Transcripts & Diplomas - Office of the Registrar (2024)

Current Students

Current students may order transcripts online through our student portal, CalCentral, or they may order paper copies on-the-spot at Cal Student Central in 120 Sproul Hall.

Berkeley can now send fully electronic transcripts (EDI) to receiving institutions. Sending transcripts electronically is the fastest and most secure way to go.

Effective 01/01/2020, transcripts will no longer be withheld if a student has a Financial Hold.

Alumni and Summer Visitors

Alumni and summer sessions visitors may order transcripts using Parchment.

Berkeley Law Alumni

Alumni of Berkeley Law should visit the Berkeley Law website for information on ordering a transcript.

Current Students

Current students may send a transcript to an application processing service such as AMCAS, LSDAS, PHARMCAS, or other, order through CalCentral.

Alumni and Summer Visitors

Alumni and summer sessions visitors may order transcripts using Parchment.

Note: The UC Berkeley transcript order forms (for both current students and alumni) include a field to add the unique identifier for your application. Therefore, you do not need to include additional forms to be "attached" with your order.

If you attended during the fall or spring terms, a transcript will be forwarded to your home campus approximately five to six weeks after the term has ended. Your course work and grades will be included in your home-campus record.

If a change occurs after the work is transferred, a replacement transcript will be sent to the home campus.

The name on your diploma can be your legal name or lived name. The name used by default is the legal name from your application for admission. If you want to change your diploma name to your lived name you can do that in CalCentral. You can also add/remove a middle name, or change a full middle name to just an initial. If your name has any accent marks you can add them as well.

Note to international students: Many countries outside the United States consider the diploma to be the official record of a student's degree, unlike how the United States considers the transcript the official record of a student's degree. Because of that you may need to keep your legal name on your diploma for employment and other purposes in your home country.

To verify the accuracy of your name:

1. Click your name in the upper right corner of CalCentral.
2. Click “Try the New Personal Profile”.
3. Click your Diploma Name and in the popup screen you can edit it.
4. When you are done editing your Diploma Name click “Save”.

If you have legally changed your name since applying:

Follow the directions to change your name under Change (or Correct) My Legal Name.

Note: When you change your legal name your diploma name will be updated to your new legal name. Once your legal name change is complete you can go back into CalCentral and change your diploma name to your lived name.

Diplomas are mailed four months after graduation to the diploma mailing address in Cal Central.

Please see these instructions on how to check and update this address prior to graduation.

If you no longer have access to campus systems, fill out the Diploma Mailing Request Form.

Note: Diplomas are mailed four months after the end of graduation term.

Undergraduate Students

Registered Students

Spring 2024 degrees

Degree completion is contingent on all grades for all semesters being posted to the transcripts . Starting on May 10, 2024 and in a small number of cases, individuals who demonstrate an urgent need for proof of conferral may request an expedited review. These requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Degree posting to transcripts for Spring 2024 starts on 05/10/2024, depending on grades and college review and approval. Several offices must review the candidate's academic record so please allow three to 5 weeks of review time from 05/10/2024.

If you are graduating from the College of Letters & Science (Last name A–F), College of Engineering, or Rausser College of Natural Resources,contact Vanessa Robbins:vanessar@berkeley.edu

If you are graduating from the College of Letters & Science (Last name G–N) or College of Chemistry,contact Paige Corey: pcorey@berkeley.edu

If you are graduating from the College of Letters & Science (Last name O–Z), Haas School of Business or the College of Environmental Design,contactGrace Padua:gspadua@berkeley.edu.

If you need to prove you graduated after the degree is posted, you can request a transcript or a degree verification.

Non-registered Undergraduate Students

Non-enrolled students who need proof of graduation (before the end of the term of graduation) can submit a request for a Certificate of Completion via email. Requests will be reviewed and processed only after the end of the add/drop period for the semester of graduation AND before the end of the term of graduation. If you submit a request for a Certificate of Completion when your term of graduation is over, your request will not be processed because at that point the Office of the Registrar is already posting degrees. Check the list above for the appropriate staff contact for questions.

The release of this certificate requires that all requirements for graduation are fulfilled.

Please allow our staff up to 10 business days to complete your request and mail the paper certificate to you.

Graduate Students

Certificates of Completion are automatically generated and emailed to students when all requirements have been satisfied in the system.

If family members are living, they must order the transcript for themselves using Parchment.

If the family member is deceased, you may order the transcript by including a death certificate or obituary along with the order. Please write a letter and include the following:

• Name
• Birth date,
• Dates of attendance
• Field of study (if known)

Please mail the letter to Transcripts, Office of the Registrar, 128 Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-5404. The transcripts will be sent via first-class mail and could take up to 30 days to arrive. There is no fee for this service.

Also known as dean’s certification or letter of recommendation, these letters are commonly required of Law and Professional School applicants. The University’s Letter of Good Standing certifies your enrollment and/or successful completion of your degree, your academic standing, and indicates whether or not you were or are the subject of any student conduct cases at UC Berkeley.

Complete the Request of Letter of Good Standing/Dean's Appraisal form and submit it to Cal Student Central, 120 Sproul Hall, or mail it to the Office of the Registrar. There is no fee for the University’s standard Letter of Good Standing. However, if you wish the University to complete and certify a third-party form in lieu of the standard letter, there is a fee of $10 per form.

Please submit the request form at least two weeks ahead of your deadline.