Official Transcripts and Degree Certificates
Request your official transcripts be submitted to PSU in their original sealed envelopes from all schools attended. All documents submitted to Portland State University become the property of Portland State University and cannot be photocopied or returned. Official documents received after the August 1 deadline for fall term enrollment may impact a student's ability to receive or remain eligible for institutional, state or federal funds.
Official documents must arrive at Portland State in the original sealed envelope as issued by the originating institution, with an institutional stamp or signature on the closed envelope flap. An official transcript or degree certificate is a verification of your academic record issued in the original language from the original issuing source (i.e., college, university, technical school, or secondary school).
Official transcripts or degree certificates issued in languages other than English must be translated into English and submitted to Portland State along with the original official documents.
The following items are NOT official transcripts or degree certificates:
- a document that arrives at Portland State without an envelope or in an open envelope
- a document that has been authorized by an official notary or government office
- a photocopy of a document
- a translation of a document which is not sent with the original official document
Attested International Documents
Many international schools issue only one original transcript or degree certificate. Do not submit your original copy to Portland State. Instead, request that the issuing institution attest a copy of the document.
To request an attested document, send a photocopy (never the original) of the document to the institution that originally issued it. They will verify the photocopy against their records, place the institutional stamp or seal on the photocopy (thereby attesting to its accuracy), put the attested copy into an institutional envelope, and affix their stamp or seal over the envelope closure. The issuing institution can mail the attested copy directly to the Office of Admissions or you may deliver the sealed envelope to the office in person.