Scottish university withdraws Trump's honorary degree

December 10, 2015 01:14

A Scottish university today revoked an honorary degree it awarded to Donald Trump amid an outcry over a call by the Republican presidential front runner to bar Muslims from entering the United States.

"In the course of the current US election campaign, Trump has made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university," said a spokesman for Robert Gordon University in a statement.

"The university has therefore decided to revoke its award of the honorary degree."

The university, based in the northern Scottish city of Aberdeen, awarded Trump an honorary doctorate of business administration in October 2010.

Earlier, the Scottish regional government sacked Trump as a business ambassador, saying the property tycoon was "no longer fit" to hold the position.

The billionaire, who has ancestral roots in Scotland, owns golf courses and hotels in the country.

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