Certificates and transcripts
Certificates and transcripts
Upon achievement of your award and following publication of your results, you will be sent an Award Certificate and an Academic Transcript.
- An Award Certificate is a formal statement of your overall result of the course and, where relevant, the classification of your award (e.g., First Class Honours).
- An Academic Transcript contains details of your individual learning including the modules you took, their overall grade, and credits achieved at each Level of study. You will receive an interim transcript at various stages while you are a student (typically at the end of each academic year) and a final transcript when you complete or leave your course.
Students on clinical or various other professional programmes (e.g., pre-registration and social work programmes) who require a Clinical Placement Transcript which provides details of their formal placement or clinical experience, can purchase this from our online store. For more detailed information please refer to the Certification and Transcript Procedure.
Graduating students
We aim to send out the certificates approximately 6 weeks from the exam board to the students’ registered home addresses, that is held on the University’s student record system. Therefore, you must notify student records of any changes to your address.
If you require your certificate earlier than this (for visa purposes etc.), please contact certificates@bnu.ac.uk.
Interim Exit Awards
Award certificates and transcripts for exit awards for students leaving partway through their course (e.g. Certificate of Higher Education, Diploma of Higher Education) will be sent directly to students’ registered home addresses as soon after the relevant Board of Examiners as possible.
Replacements
You can request new certificates and transcripts from our online store. Certificates currently cost £40 and transcripts £25. For all queries regarding transcripts and certificates please contact the team by emailing certificates@bnu.ac.uk.
Your certificate will be sent to your registered home address (not your term-time address) as recorded on the University’s student record system if you are a BNU student.
If you study at a Partner Institution, your certificate will be sent to that Partner Institution, who will then arrange for your certificate to reach you. In this instance, please contact your Partner Institution for further information.
No. Certificates are sent standard delivery following the publication of results.
Yes. Please email certificates@bnu.ac.uk in advance with your full name, date of birth, course name and your student ID number. Please also indicate when you will be arriving, and we can ensure that your certificate is ready for collection at a convenient time, at the Academic Registry helpdesk.
On collection, please bring your Student ID card with you (or another form of identification for students who have already left the University) so that we can confirm your identity before handing over your certificate.
No, if you are unable to collect your certificate, then it will be posted to your home address that is held on the University’s student records system.
Please contact certificates@bnu.ac.uk if you would like your certificate to be posted to a different address.
Certificates and transcripts will be issued in your full registered name as recorded on the University’s student records system at the time of the awarding Assessment Board.
Name changes after the Assessment Board will not normally be accepted unless a spelling or administrative error has been made. Please see the Certification and Transcript Procedure for other circumstances where name changes may be permissible.
Please return your certificate to the Academic Registry at the University with a cover letter informing us of your correct name and providing proof of the correct details. (Passport ID will be required) Please inform certificates@bnu.ac.uk before you do this. If you are beyond 3 months of the issue of the certificate, then do not send anything but please contact certificates@bnu.ac.uk who will advise if this is still possible.
Certificates and transcripts will be issued in your full registered name as recorded on the University’s student records system at the time of the awarding Assessment Board. We cannot change it after this date as our records need to cross-reference properly.
If you marry whilst at the university, please ensure that any name changes are given to student records, along with a copy of the marriage certificate and your passport ID, so that the student record system can be updated.
Please email certificates@bnu.ac.uk with your full name, date of birth, course name, and your student ID number and we will investigate this for you.
Unless you notify the University that you have not received your certificate within two years of your award being made, we will assume that you have received it. After two years have elapsed you will be asked for a fee if you require a copy of your certificate.
Replacement copies can be purchased from our online store. If copies have to be sent in a particular way, e.g., sealed envelope, signature on lip of envelope, University on envelope, etc., please email certificates@bnu.ac.uk as soon as you have made your purchase.
Replacement copies can be purchased from our online store. If copies have to be sent in a particular way, e.g. sealed envelope, signature on lip of envelope, University on envelope etc., please email certificates@bnu.ac.uk as soon as you have made your purchase.