Official Final Transcript

Official Final Transcript

Your personalized Graduate Admission Checklist will inform you of the specific institutions and degrees for which an official final transcript and/or academic record is required. If you are no longer able to view your Admissions Checklist, please inform the Graduate Advisor so you can obtain a PDF copy.

Students who earned an undergraduate degree at UCLA prior to December 1, 2023: If your checklist does not include or require you to submit your UCLA undergraduate transcript, then you do not have to send the UCLA transcript as your degree was already verified by Graduate Admissions.


If not already provided, the official FINAL transcript of your undergraduate degree must be submitted to the Graduate Advisor, anthrogradadvisor@anthro.ucla.edu. Official final transcripts indicate your full name, degree program, degree awarded, and degree conferral date.

Transcripts must be submitted to the Department by:

If your official final transcript is not received by the above date, a pending hold placed on your account by Graduate Admissions will take effect immediately on that date. This hold prevents enrollment, campus services, assessment, and financial aid disbursement. 

Transcripts sent to you then subsequently forwarded to the Graduate Advisor, or transcripts uploaded in the application directly by you are considered unofficial. Only transcripts sent directly from the institution to the Graduate Advisor can be considered official.

Records, once received, cannot be returned. Do not, under any circumstances, send the original of an academic record which cannot be replaced; obtain a properly certified copy instead.

Degree Certificates and/or Degree Diplomas

Some matriculating students may be required to send official degree certificates and/or degree diplomas in addition to the transcript. If this is the case, it will be listed in the Admission Checklist. If you are no longer able to view your Admissions Checklist, please inform the Graduate Advisor so you can obtain a PDF copy.

Graduate Degree Transcript

If you are completing or earned a graduate degree prior to starting our program, in most cases the official final graduate degree transcript is not required. However please review your Admissions Checklist as UCLA Graduate Admissions may list it as required. 

If submission of the official final graduate degree is not listed on the checklist, you are not required to submit the official final transcript for your graduate degree. However, please send the Department a copy of the unofficial transcript once the degree is awarded so the record is stored in your student file. This can be an electronic copy.


Submission

Final transcripts must come directly from your institution(s) and delivered electronically (preferred) or mailed. Official records are defined as original documents issued by the institution which bear the actual signature of the Registrar and the seal of the issuing institution. Do not, however, under any circumstances, send the original of an academic record which cannot be replaced; obtain a properly certified copy instead. Only one method described below is necessary per transcript. 

Electronic Official Transcripts

This is the preferred option. If your institution offers official e-transcripts, please have them sent to anthrogradadvisor@anthro.ucla.edu. 

OR

Mailed

If your institution can only mail a copy of your final official transcript and does not have an e-transcript option, please inform the Graduate Advisor after you arrange delivery so the office can keep an eye out for it.

One official, sealed transcript from the institution(s) where you earned your degree(s) must be mailed directly from the institution to:

     UCLA Department of Anthropology 

     Attn:  Graduate Advisor

     341 Haines Hall

     375 Portola Plaza

     Los Angeles, CA 90095-2551


Additional Requirements for Degrees Earned Institutions Outside the U.S.

Evidence of conferral of all degrees, diplomas, or professional titles must be submitted. This evidence may be in the form of officially certified copies of the actual diploma, or entries on official records or official statements from granting institutions. In all cases, the statement must include the exact, original title of the degree and the date of its formal conferral (month and year). Certificates of completion of required courses, or of degree examinations, cannot be accepted as evidence that the degree was granted. Third-party evaluated records, such as evaluations provided by WES, will not count as an academic record.

Unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution, the records in their original language must be submitted with an authorized, complete, and exact English translation. 

All academic records must show the dates of enrollment; the subjects or courses taken, together with the units of credit or time allotted to each subject and, if rank is determined, rank in the total class or group. The records must also include a complete description of the institution’s grading scale or other standard of evaluation. Maximum and minimum marks and the steps between them must be indicated. 

Your personalized Graduate Admission Checklist will inform you of the specific and academic record is required. If you are no longer able to view your Admissions Checklist, please inform the Graduate Advisor so you can obtain a PDF copy.

More information for international record requirements may be found on the Division of Graduate Educations' website.