When will I receive my certificate or transcript?

February 2024 cohort

See our Frequently asked questions page for information about the February 2024 cohort.

Students awarded at an exam board by Friday 26 January 2024 will receive your certificate at your graduation ceremony in February if attending, or it will be posted out afterwards if you graduate in your absence at your ceremony.  Please ensure that you keep your postal address up-to-date on Student info or by contacting your faculty if you no longer have access to Student Info.

Certificates are posted to students' registered home address by 2nd class mail.  Those going to overseas addresses will need to be signed for on delivery. 

If you defer your graduation you will receive your certificate at your deferred ceremony.  If you need evidence of your degree before your certificate is available you can request an award verification letter, which can be sent to you electronically.  Please contact award-verification@bristol.ac.uk with any questions.

If you have outstanding tuition fees at the payment deadline of Friday 12 January 2024 you will not be eligible to graduate in February and will not receive your certificate at this congregation.

Contact the Exams Office at exams-office@bristol.ac.uk with any further questions about receiving your certificate.

Postgraduate research students: If you have not deposited your definitive copy thesis at the library in time or the PGR Exams Team has not received confirmation that minor errors have been corrected you will not receive your certificate at the February congregation. Your certificate will be posted to your registered home address, once your thesis has been deposited.

Transcript: You will receive information on how to download your transcript when you are notified that your award has been made.  Please contact your faculty with enquiries about receiving your transcript.

October 2023 cohort

Certificates of students who graduated in absentia on Saturday 21 October were posted out to your registered home address by 2nd class mail in week commencing Monday 23 October.  

Certificates can take up to 6 weeks to arrive depending on the destination.  If you have not received your certificate by Friday 8 December please contact exams-office@bristol.ac.uk.

If you have deferred your graduation you will receive your certificate at the time of your deferred ceremony, according to the procedures in place for that congregation.  If you need evidence of your degree before your certificate is available you can request an award verification letter, which can be sent to you electronically.  Please contact award-verification@bristol.ac.uk with any questions.

Transcript

You will have received information on how to download your transcript when you were notified that your award was made.  Please contact your faculty with enquiries about receiving your transcript.

July-August 2023 cohort

Students who graduated at the July-August congregation with an interim award classification and who were awarded by Monday 2 October:

• certificates were sent out in week commencing Monday 16 October, to your registered home address, by 2nd class mail.  Those going to overseas addresses will need to be signed for on delivery. 
• Certificates can take up to 6 weeks to arrive depending on the destination.  If you have not received your certificate by Friday 1 December please contact exams-office@bristol.ac.uk. 

Students who graduated in July-Aug with a final award classification:

• certificates were sent out in week commencing Monday 21 August 2023, to your registered home address, by 2nd class mail.  
• If you still have not received your certificate, please contact exams-office@bristol.ac.uk.

Postgraduate research students: if you did not deposit your definitive copy thesis at the library in time or the PGR Exams Team has not received confirmation that minor errors have been corrected, your certificate may not have been issued for posting after the July-August congregation.  Your certificate will be posted to your registered home address only once your thesis has been deposited and/or confirmation of correction of minor errors has been received.

Transcript

Please contact your faculty with enquiries about receiving your transcript.

February 2023 and all previous cohorts

Please contact exams-office@bristol.ac.uk if you still have not received your certificate.