Do I need to submit official transcripts?
Unofficial Transcripts Required for Application:
When you apply, please submit an unofficial transcript from each university or college where you earned course credit. Your transcripts must be in English and contain a grade key. Transcripts must include your name, the institution’s name, courses taken, credit hours, and grades earned.
If your unofficial transcript is not in English, we encourage you to use a transcript evaluation or translation service.
Official transcripts are only required if you have been admitted and choose to enroll.
Official Transcripts Required If Admitted:
Please arrange for your official transcripts and degree documents to be sent directly to Graduate Admissions as soon as they become available with the degree conferral posted. In order for a transcript to be considered official, it must come directly from your school or third-party evaluation service.
When requesting documents to be sent to Penn Engineering Graduate Admissions, please ensure that you have indicated the appropriate office in the drop-down selections. In instances where multiple University of Pennsylvania profiles are available, you should select the option for the University of Pennsylvania, Dept: SEAS Graduate Admissions (Engineering) when possible. Please do not select the main University of Pennsylvania Office as we cannot access transcripts sent to this office or you will need to resend them to the correct office.
Submitting Your Official Transcripts:
- For U.S. Institutions: Provide your final official transcript showing coursework completion, degree earned, and degree conferral date. Transcripts must be submitted via a secure electronic service, sent to graduate-admissions@seas.upenn.edu.
- For International Institutions: For each university or college you’ve attended outside the U.S., we require that you contact a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) to have a course-by-course evaluation of your non-U.S. transcript(s) sent electronically from the NACES member to Penn Engineering Graduate Admissions. This evaluation should include course titles, grades received, GPA, and U.S. degree equivalency. While Penn Engineering accepts course-by-course evaluations from any NACES member, many of our applicants have been successful using:
We encourage you to review our Official Transcript Policy if you have additional questions.