Providing a transcript

A transcript is a certified record of a student’s academic achievements. It’s sometimes referred to as a marksheet, statement of results or academic certificate.

If you’re applying to study an undergraduate degree, we may ask you to provide a transcript as part of My Cambridge Application. This helps us to understand your academic attainment in detail.

Deadline for submitting your transcript

Your transcript must be submitted by 6pm (UK time) on 22 October 2025.

If you apply in the January round for mature students, you should submit your transcript by 6pm (UK time) on 21 January 2026.

It may disadvantage your application if your transcript is late, or you do not provide one.

Getting your transcript

Getting a transcript from your school, college or university can take several weeks, especially if they are busy or closed for holidays. We recommend that you ask your school, college or university for your transcript as early as possible. Check if there's a specific person you need to contact or process you need to follow.

If your transcript is not in English, you will also need to allow enough time to have it translated. We only accept transcripts in English. You must not translate the transcript yourself. It must be translated by your school, college, university or an official translation service and authorised with a stamp, watermark or signature.

Who needs to provide a transcript

When you fill in My Cambridge Application, we’ll tell you if you need to provide a high school transcript and/or a university transcript.

High school transcript

We will ask you to provide a high school transcript if one or more of the following applies to you:

• you do not have 6 or more GCSEs/IGCSEs or 5 or more Scottish National Qualifications
• you took GCSEs/IGCSEs or Scottish National Qualifications exams more than 3 years (36 months) ago
• you do not have, or are not currently studying, AS or A levels, Scottish Advanced Highers or International Baccalaureate

University transcript

We will ask you to provide a university transcript if you’ve already completed one year or more at another university.

Information to include

The transcript should be an official document or certificate from your school, college or university. It must list your academic achievements, including as much information as possible about your exam performance and any non-exam assessments (such as coursework). It should include:

• your full name
• your date of birth
• subjects you've taken
• grades you achieved
• dates when you took your exams

Your transcript should cover the last 2 years (24 months) of school, college or university.

If you're still in school, college or university, do not include predicted grades or exam results you are waiting for - these should be submitted through your UCAS application instead.

The transcript should have a watermark, stamp or letterhead from your school, college or university.

The transcript does not need to include:

• references
• predicted grades
• detailed project work
• non-academic achievements

You should not edit the transcript in any way.

Technical requirements

The transcript must be:

• a PDF file
• a maximum of 5 MB

If you do not have the original digital document, you can use a clear, scanned image of the original printed transcript.

If your transcript is a copy, your chosen or allocated Cambridge College may ask to see the original document at a later date.

If your transcript has multiple documents, you can upload up to 5 PDFs to My Cambridge Application or email them.

Submitting your transcript

The easiest and recommended way to provide your transcript is to upload it directly to My Cambridge Application and submit your application by 6pm (UK time) on 22 October 2025.

If you apply in the January round for mature students, you should submit your transcript by 6pm (UK time) on 21 January 2026.

You will not be able to return and upload the transcript after submitting My Cambridge Application.

If you are unable to upload the transcript to My Cambridge Application - for example, due to a technical issue or because your school, college or university will only send it directly to Cambridge - then either you or your school, college or university must email the transcript by the same deadline.

If you do not have access to your transcript by the deadline, you or your school, college or university can email it after the deadline. However, it will be at the discretion of your chosen or allocated Cambridge College whether to consider it.

Email the transcript to your chosen College. If you made an open application, email it to applicationhelp@ug.admin.cam.ac.uk. The email must include your full name, UCAS personal ID number and the course you applied for.

Make sure you submit My Cambridge Application by the deadline, even if your transcript is late or unavailable. If you do not, it will invalidate your application.

Need help with your transcript?

If you have a question before submitting your transcript to Cambridge, you can email applicationhelp@ug.admin.cam.ac.uk. First check that your question isn't already answered on this webpage.

If your question is after you've submitted your transcript:

• email your chosen College, or the College you've been allocated to
• if you made an open application and haven't yet been allocated to a College, email applicationhelp@ug.admin.cam.ac.uk