September 27, 2025

Custom Degrees (Repost - Update)

This mod requires LOT51 Core Library

LANGUAGES:

  • Spanish by Stephen

UPDATES: 

  • 27/09/2025

Repost to rewrite the description, only the books in this mod needed an update, but I wanted to rewrite the STBL, make it easier to install, and finally complete it. Old translations will not work with this new version!

This mod simply adds more degrees to choose from, they work like Maxis, but currently don't give a career bonus, despite the claim to the contrary.

Keep reading for the download links!

Degrees Added:

Humanities (distinguished in Britechester)

Archaeology, Folklore & Mythology, Music Arts, Philosophy, Digital Media, Education, Photography, Painting Arts, Social Justice, Legal Studies (NEW), Fashion & Styling (NEW), Interior Design (NEW)

Scientific(distinguished in Foxbury)

Chemistry, Health and Fitness Science, Veterinary Medicine, Medical Science, Environmental Science, Criminology, Mathematics (NEW), Astrophysics (NEW), Marine Biology (NEW), Games Development (NEW), Botany & Plant Science (NEW), Nutrition & Dietetics (NEW), Animal Behaviour (NEW)

Downloads:

Main File (Required)

Tuning File (Required) 

There are two versions, one with Maxis vanilla cost (240) one with my edited cost for the courses (2400), only install one!

DOWNLOAD

Other relevant mods:

Maxis Courses Cost More

Higher Maxis Scholarships (to compensate)

Every course has its own book and presentation:

Because they solely deal with transmitting information to the main University Career on what skills to improve, what presentation to give and what diploma to create, once you join a course, you're inside the Maxis system rather than the mod one.

This means that grades, lessons not taking place, exams not happening or any other issue with the career itself, don't depend on this mod.

Comments (83)

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Mariama Gomis · September 26, 2026

Heyy! I just wanted to ask if this mod is compatible with the most recent update :)

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Kayla Owens · September 23, 2026

I cannot get the custom degrees to show up in game have everything enabled and doesnt show

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Xavier Joseph · September 15, 2026

Creo que deberias revisar tus mods y actualizarlos anda dando problemas

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kiele · September 13, 2026

Hi, i’ve been having an issue where i keep getting Last exceptions and better exceptions related to this mod. it says its a tuning issue. (i have the newest version of Lot51)

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Nari · August 17, 2026

Hi, I just downloaded this mod, but it won't let me enroll in any degree program at either of the two universities; they appear greyed out and are labeled as "distinguished degrees." I've tried both universities, cleared my cache, and kept only this mod and the Lot51 Core in my mods folder, but it still doesn't work. I even tried using MCC cheats, but that didn't help either. Does anyone have a solution?

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Simadream · August 15, 2026

this mod gets flagged as broken by BE and gives me a lot of LE's

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · August 15, 2026

do you have the core library?

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Hollie Wheeler · August 6, 2026

Hey, I've had this mod for ages and have recently not been able to use it. It hasn't worked in my game for a while now, I'm wondering if this is down to me or if the mod needs updating?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · August 6, 2026

might be the core library that requires updating

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Marie-France Quesnel · July 6, 2026

i have BE invalid tuning mods

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · July 8, 2026

that's caused by the snippet for the Core Library that BE doesn't recognise

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Isabel Bryant · June 19, 2026

in my game the regular degree programs for this mod are greyed out. Is that supposed to happen?

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moni · May 28, 2026

i need to know which skills are required for the distinguished degrees

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TayTay_2069 · May 2, 2026

what skill do I need to unlock the Veterinary Medicine degree?

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Rachel · April 28, 2026

my sim wants to study Veterinary Medicine but can't, what skills does he need to study it? (everything is listed as distinguished degrees) I've cleared cache and my lot51 script is up to date

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Doni Gib · April 24, 2026

does anyone know if the course and scholarships mod still work?

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stonesdias · April 12, 2026

Hey! Thanks for all your hard work. As of a week ago I think it's been giving me BE errors even with the core library updated

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Kimoo · February 22, 2026

Hello Zero, thank you for your work. Sorry to bother you but is it still working ? I have a BE error. I try to delete all my mods and check by parts, but it's still the same. Thanks

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · February 22, 2026

Still working in my game with no LE, make sure the core library is up to date

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aeriufoalh · January 22, 2026

Just wondering, since when did the Medical Science Degree became "Not Distinguished" Degree for Foxbury? I thought it was Distinguished Degree for Foxbury?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · January 23, 2026

It still is, nothing has been changed.

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Ethereal Lith · November 27, 2025

Finally. I been wanting to pretend i take criminology and not just 'villainy'.

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Vanessa L · November 6, 2025

Hi! This is my first time using your mod and I liked the new degrees. As a suggestion, I think it would be good if you added what skills are needed for each degree since not everyone has all the expansions/packs and we choose degrees that will ultimately lead us to nothing more than a terrible F

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aeriufoalh · October 2, 2025

Thanks for update.

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dipsiesnows · October 1, 2025

Hi, the google drive links arent working in this post

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Akenn Art · October 2, 2025

Yeah, I noticed that too.

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Skylar Gill · September 22, 2025

hi im not sure if its an issue on my end but the drive links for the courses cost more and higher scholarships isnt working

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · October 1, 2025

I'll check, they probably got unlinked because I edited the post from mobile.

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BearRhi ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ♡ · September 14, 2025

Hi! I got a BE error saying that this mod is broken due to an invalid "ScienceUniversity" tuning. I'm still trying to see if it's usable even with the error, but I just wanted to let you know

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aiks483 · September 6, 2025

Are you planning any update regarding new skills? Or other subjects - even within existing fields? It would be nice to see something thematic instead of throwing logic, charisma, and sports everywhere (bowling, baking, dancing, DJ mixing, instruments - guitar, pipe organs, flower arranging, acting, juice fizzing, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, cross-stitch, nectar making, gemology, romance, thanatology, pottery, tattooing, apothecary, natural living, archery, diving, origami, and enthomology - this could really nicely complement fields like nutrition & dietetics, health and fitness, chemistry, environmental science, botany and plant science, or style & fashion).

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Arianna Mota · August 23, 2025

hi, I'm trying to make my sim do his homework and it keeps cancelling out. any idea why?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · August 23, 2025

hard to say, the homework side is entirely Maxis. Can they do homework for unmodded degrees?

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Perfect Waifu · August 18, 2025

Is there a list of what skills/requirements are needed for Veterinary Medicine? It's greyed out and says my sim doesn't meet the required skills for a distinguished degree. She's maxed out in veterinary skills and all the skills for the biology degree. When I try to pursue a regular Veterinary Medicine degree, it tells me it's distinguished and gives me the same message, even though it isn't. Core library is updated.

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · August 18, 2025

That sometimes happens when the mod is installed mid save. Use the university cheat menu to enroll, that one rerolls the acceptance loot which is the one that isn't updating. Just opening the university selection panel from the cheats fixes it.

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Nicole Harrison · August 4, 2025

we may need an update for the new Fairies pack. I followed the instructions but the degrees are just not showing up at all, not greyed out, missing entirely. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · August 5, 2025

Update the core library.

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Ayanna · July 29, 2025

Hi Zero :) I hope you are well. I recently deleted my mods folder and have been trying to reinstall your maxis cost more and longer university terms but can't find them anywhere. Are they discontinued?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · July 30, 2025

They're in the new tweaks post.

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aiks483 · July 24, 2025

Hey, I made a Polish translation of this mod, could I upload it somehow?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · July 24, 2025

I usually direct people to post them on discord, I grab them from there and add them to the main mods.

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Belle · June 18, 2024

hello i am having the issue where it is greyed out.

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Dejae Yates-Dailey · May 10, 2024

So test it without the tuning file?

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Dejae Yates-Dailey · May 10, 2024

Hi, when I try to enroll my sim into one of the degrees it doesn’t show up on the school tab and just takes my money for the class, I have the main package and the tuning file in my mods folder along with the lot 51

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · May 10, 2024

Test the mod alone with the core library.

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Amanda Barrington · May 9, 2024

Hi! My sim was doing Chemistry and one of the courses (I think chemistry and kinetics) does not have a skill attached to it, so she got an F on the course. I got her to redo it in the new term and same thing happened

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · May 10, 2024

The two skills for that degree are logic and herbalism. If you don't have OR one of the skills will not show up causing that issue.

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dipsiesnows · December 14, 2023

Hi! Will you be making the custom degree creation file available at some point for creating more degree?

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Lily N. Bstn · December 3, 2023

all custom degree are unavailable to me, and i tried a lot to make it work. On one of the comment, i think i remember you suggesting to clear the cache or something ? i think the person said it didn't work for them, but ill try it. How i do that ? clear cache from what ? but i have to report it to you, in case clearing the cache wont work

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dipsiesnows · November 19, 2023

I got an error on BE saying the tuning costs more package is invalid for course data_archeology_classesD and the fitness major, and also an invalid tuning error for main package regarding arts university

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 20, 2023

It's a conflict with anotherod overriding the arts and science university tuning.

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shatinnsims · November 19, 2023

having greyed out degrees. i have latest core lot51, main custom degree and cost more file in only. please any tip or help? thank you.

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 19, 2023

Try deleting the cache, someone fixed it that way. Someone else fixed it by testing on a nex save

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Kuroko Tetsuya · November 19, 2023

what's the difference with Zero_CustomDegrees_Main_Andirz and Zero_CustomDegrees_Main? which one should I use?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 19, 2023

main. the other one was a compatible version not required anymore, read the description.

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María Salas · November 17, 2023

Hi, im having the same problems as others, when I try to choose a degree all the degrees from this mod are grayed out and I get a message " this is a distinguished degree at this university. Anyone who solved this can help? Ty!

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 17, 2023

Check if: you have installed one of the tuning packages, you don't have installed both tuning packages.

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Caren Joseph · November 12, 2023

I installed it again I

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Caren Joseph · November 12, 2023

I believe I install it wrong

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Caren Joseph · November 12, 2023

I got it to work

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 12, 2023

What was the problem?

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ITSoXoPINKYoXo · November 12, 2023

What is the difference between the tunning packages?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 12, 2023

The cost (EA 240 my version 2400)

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Xavier Joseph · November 11, 2023

Muchas gracias por integrarle mi traduccion Soy Stephen !!!! este mod me encanta asi tengo mas oportunidades de que mis Sims estudie otras carreras.

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Caren Joseph · November 11, 2023

Is anyone else getting this message

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Caren Joseph · November 11, 2023

I downloaded this for the first time but when I try to choose a degree all the degrees from this mod are grayed out and I get a message " this is a distinguished degree at this university. Your sim's skills are not sufficient to be accepted here. Feel free to join a non-distinguished degree or try another university

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Kathryn Brough · November 11, 2023

Hi, I seem to be having some issues with this mod. I've installed all the different files I need I think, and the new degrees are showing up, however they are all locked off saying that they are distinguished and my sim doesn't have enough skill points to unlock them, even the undistinguished versions have the same message? My sim is also lvl 10 in some skills and quite high in others so I would hope some of the degrees would be unlocked?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 11, 2023

All the different files means both the tuning files?

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The Lucky Ace Co · November 11, 2023

I feel like EA/Maxis owe you a big old chunk of money, for all the work you put in, filling in the gaps they leave in their expansion packs! I am so grateful for your time, and effort! <3

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MarLisa L Martin · November 11, 2023

Finally a Medical Science and Animal science degree! I don't feel so alone anymore lol

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chloe · November 11, 2023

Hi there! I was wondering if there is anywhere in particular to go to for mod support? I'm having some troubles with this mod (i.e. Britechester doesn't show up in the first step of enrollment, there are doubles of the custom degrees, and no electives are listed). Thanks!!

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Isis Hiwatari · November 10, 2023

Are the tweaks and fixes mods still necessary with this mod?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 10, 2023

This doesn't touch anything from maxis

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dipsiesnows · November 8, 2023

is the costumdegrees_andirz version still compatible?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 8, 2023

not needed anymore, Lot51 added a university injector so the override isn't necessary anymore

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Michelle Broadnax · November 7, 2023

The degrees aren't showing up for me. They're in the list but they have no names to them.

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 8, 2023

What language are you playing in?

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AuroraChick · November 2, 2023

I cant choose any of the degrees

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 2, 2023

You're not the first to have this problem. Test the mod alone and let me know how it goes

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dipsiesnows · November 2, 2023

Will you be planning on creating/adding more custom degrees like Accounting & Finance, etc?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 2, 2023

Maybe, I have the template to make them relatively quickly

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Victoria Pascal · November 1, 2023

I already have the 2 files that are in the depreciated google folder.. should I delete these from my game when updating this mod?

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Zero's Sims 4 Mods · November 1, 2023

Yes. Those files aren't required anymore because I used the core library to inject the majors. Make sure to have the version 1.12 minimum of the core library.

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Christine Reynolds · September 1, 2023

is required degrees for promotion included?