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 final, official transcripts (with English translation, if applicable) from (1) any undergraduate school where a bachelor’s degree was conferred, and from (2) any other institution where a degree was conferred. Most U.S. schools list degree conferred and date on the official transcript. Many international schools will provide separate documents like a degree, certificate and/or diploma in addition to the official transcript.

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 you meet requirements for your graduate program. We do not distinguish between a 3-year or 4-year degree bachelor’s degree.

Non-Degree Schools
While we do not require official transcripts for any school or period of study where a degree was not earned, the Offices of 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
Students who have earned an undergraduate or graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University are not required to submit this transcript. Graduate Admissions will verify degree conferral and date conferred with the Office of the Registrar.

Policy for Summer/Fall 2024 Start Term and After

​​​​​Newly admitted students with a summer/fall 2024 start term and after 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 semester enrolled at JHU, which is Monday, August 26, 2024, when admitted for summer or fall 2024.

If you are graduating with a degree in spring or summer 2024, you must wait to send your transcript until after your degree is completed and conferral is listed on your transcript. If you send your transcript without listed conferral, you will be required to resend it.

How to Submit Final Documents

Contact your institution to have official transcripts sent to Engineering Graduate Admissions directly from your university or from a third-party vendor on behalf of the university. We do not accept documents sent from an admitted student as official.

Transcripts Sent Electronically via E-Mail or Third Party/Vendor Service

We require digital transcripts emailed to [email protected], sent through a third-party service, university service, or directly from a university’s Registrar.

Official transcripts can take 14-21 days for processing when sent electronically via third party/vendor service or directly by email to [email protected].

However, since we receive a high volume of transcripts from May-August each year, the estimated timeline for processing and confirmation may take up to 3-6 weeks. You will receive a confirmation email sent to your @jh.edu email address once a document is processed.

Third-Party Vendor Services

National Student Clearinghouse and Parchment are the two most common third-party vendor services used by U.S. schools for sending official transcripts. Some U.S. schools may use an internal service through their Registrar office. If utilizing a third-party vendor, you must select the correct school and department options.

If you requested an official transcript sent through a third-party vendor and it was sent to a different JHU division, 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 must request to resend to Whiting School of Engineering.

National Student Clearinghouse (Vendor Service)
Enter and select the school you are sending your transcript to: Johns Hopkins – Arts Sciences and Engineering 
Select the Department: Engineering

Parchment (Vendor Service)
Johns Hopkins University—Graduate Programs

Note: Some Johns Hopkins University graduate schools share transcript vendor receiving services. Whiting School of Engineering and Krieger School or Arts and Sciences share a single University Registrar for the Homewood Campus.

Additional Electronic Transcript Options (Credential Evaluation)

We will not accept physical transcripts mailed or in-person. If your school is not able to provide transcripts using a third-party vendor or through a direct email from the school’s registrar office, you will need to 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 was completed prior to your degree conferral, you must request a new report.

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.

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Policy for Spring 2024 Start Term and Before

Please note, the policy and procedures listed below do not pertain to students admitted in a summer or fall 2024 start term, or after. We do not accept physical transcripts mailed or delivered in-person are not an option for those admitted to summer or fall 2024 start terms and after

Newly admitted students with a spring 2024 start term or before must submit documents by the end of their first semester enrolled. If you were admitted to spring 2024 or an earlier start, we prefer documents to be submitted electronically, but you have the additional options of submitting a physical transcript through the mail or an in-person appointment.

Please note, physical transcripts mailed or delivered in-person are not an option for those admitted to summer or fall 2024 start terms and after.

How to Send Official Transcript(s)

Contact your institution to have official transcripts sent to the Engineering Graduate Admissions directly from your university, or a third-party vendor on behalf of the university, showing degree conferral. We are not able to accept documents sent from an admitted student as official transcripts.

Transcripts Sent Electronically via E-Mail or Third Party/Vendor Service

We require digital transcripts emailed to [email protected], sent through a third-party service, university service, or directly from a university’s Registrar.

Official transcripts can take 14-21 days for processing when sent electronically via third party/vendor service or directly by email to [email protected].

National Student Clearinghouse (Vendor Service)
Enter and select the school you are sending your transcript to: Johns Hopkins – Arts Sciences and Engineering 
Select the Department: Engineering

Parchment (Vendor Service)
Johns Hopkins University—Graduate Programs

Note: Some Johns Hopkins University graduate schools share transcript vendor receiving services. Whiting School of Engineering and Krieger School or Arts and Sciences share a single University Registrar for the Homewood Campus.

Transcripts Mailed via USPS or Priority Mail (FedEx, DHL) – Spring 2024 start terms and before only

If your institution does not have an option for digital transcripts, you can mail signed and sealed official documents to the Engineering Graduate Admissions Office. We are not able to guarantee the return of transcripts mailed to our office. The mailed transcript option is only available to students starting spring 2024 or before.

It takes some time to receive mail directly in our office and to subsequently process documents. If you have already mailed a physical copy of your transcript, please do not resend. If you received confirmation from DHL or other delivery service(s), your transcript would have been received by our mail services on campus (USPS) or signed by the front desk at our building (Priority Mail). Our office is not able to confirm the receipt of physically mailed documents until they have been processed to your application account.

Note: If you are mailing a sealed transcript that you have previously received from your university, place the sealed university envelope in a second envelope before addressing and mailing to Graduate Admissions. 

If sending transcripts through United States Postal Service (USPS):
Office of Graduate Education and Lifelong Learning
Engineering Graduate Admissions – Full-time Programs
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street, San Martin Center
Baltimore, MD 21218

If sending transcripts through DHL, FedEx, or other priority mail:
Office of Graduate Education and Lifelong Learning
Engineering Graduate Admissions – Full-time Programs
Johns Hopkins University
3500 San Martin Dr., First Floor
Baltimore, MD 21218

In-Person Transcripts – Spring 2024 start terms and before only

If you have a sealed and signed official transcript to deliver in person, we provide two options by request only. Contact [email protected] for instructions. The in-person transcript option is only available to students starting spring 2024 or before.

Official transcripts will not be processed immediately upon receipt. We only accept physical documents that can verified as sealed and signed. We are not able to guarantee the return of transcripts delivered to the dropbox in our office.

  • Option 1: We provide a locked dropbox for those who do not need their documents returned.
  • Option 2: We offer by appointment only requests if you have a single sealed and signed official transcript that needs to be scanned and returned immediately.