diploma mill

English

Noun

diploma mill (plural diploma mills)

1. A business that sells fake diplomas or academic degrees.
2. (education, derogatory) A disreputable university, churning out diplomas to unqualified students.

Coordinate terms

• accreditation mill, ordination mill, paper mill

Translations

university churning out diplomas to unqualified students

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野雞大學／野鸡大学 (zh) (yějī dàxué), 學歷工廠／学历工厂 (xuélì gōngchǎng), 虛假大學／虚假大学 (xūjiǎ dàxué), 學店／学店 (zh) (xuédiàn), 文憑工廠／文凭工厂 (wénpíng gōngchǎng)

• Finnish: diplomitehdas
• French: usine à diplômes (fr) f
• German: Titelmühle f
• Hungarian: diplomagyár
• Portuguese: uniesquina f
• Russian: фа́брика дипло́мов f (fábrika diplómov), фа́брика степене́й (fábrika stepenéj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can