Official Transcripts & Credentials

Unless otherwise stated in the country-specific tabs below, official transcripts must be sent directly to the University of Minnesota Graduate School from the issuing institution. Do NOT send official transcripts to yourself first.

Use the following address:

Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Attn: Transcripts
309 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

For credentials issued outside the United States, we require original language and English language versions.

University of Minnesota undergraduates (from any campus) should contact Graduate Admissions after the undergraduate degree has posted to the transcript.  Upon notification, Graduate Admissions will obtain the official transcript.

In some cases, Graduate Admissions is able to accept electronic transcripts sent directly by your institution.  If you wish to provide electronic transcripts, have your institution's Registrar send transcripts/credentials directly to  gsquest@umn.edu through a secure, approved, document-transfer service.  Not all institutions offer secure document transfer. 

Electronic documents sent as PDF attachments may not be accepted as official.

All Chinese credentials must be sent through the electronic Chinese national verification systems.  Paper documents will not be accepted as official.

For credentials from mainland China, CDGDC/CHESICC Official Verification Reports should be sent to gsquest@umn.edu.  Do not select "University of Minnesota"  sent via Parchment as this will route your credentials to the Undergraduate Admissions Office instead of Graduate Admissions, and we will not receive them.

CDGDC Verification showing award for each degree:

CHESICC Verification for each transcript:

For credentials from India, please submit certified marksheets and certified Diploma (or Provisional Certificate, see note below) for each degree received.

Marksheets & Diploma

Certified copies of transcripts/marksheets and diploma/provisional certificate must be sent from your institution directly to:

Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Attn: Transcripts
309 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0421

Many institutions in India are now willing to send official electronic documents.  Such documents must come from a verifiable University Registrar email address, and be sent to gsquest@umn.edu.

If you cannot arrange to have marksheets sent in advance, you may bring original transcripts/marksheets & diploma/provisional certificate to our office for review when you arrive on campus.  However, your registration hold will not be removed in advance.

Provisional Certificate

For recently awarded degrees, a Provisional Certificate may be acceptable if it meets ALL of the following criteria:

• the certificate was issued no more than two years ago

• the name of the degree to be awarded is specified
• the date of degree completion is shown
• final division/placement is shown

Truecopy Credentials (Electronic Credentials)

Some institutions will send credentials through Truecopy/Parchment.  If sending your credentials in this manner, be sure to route them to gsquest@umn.edu.  Do not select the default "University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (or Duluth)"  as this will route your credentials to the Undergraduate Admissions Office instead of Graduate Admissions, and we will not receive them.

Institutions from countries that participate in the Bologna Process should provide the Diploma Supplement to all graduates. 

The Diploma Supplement (which includes coursework, grades, and degree verification) must be sent from your institution directly to:

Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Attn: Transcripts
309 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0421

Bologna-compliant countries include:

Azerbaijan	Hungary	Romania
Belarus	Iceland	Russian Federation
Belgium	Ireland	Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Italy	Slovak Republic
Bulgaria	Liechtenstein	Slovenia
Croatia	Lithuania	Spain
Cyprus	Luxemborg	Sweden
Czech Republic	Malta	Switzerland
Denmark	Moldova	Turkey
Finland	Montenegro	Ukraine
France	Netherlands	United Kingdom
Georgia	North Macedonia
Germany	Norway
Greece	Poland
Holy See	Portugal

For credentials issued by a Hong Kong institution, paper transcripts issued in English and showing the award of the degree at the top should be sent directly from the institution to:

Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Attn: Transcripts
309 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Degrees issued by Hong Kong institutions located in mainland China should follow the instructions for providing credentials from Hong Kong.