What Does Post Nominal Mean in English?
Definition Postnominals Are Letters Placed Following a Person's Last Name to Indicate Education Qualifications, Title of Office, Decoration or Honour...
Definition
Postnominals are letters placed following a person's last name to indicate education qualifications, title of office, decoration or honour. Postnominals include abbreviations of an award or awarding institution.
How do you list post nominals?
Post-nominal letters should be listed in the following order:
- Civil honours.
- Military honours.
- Appointments (e.g. MP, QC)
- Higher Education awards (in ascending order, commencing with undergraduate)
- Membership of academic or professional bodies.
What letters can you put after your name?
In the United States, standard protocol is to list post-nominal letters in the following order:
- Religious institutions.
- Theological degrees.
- Military decorations.
- Academic degrees.
- Honorary degrees, honors, decorations.
- Professional licenses, certifications and affiliations.
- Retired uniformed service.
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