When will I receive my certificate or transcript?

July-August 2024 cohort

See our Frequently asked questions page for information about the July-August 2024 cohort.

Certificates for students graduating at the July-August 2024 congregation will be posted out after the ceremonies, in August 2024, so 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.  Please check back here for any updates, which will be posted here as and when available.

Digital copies of certificates are not issued for security reasons. If you need evidence of your award before your certificate is available you can request an award verification letter, which can be sent to you by email.  Please contact award-verification@bristol.ac.uk with any questions about this letter. 

Certificates will be posted to students' registered home address by 2nd class mail.  Those going to overseas addresses will need to be signed for on delivery.  Certificates going to UK addresses will not automatically be sent by signed for mail, but you can choose to pay for this option by contacting the Exams Office at exams-office@bristol.ac.uk.

If you defer your graduation you will receive your certificate at your deferred ceremony, according to the procedures in place for that congregation.  You can request an award verification letter as evidence of your award in the meantime. 

If you have outstanding tuition fees at the payment deadline of Monday 17 June, you will not be eligible to graduate 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, your certficate will not be 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

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.

February 2024 cohort

Certificates for students who graduated in absentia in February 2024 were sent out in week commencing Monday 26 February, and can take up to 6 weeks to arrive depending on the destination.  

If you do not receive your certificate by 15 April, or if you have any further questions about receiving your certificate, please contact the Exams Office at exams-office@bristol.ac.uk.

If you deferred your graduation you will receive your certificate at your deferred ceremony, according to the procedures in place for that congregation.  You can request an award verification letter as evidence of your award in the meantime. 

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

Transcript: Please contact your faculty via the Transcripts link on the Student record webpage with enquiries about receiving your transcript.

All previous cohorts

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

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