Academic and professional qualifications are often shortened to appear after a name or in a list.
Use the shortened form of the qualification. Do not use full stops:
BA [Bachelor of Arts]
BEng [Bachelor of Engineering]
DipE [Diploma of Education]
MSc [Master of Science]
PhD [Doctor of Philosophy]
For an honours degree, include Hons in brackets with no space between the abbreviation and the bracket:
BSc(Hons)
If the qualification has a subject area, include it in brackets in full, with no space between the abbreviation and the bracket:
BA(Communications) [Bachelor of Arts in Communications]
MSc(Microbiology) [Master of Science in Microbiology]
If including a list of qualifications after a name, list the academic qualifications first, in order of achievement, then any professional qualifications or accreditations; do not use a comma after the name or between the qualifications:
Jane Smith BSc PhD MBA AE
For a person with a PhD, either use the qualification PhD after the name or the title Dr before, but not both:
Dr Peter Brown BSc(Hons)
or
Peter Brown BSc(Hons) PhD
