Documentation Requirements

Purdue University Northwest requires official transcripts to be submitted as part of the application process. They must be in the original language and include a certified English translation. Official transcripts are those that arrive at our office in an envelope sealed by the institution or local ministry of education. Unofficial copies or scans may be acceptable to make an admission decisions, but the originals are required upon arrival.

If you do not see your country listed, please contact our office.

Freshman Applicants: Along with official transcripts, please also submit a copy of the final diploma if the program has been completed.

International students studying in the US: Purdue University Northwest requires official transcripts from your US high school, as well as transcripts for any secondary school coursework completed prior to enrollment in the US. International students who have graduated from a U.S. high school follow the same guidelines regarding standardized testing as domestic students.

Transfer Applicants: If applicable, official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended should also be submitted from all countries studied in. College/university transcripts are always required even if the applicant did not complete a degree or program at the previous institution. Official high school transcripts are not required for transfer applicants who have completed more than 12 semester hours of college/university coursework.

International Documentation Requirements

International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum:

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of IB Diploma with final exams

Afghanistan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school issued by the Ministry of Education and copy of the Baccalauria

Albania

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diplomë e Maturës Shtetërore

(Diploma of State Maturity)

Algeria

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Angola

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Ensino Geral Certificado de Habilitações (General Education Certificate of Qualifications)

Anguilla

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Antigua and Barbuda

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Argentina

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Armenia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Completed Secondary Education

Australia

Official Year 10 Certificate and Year 12 Certificate (Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate;

New South Wales Higher School Certificate; Northern Territory Certificate of Education; Queensland

Senior Certificate; South Australian Certificate of Education; Tasmanian Certificate of Education; Victorian

Certificate of Education; Western Australian Certificate of Education). If external exams are not available,

please submit internal high school transcripts.

Austria

Jahreszeugnis (yearly grades reports) for Grades 9-12 and copy of the Reifeprüfungszeugnis

(Maturity Examination Certificate)

Azerbaijan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Complete Secondary Education

Bahamas

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Bahamas General Certificate of

Secondary Education (BGCSE)

Bahrain

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Bangladesh

Secondary School Certificate (Grade X) issued by Board and Higher Secondary Certificate (Grade XII) issued by Board. If you are currently enrolled in grade 12, please also submit transcript for grade 11.

Barbados

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Belarus

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of General Secondary Education

Belgium

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of the Diploma van secundair onderwijs/Certificat d’enseignement secondaire supérieur/Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts

Belize

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Benin

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Bhutan

Bhutan Certificate of Secondary Education and the Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate or Indian School Certificate

Bolivia

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi (Secondary School Leaving Diploma)

Botswana

Junior Certificate Examination and Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

Brazil

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificado de Ensino Médio

British Virgin Islands

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Bulgaria

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Diploma of Secondary Education

Burkina Faso

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachelier

Burundi

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diplôme d’Humanités Générales

Cambodia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalaureat/Certificate of Upper

Secondary Education

Cameroon-British System

Official General Certificate of Education Ordinary and Advanced Levels

Cameroon-French System

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Canada (except Quebec)

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of diploma. Official transcripts should be issued by the following:

· Alberta: Alberta Learning

· British Columbia: Ministry of Education

· Manitoba: Manitoba Education

· New Brunswick: Individual high school

· Newfoundland and Labrador: Department of Education

· Northwest Territories: Department of Education, Culture, & Employment

· Nova Scotia: Individual high school

· Nunavut: Department of Education

· Ontario: Ministry of Education

· Prince Edward Island: Individual high school

· Saskatchewan: Ministry of Education

· Yukon Territories: Yukon Education

Canada-Quebec

Transcripts for Grades 9-11 and copy of Diplome d’Etudes Secondaires; CEGEP transcripts and Diplome d’etudes Collegiales if received

Cayman Islands

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Central African Republic

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Chad

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Chile

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for Grades 9-12 and copy of Licencia de Educación/Enseñanza Media

China

Transcripts for senior years 1-3 and copy of Graduation Certificate

Colombia

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Costa Rica

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Cote d’Ivoire

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachelier

Croatia

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Svjedodžba o Završnom Ispitu/Svjedodžba o Završnom Srednjem Obrazaovanju/Matura

Cuba

-Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Czech Republic

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Vysvědčení o Maturitní Zkoušce

(Certificate of Maturity Examination)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diplôme d’Etat d’Etudes Secondaires du Cycle Long

Denmark

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of the Studentereksamen (Student Examination)

Djibouti

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Dominica

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Dominican Republic

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for Grades 9-12 and copy of Bachiller

Ecuador

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Egypt

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

El Salvador

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Equatorial Guinea

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Bachiller

Eritrea

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate Examination

Estonia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Gümnaasiumi Lõputunnistus

(Secondary School Certificate)

Ethiopia

Official Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate and Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Qualification Certificate

Fiji

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Fiji School Leaving Certificate and if applicable,

Fiji Seventh Form Examination

Finland

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/

Studentexamensbetyg (Matriculation Examination Certificate)

France

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Gabon

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Gambia

Please send WAEC scratch card information and copy of Senior School Certificate

Georgia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of (General) Secondary Education

Germany

Jahreszeugnis (yearly grades reports) for Grades 9 through the final year of secondary school and copy of the Abitur/Fachhochschulreife

Ghana

Please send WAEC scratch card information and copy of Senior School Certificate

Greece

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Apolytirion examination certificate

Grenada

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Guatemala

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Guinea

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Guinea Bissau

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificado de Conclusão do Ensino

Secundario (Certificate of Completion of Secondary Education)

Guyana

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Haiti

Relevés de Notes for Grades 9 through final year of secondary school and copy of Diplôme d’Études

Secondaires Première Partie and Deuxième Partie

Honduras

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Hong Kong

Transcript for final three years of secondary school and copy of Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education

Hungary

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Érettségi Bizonyítvány (Maturity Certificate)

Iceland

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Stúdentspróf (Matriculation Examination)

India

Secondary School Certificate (Grade X) issued by Board and Higher Secondary Certificate (Grade XII)

issued by Board. If you are currently enrolled in grade 12, please also submit transcript for grade 11.

Indonesia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Ijazah Sekolah Menengah Atas

Iran

-Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Completed Secondary Education. If applicable, please also submit a Transcript for the pre-university program and copy of Certificate of Completed

Pre-University Course.

Iraq

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Israel

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Teudat Bagrut (Matriculation Certificate)

Italy

Pagella Scolastica for every year of secondary school and copy of the Diploma di Maturitá

Jamaica

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Japan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho

(Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

Jordan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Kazakhstan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary General Education

Kenya

Official Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education issued directly to the university from Kenya National

Examinations Council

Korea

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of high school diploma

Kosovo

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diplomë për Kryerjen e Shkollës së Mesme (Diploma of Completion of Secondary School)

Kuwait

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Kyrgyzstan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Laos

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Latvia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of General Secondary

Education

Lebanon

Transcript for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Certificate

Lesotho

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Cambridge Overseas School Certificate

Liberia

Please send WAEC scratch card information and copy of Senior School Certificate

Libya

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Liechtenstein

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Maturazeugnis (Maturity Certificate)

Lithuania

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Luxembourg

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of the Diplôme de Fin d’Études Secondaires (Diploma of Completion of Secondary Studies)

Macedonia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diploma of Completed Final Examination

Madagascar

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Malawi

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Malawi School Certificate of Education

Malaysia

Transcripts for Grades 9-11 and copy of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM). If applicable, please also submit a Transcript for Form VI and copy of Sijil Tinggi Pelaranjan Malaysia (STPM).

Mali

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Mexico

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachillerato

Moldova

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Mongolia

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Gerchilgee (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

Montenegro

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Diploma of Completed Secondary Education

Montserrat

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Morocco

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Mozambique

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Certificado de Habilitações Literarias (Certificate of Literary

Qualifications)

Myanmar

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Matriculation Examination

Namibia

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate

Nepal

School Leaving Certificate (Grade X) issued by Board and Higher Secondary Certificate (Grade XII) issued by

Board. If you are currently enrolled in grade 12, please also submit transcript for grade 11.

Netherlands

Cijferlijst for Grades 9 through the final year of secondary school and copy of Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) or Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO)

New Zealand

Transcripts (Record of Achievement) for Grades 9 through the final year of secondary school and copy of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3

Nicaragua

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Niger

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat/Bachelier

Nigeria

Please send WAEC scratch card information and copy of Senior School Certificate

Norway

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Vitnemål fra den Vidergående Skole

(Certificate of Upper Secondary School)

Oman

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Pakistan

Secondary School Certificate (Grade X) issued by Board and Higher Secondary Certificate (Grade XII) issued by Board. If you are currently enrolled in grade 12, please also submit transcript for grade 11.

Panama

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Papau New Guinea

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Higher School Certificate

Paraguay

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachillerato

Peru

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificado Oficial de Educación Secundaria

Philippines

Secondary Student’s Permanent Record (Form 137-A) and copy of diploma

Poland

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Świadectwo dojrzałości (Maturity Certificate)

Portugal

Certificado de Estudos for final three years of secondary school and copy of Diploma de Ensino

Secundário

Qatar

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Republic of the Congo

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Romania

Situaţia Scolara (Scholastic Record) for Grades 9-12 and copy of Diplomă de Bacalaureat

(Baccalaureate Diploma)

Russia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Rwanda

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education

St. Kitts and Nevis

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

St. Lucia

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Saudi Arabia

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Senegal

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Serbia

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Diploma of Completed Secondary Education

Sierra Leone

Please send WAEC scratch card information and copy of Senior School Certificate

Singapore

Official Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary levels. If applicable, please also submit Advanced level examinations.

Slovakia

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Vysvedčenie o Maturitnej skúške

(Certificate of Maturity Examination)

Slovenia

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Maturitetno Spricevalo (Maturity Certificate)

Somalia

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Secondary School Leaving Certificate

South Africa

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of National Senior Certificate

South Sudan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Secondary School Certificate

Spain

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Bachiller

Sri Lanka

Official Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education Ordinary levels. If applicable, please also submit

Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education Advanced level examinations.

Sudan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Sudan School Certificate

Suriname

Cijferlijst for Grades 9 through the final year and copy of Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) or Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO)

Swaziland

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education

Sweden

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Avgångsbetyg/Slutbetyg från

Gymnasieskolan (Leaving Certificate from Upper Secondary School)

Switzerland

Transcripts for every year of secondary school and copy of Certificat de Maturité/Maturitätzeugnis/ Attestato di Maturità

Syria

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Taiwan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Senior High School Leaving Certificate

Tajikistan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Tanzania

Official Certificate of Secondary Education. If applicable, please also submit the official Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education.

Thailand

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of the Matayom VI/M6

Togo

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Trinidad and Tobago

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Tunisia

Relevé de notes/Bulletin de notes for final three years of secondary school and copy of Baccalauréat

Turkey

Transcripts for Grades 9-12 and copy of Lise Diplomasi

Turkmenistan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Turks and Caicos

Official Secondary Education Certificate issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council

Uganda

Official Uganda Certificate of Education. If applicable, please also submit the official Uganda Advanced

Certificate of Education.

Ukraine

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

United Arab Emirates

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

United Kingdom/British based systems/IGCSE/GCSE/A Levels

Official General Certificate of Secondary Education. If applicable, please also submit any official GCE AS and A level certificates. These documents should be issued by University of Cambridge or Edexcel.

Students should present the General Certificate of Secondary Education with passes in at least five subjects. It is preferable that students have five GCSE passes in the subject areas of English, mathematics, social science, natural science, and a foreign language.

Uruguay

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachillerato

Uzbekistan

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Certificate of Secondary Education

Venezuela

Certificado de Estudios/Notas for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bachiller

Vietnam

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of Bằng Tốt nghiệp Trung học

Phổ thông (Graduation Diploma for General Upper Secondary Education)

Yemen

Transcripts for final three years of secondary school and copy of General Secondary Education Certificate

Zambia

Official School Certificate

Zimbabwe

Official Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at Ordinary Level. If applicable, please also submit the official Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level.