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by conzar 1162 days ago
In addition to my engineering degree, I also received a token degree in mathematics from the university where I studied.

It seems that this is a vestige of the past when the university was established and the only way to include engineering as a subject of study was to classify it as a subdivision of mathematics.

Although the university is not currently based in the UK, there was a time when it did not permit Catholics to enroll as students either...