Acceptable Delivery Methods

• Submitting Certified Electronic Transcripts - U.S. Institutions

  Certified electronic transcripts are secure electronically-delivered transcripts that are passcode protected, digitally signed, and properly certified by the issuing institution. Your institution or its authorized vendor must send the document directly to our office by email: grdadmis@ucr.edu. Transcripts sent as an unsecure email attachment from the institution or by the student will not be accepted.

  For U.S. institutions using 3rd party vendors, we accept electronic transcripts from (but not limited to):

  • Credentials Solutions
  • e-SCRIP SAFE
  • National Student Clearing House
  • Parchment Exchange - select UC-Riverside Graduate Admissions
• Submitting Certified Electronic Transcripts - Institutions Outside of the U.S.

  If your institution offers certified electronic transcripts; this is the preferred method to send documents to our office. Send to grdadmis@ucr.edu. Our office will not send requests to institutions on your behalf. You can either refer them to this page or provide a copy of your letter requesting these documents.

  Certified electronic transcripts are secure electronically-delivered transcripts that are passcode protected, digitally signed, and properly certified by the issuing institution. Your institution or its authorized vendor must send the document directly to our office. Transcripts sent as an unsecured email attachment from the institution or by the student will not be accepted. We also not accept any documents provided that require an additional software download. All documents provided must be accessible through Adobe Reader.

  For some countries, you must obtain electronic transcripts as instructed below.

  • Australia & New Zealand 
    • Submit final, official transcripts with degree awarded posted through My eQuals.

  • China
  • We no longer accept paper copies of your official transcripts. We also no longer accept verification reports sent directly to grdadmis@ucr.edu from CSSD that require us to directly verify authenticity via the CSSD website.
    • 2001 and After Graduates: provide the four (4) items listed below to finalize your admission
      • 1. Official CSSD Online Verification Report of China Higher Education Student’s Academic Transcript. Requests must go through the CSSD Parchment Portal Service (UC-Riverside Graduate Admissions).
      • 2. Request that CSSD email us the Chinese version of your Online Verification Report of China Higher Education Student’s Academic Transcript, directly to: grdadmis@ucr.edu.
      • 3. Official CSSD Online Verification Report of China Higher Education Degree Certificate. Requests must go through the CSSD Parchment Portal Service (UC-Riverside Graduate Admissions).
      • 4. Photocopy of your Certificate of Degree in English and Chinese may be uploaded directly to your student status portal.
    • Prior to 2001 Graduates: provide the three (3) items listed below to finalize your admission     
      • 1. Final official transcripts in Chinese and certified English translation with appropriate institution red wet-ink stamp, sealed closed within an institution envelope bearing the appropriate red wet-ink stamp along the envelope flap.      
      • 2. Certified paper copy of Certificate of Degree in Chinese and certified English translation with appropriate institution red wet-ink stamp, sealed closed within an institution envelope bearing the appropriate red wet-ink stamp along the envelope flap.
      • 3. Official CSSD Online Verification Report of China Higher Education Degree Certificate from Parchment. Requests must go through the CSSD Parchment Portal Service (UC-Riverside Graduate Admissions).

  • India
    • We accept electronic transcripts from India sent via TrueCopy Credentials through Parchment Exchange - select UC-Riverside Graduate Admissions.
      • 1. Official transcript and/or marksheets showing final grades.
      • 2. Certified/attested photocopy of your degree certificate showing degree awarded (or provisional degree certificate, if final degree certificate is not yet available).
    • We do not accept passing exam results in place of the provisional degree certificate. If only a provisional degree certificate is available, it must clearly state you are "declared eligible for award of degree at the next convocation."
    • We do not accept original degree certificates or diplomas.

  • Korea, South
    • Submit final, official transcripts with degree awarded posted on transcript through Certpia in Korean and certified English translation.

  In reviewing electronic transcripts, our office may need to verify information with your institution. If we cannot accept a document provided, you will be notified by email. If you have any questions about obtaining required documents, we encourage you to reach out to us first before requesting your institution to send the required documents.

• Submitting Traditional Paper Documents by Mail

  China: We no longer accept paper copies of official transcripts from institutions in China. See "Submitting Certified Electronic Transcripts - Institutions Outside of the U.S." for instructions.

  Institutions mailing a traditional paper transcripts and/or proof of degree will need documents in an official, sealed, institution envelope that is signed and stamped across the envelope flap by the appropriate academic officer issuing the document. Opened envelopes or those that do not have the appropriate stamp(s) or signature(s) across the envelope flap will not be accepted.

  Please have your institution mail documents directly to:

  UCR Graduate Admissions
  University Office Building, Room 140
  900 University Avenue
  Riverside CA, 92521

  If your institution cannot mail your documents directly to us, keep the official documents in the original, sealed, institution's envelope and place them in a larger mailing envelope and mail directly to our office using the address above. 

  Opening sealed envelopes renders all documents unofficial and will not be accepted by our office.

• Submitting UCR Transcripts

  Current and former UCR students are not required to request official undergraduate or graduate level transcripts. An unofficial copy of your transcript from your R'Web account is acceptable via email. Please send your document to grdadmis@ucr.edu.  Make sure that your transcript has final grades and proof of degree awarded. Copies of degree audits or screen shots are not acceptable.

  If you have attended UCR Extension, we will require an official electronic transcript.

• Official Test Scores

  Contact the appropriate test administrator and request your official scores to be sent electronically to UCR (school code 4839).