拉丁文学位荣誉是许多欧美国家大学的传统，用来奖励特别优秀的学士、硕士或博士，有时也作为学位评分的标准，最常用的荣誉有：

在德国，拉丁文学位荣誉同时是博士学位的评分等级：

与德国其他评分系统不同，博士评分若得到4分，即所谓的insufficienter，则代表博士学位不通过。

在荷兰，只使用两种学位荣誉：met genoegen ("with pleasure"，令人愉悦的)和 Cum Laude（优等）。Cum Laude通常用于奖励特别杰出的成就。通常少于20%的学生获得"with pleasure"荣誉。"Cum Laude"则更难获得. 具体的要求因学校而不同，但是总体来说"Cum Laude"只给在本科课程中的佼佼者（类似于美国学校颁发的summa 或者 magna cum laude）。相比硕士毕业生，博士毕业生也能够被授予“cum laude”,但是更为罕见。通常少于5%的博士毕业生可获得该荣誉，而且仅仅当他们的研究成果被评判为杰出。由于很难判别，一些学校和专业基本上不授予博士生“cum laude”.

Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree was earned. This system is primarily used in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, and many countries of continental Europe, although some institutions use translations of these phrases rather than the Latin originals. The honours distinction should not be confused with the "postgraduate" (With) Honours or Cum Honore degree, which is the continuation of a completed (Honours) Bachelor's degree program in the same field e.g. in Australian, South African, Canadian, and New Zealand universities.