20% OFF ALL FRAMES NOV 14 TO 21 PROMO CODE: EBF20 Your Diploma Deserves the Best
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20% OFF ALL FRAMES NOV 14 TO 21 PROMO CODE: EBF20 Your Diploma Deserves the Best
Enter EBF20 at check-out to get 20 % OFF.
Your diploma is the official receipt for your hustle, resilience, and a big chunk of change. So, why let it risk getting messed up in a drawer or a shipping tube? Your hard-earned achievement deserves to be honored and protected.
A professionally framed diploma protects your degree from damage while elevating its appearance and feel in your space, turning a hard-earned milestone into a lasting, visible symbol of success and pride.
With archival mats, UV-protective glazing, and precision craftsmanship, a custom frame preserves your diploma’s condition for decades and adds a polished, authoritative presence to your office or home.
With trusted makers like University Frames offering licensed, handcrafted options and easy online customization, it is simple to preserve your achievement with museum-level care and proudly showcase it for decades.
Let's be honest: your diploma is a monument to years of relentless effort, so why do we treat these monumental achievements like secrets, tucking them away in a drawer or a box?
Hiding your degree diminishes two critical things:
Proper, professional framing acts as a fortress against environmental threats like dust, fluctuating humidity, and damaging light, ensuring your credential lasts for generations. More importantly, when it is displayed prominently in your office or home, it becomes an instant source of motivation. Every time you glance at that beautifully framed achievement, you are reminded of what you overcame to get there, fueling your drive for what comes next.
Don't let your best achievement gather dust. Let it inspire your next move.
There is a huge difference between a cheap, off-the-shelf frame and one that is crafted by professionals, especially when you choose University Frames. DIY framing often uses standard materials that can actively damage your diploma over time.
Check how our professional framing differs from DIY in material quality, fit, and conservation practices. When it comes to preserving and displaying that achievement, the choice between professional framing and a do-it-yourself kit is about more than just aesthetics, it is about preservation and pride.
| Feature | Professional Framing (University Frames) | DIY or Store-Bought Frames |
|---|---|---|
| Preservation Quality | Archival Grade: Features acid-free and lignin-free matting to prevent yellowing, fading, or damage to your document over decades. Options for UV-protective or museum-quality glass. | Standard Quality: Typically uses non-archival, acidic materials that can degrade your diploma over time (acid burn). Standard glass offers little to no UV protection. |
| Authenticity & Design | Official Licensing: Guaranteed to feature your university's official seal, logo, or wordmark, often minted in 22K gold. Designs are officially approved and tailored to your school. | Generic Appearance: Uses unverified or stick-on seals and generic mat cuts. The final look lacks the official, sophisticated touch of a licensed product. |
| Materials & Craftsmanship | Superior Quality: Handcrafted in the USA using premium, solid hardwood moulding and meticulous, precision-cut matboards for a perfect, custom fit. | Basic Materials: Often made with low-grade wood composites, plastic, or metal with an approximate fit that can shift your diploma. |
| Fit and Finish | Precision-Cut: Each frame is custom-sized for the exact dimensions of your diploma, ensuring a seamless, high-end presentation. Includes easy, clear instructions for secure insertion. | Approximate Fit: Relies on standard sizes, which may require trimming, taping, or result in an ill-fitting display that wrinkles or shifts your document. |
| Time & Effort | Ready to Display: Delivered expertly crafted and assembled, requiring only a few minutes to insert your diploma and hang. | Time-Consuming: Requires sourcing materials, careful cutting, alignment, and assembly, which can be frustrating and may not yield a professional result. |
Professional framing also guarantees :
A well-designed college diploma frame adds polish and confidence to a workspace, enhancing the perceived value of the item and visually anchoring your credentials within your environment.
Custom framing options, like wood profiles, finishes, mat colors, and accents, make it easy to harmonize with existing décor or echo your school colors for a cohesive, intentional look.
Additionally, upgraded anti-reflection conservation acrylics provide clarity in bright rooms while maintaining UV protection, ensuring your diploma reads cleanly from any angle without distracting glare.
At University Frames, we handcraft diploma frames by using premium hardwood mouldings and custom mat colors that you can tailor to perfectly match your school's official palette or your personal vibe and decor.
A custom diploma frame can be more than a document holder.
It can become a narrative piece that reflects your academic journey, personal style, and career identity with thoughtful design choices and memorabilia integration. From selecting hardwood mouldings and mat textures to choosing anti-reflective or UV glazing, every element can be tailored to your tastes and environment while preserving the diploma’s integrity.
University Frames offers intuitive online designers to preview layouts, pick school colors, and configure features so the final frame mirrors your story, not a template.
When thoughtfully customized, your diploma frame becomes a daily reminder of resilience and growth, something that motivates you, inspires others, and feels unmistakably yours.
Officially licensed diploma frames are built to the exact specifications of each university’s diploma dimensions, eliminating guesswork and ensuring your document sits flat, secure, and perfectly aligned without buckling or gaps.
Because diploma sizes vary widely by institution, degree level, and even graduation year, a brand with verified school data removes the risk of ordering the wrong size and protects the document edges from stress over time.
University Frames has school-by-school size databases and offers pre-configured, school-specific layouts, so you get precision sizing plus authentic insignias in one step, no measuring required.
So, don't spend hours stressing over graduation frame sizes!
Licensed professional framers maintain the exact specifications for thousands of institutions. This means:
A framed diploma turns a quiet personal milestone into a visible source of motivation that can inspire colleagues, clients, and family members who see the dedication behind it.
In professional settings, prominent credentials build trust and credibility, reinforcing expertise while complementing the overall aesthetic of the office or home studio.
Over time, the display becomes a story piece, proof of the persistence that shaped your career and a reminder to aim higher in what comes next.
University Frames translates the years of your hustle and resilience into an heirloom. When you choose us, you choose unmatched quality, official authenticity, and dedication that DIY cannot match.
With University Frames, you are choosing the expert, licensed, handcrafted solution that turns your achievement into a permanent, polished symbol of proven success.
Professional diploma framing safeguards your diploma from UV, humidity, and acid damage while elevating its presence with precise sizing, official seals, and archival materials that stand the test of time. By choosing a custom, conservation-quality frame, you honor the emotional investment behind your degree and create a durable display that motivates, impresses, and preserves your achievement for decades to come.
Explore our collection of handcrafted custom diploma frames today and give your achievement the honor it deserves.
