Transcript Requirements

Submitting your transcripts is a two-step process:

  1. Applicants will scan and upload an official transcript/academic record, that provides the institutional seal and signature of the Registrar or Recorder of Records, into the online application.
  2. Applicants are also required to submit an official transcript/academic record by mail or as an e-transcript, to Rackham, before the graduate program application deadline.

What transcripts are uploaded into the online application?

Applicants scan and upload a transcript/academic record that provides the institutional seal and signature of the Registrar or Recorder of Records into the online application. Academic records must show course work completed for a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Professional or Doctorate degrees.

Acceptable transcript/academic records:

  • A Bachelor’s, Master’s, Professional, and Doctorate degree
  • A University of Michigan transcript
  • Provide the following only if requested by the graduate program: community or junior college, non-degree, or study abroad transcript.

What transcripts are not uploaded into the online application?

Do not scan or upload into the online application:

  • Academic records printed from your schools website
  • An evaluation provided by a credential service, for example, Educational Credentials Evaluators (ECE) or World Education Services (WES)

What transcripts are mailed or submitted as e-transcripts to Rackham?

Applicants are also required to submit an official transcript/academic record by mail or as an e-transcript, to Rackham, before the graduate program application deadline. Academic records must show course work completed for a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Professional, or Doctorate degrees.

Mail paper transcripts or submit e-transcripts to Rackham. Acceptable transcript/academic record:

  • A Bachelor’s, Master’s, Professional, and Doctorate degree.

If you are currently enrolled in courses during the Fall semester (or quarter), do not send an updated transcript with grades for these courses after the semester/quarter has ended.

What transcripts are not mailed or submitted as e-transcripts to Rackham?

Do not mail or submit as an e-transcript to Rackham:

  • A University of Michigan transcript
  • A Community or Junior College, a non-degree, or a study abroad transcript
  • An evaluation provided by a credential service (e.g. Educational Credentials Evaluators – ECE and World Education Services – WES)

What Academic Credentials are Required from Non-U.S. Institutions?

Review transcripts that are required from institutions located outside of the United States for additional instructions.

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