Transcript Requirements

If you are admitted for the fall term, you must arrange to have final, official transcripts sent to the Admissions Office no later than July 15.

Freshman Applicants

If you are admitted, you must arrange to have an official, final high school transcript (showing your date of graduation) sent to the campus where you plan to enroll.

Official transcripts must be sent directly from your high school to the campus admissions office.

UC will use the course and grade information you self-report on your application to make a provisional admission decision. Your self-reported information will be verified from your final transcript.

Transcript Information for Applicants Who Have Attended School Outside the U.S.

The Admissions Office may make a preliminary evaluation of your application based on the information you provide on your application. However, if you are admitted, UC must receive an official academic record directly from each institution you attended, beginning with grade nine and up to and including the school or college/university you currently attend.

Each academic record must list the dates you attended the institution, the titles of courses and examinations you completed, the grades (marks) you received, the credit, hours or units earned and any degree or diploma you may have received. In the United States, the academic record is called a transcript. It may be called by another name — such as leaving certificate, maturity certificate, bachillerato or baccalauréat — in your country.

Because it may take some time for schools outside the United States to forward your records to the University of California, you are encouraged to have available legible photocopies of your official foreign academic records. Do not send transcripts along with your application form.

After you submit your application, be prepared to send these copies to the Admissions Office at each campus you have applied to upon their request. Official transcripts will be required at the campus you elect to attend.

The University of California recognizes that it may be difficult to obtain foreign records in the event of political upheaval or natural disaster; however, these situations are rare. Failure to provide official records will jeopardize your enrollment at the university.