Official Transcripts

Any official transcripts uploaded through the online application can be used to render an admissions decision but will be considered unofficial. Now that you have been admitted to the online program, you will need to send your official transcripts to the Graduate School. You must request that official transcripts for each post-secondary school attended be sent to The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill. You will not be able to register for classes until we receive all of your official transcripts.

This includes all transcripts from colleges, universities, community colleges, summer sessions or extension programs you have attended since graduating from high school. Academic transcripts uploaded to the online application are considered unofficial and do not fulfill this requirement.

The Graduate School
ATTN: Graduate Admissions
Office 200 Bynum Hall, CB# 4010
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4010

You may also request that your school(s) email an authenticated electronic transcript to gradadmissions@unc.edu. Please ensure that any transcript-issuing institutions are capable of sending authenticated electronic transcripts. We cannot accept electronic transcripts in any other form from you or your school.

Official transcripts:

Must be received directly from each post-secondary school on paper or by certified electronic copy via e-transcript services such as Parchment or the National Student Clearinghouse.
Must be properly signed or authenticated.
Must be complete (not select courses).
Must include full course names and grades.
Must be issued in the original language and be accompanied by certified English translations (when applicable).
Must show the award of degree if completed. If your school’s transcripts do not indicate degrees (e.g., mark sheets), you must include a separate certified copy of the diploma or degree certificate.

We cannot accept:

Unofficial transcripts.
Transfer credit listed on the transcripts of other schools: Transcripts must be submitted directly from the school at which the courses were taken.
Incomplete transcripts: If you are completing or have just completed a degree, wait until you have a final transcript. Your transcript must show that all of your coursework is complete and that you have been awarded your degree.
Credential evaluation reports such as those issued by WES or ECE:. These reports may be used as certified translations, but they do not take the place of official transcripts issued directly by the school.