Engineering Graduate Admissions manages transcripts for Master’s and Doctoral students in full-time engineering programs only. Transcripts for part-time/online graduate programs should be directed to Engineering for Professionals.

We do not collect High School transcripts. All inquiries or transcripts for Undergraduate Engineering programs should be directed to Undergraduate Admissions.

Conferred Degree Requirements

Admitted students are required to submit documents electronically before the start of their first term enrolled, as stated in the offer letter. If you do not complete the conferred degree requirement, you may not be permitted to continue in the program.

Final, official transcripts with degree conferral must be submitted for:

  • any undergraduate school where a bachelor’s degree was conferred, and
  • any other institution where a degree or certificate was conferred.

Most schools in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand list degree conferred and date of conferral on the official transcript. Many international schools will provide a separate document like a degree, certificate and/or diploma in addition to the official transcript. If you attended an international school where the official transcript is issued in a language other than English, you are required to submit both the original language and an English translation provided by the school or utilize a credential evaluation service.

Bachelor’s Degree Requirement

All Whiting School of Engineering graduate students are required to hold a bachelor’s degree to continue enrollment in their graduate program. If your conferred degree requirement is not met, we are not able to verify that you meet requirements for your graduate program. We do not distinguish between a 3-year or 4-year bachelor’s degree.

 Dual-Degree Schools
If you attended a dual-degree program and listed two different schools in your academic history, you must submit official transcripts with degree and date conferred from both schools.

Non-Degree Schools
We do not require official transcripts for any school or period of enrollment provided in your academic history where a degree was not earned. However, Engineering Graduate Admissions and/or Graduate Education and Lifelong Learning may request official copies of any transcript, at any time, for audit or verification purposes.

Degree(s) Earned from Johns Hopkins University
Any degree earned at Johns Hopkins University will be verified directly with the Office of the Registrar during the 2-week grace period following the submission deadline for your start term. We do not require submission of JHU transcripts.

Conferred Degree Policy

This policy applies to students admitted beginning in summer/fall 2024 start term and after:

​​​​​Newly admitted students must submit documents electronically only, as stated in the offer letter. Official transcripts must be received before the start of classes. If you do not complete the conferred degree requirement, you may not be permitted to continue in the program.

When to Submit Final Documents

The deadline to submit conferred degree documents is before the start of your first fall or spring semester enrolled at JHU. If you are currently enrolled in school and will be earning a degree in the semester before you enroll at JHU, you must wait to send your transcript until after graduation to ensure the degree conferral with date conferred is listed on your transcript. If we receive your transcript before your degree is completed and degree conferral with date is not listed, you will be required to resend it.

Deadline to Submit Final Documents with Degree Conferral
Start Term (First Enrolled) First Day of Classes (Fall or Spring)
Summer/Fall 2024 August 26, 2024
Spring 2025 January 21, 2025
Summer/Fall 2025 August 25, 2025
Spring 2026 January 20, 2026
Summer/Fall 2026 August 31. 2026

How to Submit Final Documents

Official transcripts must be submitted electronically only and include degree and date conferred. If degree conferral is not listed on the transcript, we require an additional document like a degree, certificate and/or diploma. Official electronic transcripts may be submitted through (1) your school’s third-party/vendor service, (2) an official email from your school’s Registrar or Academic Affairs Office, or (3) via credential evaluation service.

  • We do not accept physical transcripts mailed or delivered in-person.
  • We do not accept documents emailed from an admitted student as official.

Send Electronically via Third-Party/Vendor Services

Many schools utilize a third-party/vendor service to provide official electronic transcripts. If utilizing a third-party/vendor, you must select the correct school and department options. U.S. schools most commonly utilize Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse, or an internal service through their Registrar Office. International schools will provide other third-party/vendor options like MyCreds (Canada), My eQuals (Australia and New Zealand), HEAR (United Kingdom), and others.

If the recipient on your official transcript order is directed to a different JHU division or Undergraduate Admissions, you must provide our office with your transcript order details so we may attempt to recover your documents. If we are unable to recover your documents, you will be required to submit a new request directly to Whiting School of Engineering Full-Time Graduate Programs.

National Student Clearinghouse (Vendor Service) – Select the following options:
Enter and select the school you are sending your transcript to: Johns Hopkins – Arts Sciences and Engineering 
Select the Department: Engineering
Note: National Student Clearinghouse transcripts must be manually downloaded and processed.

Parchment (Vendor Service) – Select the following option:
Johns Hopkins University—Graduate Programs
Note: Parchment transcripts populate directly to your application account but must be manually processed.

Send Electronically via E-Mail from University Registrar

If your school does not provide an option to send via third-party/vendor service, you must request your school to send electronic transcripts directly via email to [email protected]. This email must be sent from an official/verifiable school address, for example the Registrar or Academic Affairs Office.

Send Electronically via Credential Evaluation

If your school does not provide transcripts using a third-party/vendor or school official email, you must utilize an approved credential service for a course-by-course evaluation. Credential evaluations must be completed after your degree is conferred. If an evaluation report is dated prior to your degree conferral, you must request a new report.

Processing Timeline and Confirmation of Conferred Degree Requirement

We appreciate your patience as we receive a high volume of transcripts. Please refrain from contacting our office immediately after requesting your transcript to ask if documents have been received.

Official transcripts typically take up to 14-21 days for processing when sent electronically. Our office receives the highest volume of transcripts from May-August and December-January each year, and our processing timeline estimate is increased to 3-6 weeks. 

Confirmation Email
You will receive a confirmation email sent to your @jh.edu email address when a transcript has been processed. This email will include either (1) confirmation the conferred degree requirement is complete, or (2) a request for additional document(s).

Registration Holds
If the conferred degree requirement remains partially complete or pending documents following the 2-week grace period after the deadline, students will receive notification of a pending registration hold due to non-compliance with Engineering’s Conferred Degree Policy. Registration holds will only be removed after receipt of documents, and you will not be able to participate in the next date for course registration.

Admissions Revocation Policy
If all documents required to satisfy the conferred degree requirement are missing, students will receive notification of potential admissions revocation due to non-compliance with Engineering’s Conferred Degree Policy.

Certified Translations

Engineering Graduate Admissions requires literal, certified translations for all documents issued in a language other than English. All translations submitted with your application must be literal (not an interpretation or a paraphrasing) and complete versions of the original records. Plain translations, notarized translations, and/or translations done by someone other than a certified translator are not acceptable. Evaluations performed by agencies such as WES will not be used in place of certified translations. All translations should be on a translator’s letterhead.

If translations are not officially provided by your university, the Whiting School will accept translations from the following:

Course Credit Transfer

If a student requests permission to apply course credit(s) completed at a previous institution to a Whiting Engineering graduate degree, a copy of the official transcript from any relevant academic institution must be provided directly to the student’s academic advisor and department for consideration.

If the course(s) was completed at an institution where a degree was conferred, a copy may be secured from the Office of Graduate Admissions. If the course(s) was not completed at an institution where a previous degree was conferred, the student will be required to submit an official transcript from the relevant institutions as applicable directly to the student’s advisor/department.