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How to Display University Degrees

Framing and hanging university degrees for display not only helps boost your self-esteem by making you feel proud of your accomplishments, but it can also help you appear more professional and have coworkers and clients trust in you more. Doctors, lawyers, dentists, and people in other professions often display a degree for this very reason. You can hang the diploma in a frame on a wall at your home or office with a few basic tools.

Things You'll Need

  • Picture frame
  • Pencil
  • Nail
  • Hammer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Choose a picture frame. The size of frame you need depends on the size of paper your university degree is printed on, and the color is mainly personal preference. You may want to find a frame in the same color as the font or an image on the paper, to make it stand out.

    • 2

      Locate the mount on the back of the picture frame. On some frames there are mounts on all four sides, whereas on others there is only one. Determine which way the frame gets mounted before inserting your degree, to ensure it is displayed correctly.

    • 3

      Remove the back from the picture frame. Typically, there are two to four plastic or metal prongs that slide over the back of the picture frame securing it in place. You simply move these prongs to the side out of the way with your fingers to remove the back piece.

    • 4

      Place the paper face down on the picture frame, so the writing on the paper is visible through the glass front of the picture frame.

    • 5

      Replace the back of the picture frame and move the prongs back into place to secure.

    • 6

      Mark a spot on the wall where you wish to hang your degree. You can draw a small dot with a pencil on the wall; this helps create a center point and you will not be able to see the mark after hanging the picture.

    • 7

      Press the end of a nail straight onto the pencil mark, and hammer it into the wall with a hammer, leaving only about 2 cm of the nail sticking out from the wall.

    • 8

      Press the picture frame on the wall over the nail and slide the head of the nail into the mount on the back of the frame.

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