Rudimental members Piers Aggett and Kesi Dryden have received honorary degrees from Leeds Metropolitan University.

The lads - who form half of the chart-topping group - became Hon Masters of Music at a graduation ceremony yesterday (July 24).

Both Aggett and Dryden attended the uni and graduated in 2008 with BSc (Hons) Creative Music and Sound Technology degrees.

[related]As part of Rudimental, they have gone on to score a No.1 album with Home, as well as two chart-topping singles.

Speaking of his honorary degree, Aggett stated: "This award means a lot. It's a big achievement and it feels amazing to be rewarded for our hard work.

"We've been successful for two years now and there have been so many highlights. The main one for me has been playing at Glastonbury this year."

Dryden added: "We've had so many career highlights it's hard to pick one - every couple of weeks there's something new, which is amazing. For me I would go with getting to number one with Feel the Lovewhich was our debut single, so that was special.

"The advice I'd give to students graduating today would be to work hard and put the hours in, whatever career it is that you want."

Leeds Metropolitan University's Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Price said: "Since graduating Piers and Kesi's success has known no bounds, and we could not be more proud of them and all that they have achieved.

"An inspiration to both our students and current graduates, they are living proof that hard work and determination does pay off. And we are delighted to recognise their contribution to the arts and the continued support they show to our university with their Honorary Masters of Music awards."

After the ceremony, the boys took to Twitter to post a snap of themselves in their robes, captioning the image: "Thanks for the honorary masters @leedsmet shame we couldn't stay to party #album2."

The rest of the groupalso commented on their degree, adding: "So Piers and Kesi are demanding we refer to them as #MasterP + #MasterDes now... thanks @leedsmet."

So Piers and Kesi are demanding we refer to them as #MasterP + #MasterDes now... thanks @leedsmet

— Rudimental (@RudimentalUk) July 24, 2014