Graduate students are required to submit their final transcripts within their first semester of enrollment as part of our audit process.
If you plan to request transfer or reduction of credits, official transcripts are also required from the college or university where those credits were earned, regardless of a degree being earned there or not.
We recommend you submit these transcripts as soon as possible upon confirming your intent to enroll. A registration hold will be placed on your student record on the day immediately after the last day to drop courses in your first enrolled semester. This hold will prevent any further course registrations and will not allow for your degree to be conferred when you apply to graduate. For details on submission, please see the notice below that applies to you.
Please note all items submitted become university property and will not be returned. If you want to have a set for yourself to keep, we recommend asking your university to give you a second (or attested) copy of these documents.
Below we have outlined the transcript requirements and submission process based on where your degree was earned.
*While official transcripts for all earned bachelor’s and/or master’s degrees is the formal requirement for the audit process, there are some cases in which we may request alternate documents. If you are unsure whether what you plan to submit will meet the requirements of the audit, please contact our Graduate Admissions Office at masongrad@gmu.edu for clarification. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they submit the appropriate documents to complete the audit process.
Transcripts from Mason
If you have Mason transcripts, no additional steps are required. The admissions office will verify your graduation using Patriot Web after the start of classes. Please note that your graduate admission is dependent on conferral of your Bachelor’s degree.
If your undergraduate degree has not been conferred by the last day to add classes in your first semester, your offer of admission will be rescinded and you will be withdrawn from graduate classes.
Transcripts from Other U.S. Institutions
You may submit your final transcripts electronically or via postal mail.
Electronic Submission (This is the fastest and preferred method)
Please contact your previous institution(s) or university registrar for more information. Many colleges and universities are able to send official electronic transcripts using secure encryption services such as Parchment or National Student Clearinghouse. Following their directions for submission, please have the transcripts sent to ugtrans@gmu.edu.
Our office does not accept scanned or emailed copies sent by students or by individuals employed within the universities. To be considered official, transcripts must be sent electronically to ugtrans@gmu.edu using official channels as previously outlined.
Postal Mail
Please contact your previous institution(s) and have transcripts sent to the address below, exactly as it is written. Only transcripts submitted in sealed, university-issued envelopes are acceptable.
George Mason University
Office of Graduate Admissions
MSN-4C8- Official Transcript Submission
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
International Transcripts
Electronic Submission
The only electronic option for international documents is through TrueCopy.
Postal Mail
Please request official copies of the required items below from your previous institution(s) and have them sent to the address below, exactly as it is written. Only transcripts submitted in a sealed, university-issued envelope are acceptable. All documents submitted must also include the stamp/seal of the university. For additional information, please see our international transcript guidelines.
George Mason University
Office of Graduate Admissions
MSN-4C8- Official Transcript Submission
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Required Items
|
Location of Institution |
Domestic |
International |
India |
China |
|
Requirements for Audit |
Official transcripts with degree conferral |
Official transcripts AND diploma/certificate in original language AND English |
Official consolidated transcript in English AND diploma/certificate in English |
Official transcripts in original language AND English AND diploma/certificate in both languages |
Copies of transcripts submitted without this official stamp or seal cannot be accepted as official. Attested copies must be submitted in a sealed envelope issued by the institution providing the attestation.
If the institution issuing the mark sheets is an Autonomous College, the documents will be accepted and considered official. Documents issued by affiliated colleges that are not autonomous will not be accepted. Degree certificates must be sent or attested by the degree-granting university and will not be accepted for audit from autonomous or non-autonomous colleges.
Although some institutions use English as the mode of instruction and issue transcripts in English, if your institution does issue documents in another language then we will require those as well. If you are unsure whether the documents you plan to submit will fulfill audit requirements, please contact our Graduate Admissions Office at masongrad@gmu.edu.