Overview
Universities issue a digital degree credential that graduates can present anywhere, without delays or manual verification.
Why it matters
Degree fraud is costly and hard to detect. Verifiable Credentials allow employers and platforms to verify awards instantly while keeping students in control of their data.
Ecosystem roles
- Issuer: The education institution issuing the degree credential.
- Holder: The graduate storing the credential in a wallet.
- Verifier: Employers, regulators, or platforms validating the credential.
Assurance and lifecycle
Credentials can be revoked or updated if errors are found or qualifications change. Verifiers can check status without contacting the issuing institution directly.
| Objective | To issue a digital degree certificate to a graduate |
| Description | A digital degree certificate will be issued to a graduate, enabling them to use that digital degree to prove their education credentials. |
| Actors | Graduate |
| Dependencies | Graduate: has a digital student ID; qualifies to graduate; has a mobile device. |
| Preconditions | The graduate has been confirmed as qualifying to graduate. |
| Postconditions | The student has stored a digital degree certificate in their wallet. |
flowchart LR
UNI@{icon: "fa:graduation-cap", label: "University", pos: "b"} -->|Issues degree VC| WAL@{icon: "fa:wallet", label: "Wallet", pos: "b"}
WAL -->|Presents credential| VER@{icon: "fa:id-badge", label: "Employer / verifier", pos: "b"}
VER -->|Status check| REG@{icon: "fa:book", label: "Credential registry", pos: "b"}
sequenceDiagram
participant University
participant Wallet
participant Graduate
participant Verifier as Employer / verifier
participant Registry as Credential registry
University-->>Wallet: Issue degree VC
Graduate->>Wallet: Stores credential
Graduate->>Verifier: Present degree VC
Verifier->>Registry: Check status
Registry-->>Verifier: Valid
Verifier-->>Graduate: Verification complete
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