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THE INSTITUTE OF QUESTIONABLE QUALIFICATIONS
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THE INSTITUTE OF QUESTIONABLE QUALIFICATIONSSpecimen certificateMaster of Advanced LazinessPREVIEW — NOT ISSUED Established 202685QUALIFICATIONS AVAILABLE US$5.00 per certificate Academic value: None whatsoever
THE PROCEDURE
Recognition, made official.
A few particulars are all the Academic Board requires before it can confer an entirely unnecessary distinction.
Submit the evidence
Add their name, an optional portrait, and a concise academic justification.
Make it official
Review the certificate, then pay US$5. Issuance begins after payment confirmation.
A FIRST DISTINCTION
Your first certificate
Enter your first name and let the Academic Board draw a lighthearted sample distinction.
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IQQ / SPECIMEN
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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
A distinction for every kind of achievement.
Browse the Institute’s carefully maintained collection of qualifications with no practical application.
IQQ / 01School of Workplace Diplomacy
Certified Suck-Up
Master of Strategic FlatteryFor agreeing with the boss before the question is finished.
Award This QualificationIQQ / 02School of Unconventional StyleCertified Fashion Criminal
Master of Questionable Wardrobe CombinationsFor combining garments that had never formally agreed to meet.
Award This QualificationIQQ / 03School of Alternative FactsCertified Liar
Master of Creative Truth ManagementFor presenting the same everyday event in increasingly interesting versions.
Award This QualificationIQQ / 04Faculty of Social RelationsCertified Rude
Doctor of Interpersonal DisregardFor turning a simple conversation into an exercise in collective patience.
Award This QualificationTHE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
A certificate worthy of its subject.
Considered typography, formal language, and all the solemnity the Academic Board can muster. Each issued certificate is designed to be kept, shared, and questioned.
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Four considered visual editions
02
Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish
03
A document worthy of a frame
The Institute of Questionable Qualifications
Certificate of Questionable Achievement
School of Aesthetic Misfortune
hereby recognizes
Alex Morgan
and confers the distinction of
Certified Ugly
Bachelor of Unfortunate Appearance
For a highly individual approach to conventional beauty standards.
IQQ
REGISTRY
REGISTRY
THE REGISTRY OFFICE
Ridiculous. But verifiable.
Issued certificates receive a unique number, a QR and a digital signature. Consult the Institute’s registry to verify issuance by IQQ, never the claim itself.
Unique certificate number and QR
Digitally signed registry record
Online verification
A MOST UNEXPECTED HONOUR
Give the gift nobody asked for.
Nominate a friend and optionally send one surprise invitation by email. They can reveal the certificate, report it or stop further invitations.
MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD
There is a distinction for every occasion.
Every group of friends has a few matters that deserve formal recognition. The Board is ready to hear them.
The diploma nobody saw coming.
If your parents doubt you’ll ever get a certificate from a great institution and your friends keep calling you ugly, IQQ has a solution for both conversations.
Certified UglyBring it before the BoardDinner at eight. Arrival at dessert.
For the friend who is always five minutes away, even before leaving home. After so many missed starters, that consistency deserves a place on the wall.
Certified LateBring it before the BoardA wardrobe beyond peer review.
Socks and sandals at the barbecue? Three prints fighting over the same outfit? Bring the case before the Board. Such bold research deserves a formal title.
Certified Fashion CriminalBring it before the Board