoria's poetry, its founding letters, and the Constitution that governs the Realm. Home of the national anthem and the works of the Republic's own poets.
Faculty of Desert Studies
The ground and its frontiers
Geography, cartography and the history of Bir Tawil — the unclaimed land in which the National Territory sits, and the two colonial lines that left it to no one.
Faculty of Sciences & Climate
The living desert
Desert ecology and the climate of the National Territory, from the fennec fox to the resurrection plant, and the readings published by the Climate Observatory.
Faculty of Strategy & Games
The national game and the long view
Chess — the national game of Valdoria — together with strategy, reason and the games of a landless nation that carries its board wherever it goes.
Honours of the University
Ceremonial degrees, fellowships and endowed chairs of the Republic.
Honorary degree
Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
D.Litt. (hon., Valdoria)
An honorary doctorate conferred by the University of Valdoria in recognition of service to letters, learning or the Republic. A ceremonial honour, sealed and entered in the University Register.
Honorary degree
Doctor of Desert Studies, honoris causa
D.D.S. (hon., Valdoria)
An honorary doctorate for those who champion overlooked places and the study of the frontier. Ceremonial, sealed, and recorded in the Register.
Fellowship
Fellow of the University of Valdoria
F.U.V. (hon.)
Admission to the Fellowship of the University — a standing honour for citizens who support the life of the national university.
Endowed chair
Endow a Named Chair
Endow a professorial chair in the faculty of your choosing and have it bear your name (or a name of your choosing) in the University Register, for as long as the Republic keeps its records.
Short Courses
Free to read. Each ends with a genuine certificate of completion in your name.
Short course · free
The Founding of Valdoria
A short reading course on how the Republic came to be: the two boundary lines of 1899 and 1902, the gap they left, and why a nation was declared upon it. Ends with a genuine certificate of completion.
Read the course →Short course · free
Reading the Arms: Valdorian Heraldry
A short course in the symbols of the Republic — the Gap device, the star, and the meaning carried by the flag, arms and seal. Ends with a genuine certificate of completion.
Read the course →Accreditation & Partners
The University of Valdoria currently holds no external accreditation, and lists no real-world partner institution. When the University enters a genuine, signed affiliation with a real institution, it will be named here — and only for what that institution actually accredits. Until then, we make no such claim.
The University Register
Those upon whom the University has conferred its honours.
No honours have been conferred yet. The first name in the Register could be yours.
Matriculate at the University
Citizens of the Republic may read its courses freely and be nominated for its honours.