The application information below is for graduate applicants of all citizenships, including U.S. citizens and green card holders, who received a bachelor’s, master’s, and/or doctoral degree from an academic institution(s) located outside of the United States.
If you are looking for general information about applying to Chapman's graduate programs, visit our How to Apply to Graduate Programs webpage.
International Transcripts
For all graduate programs, our office requires academic transcripts or marksheets for every bachelor's, master's, and/or doctoral degree-granting institution(s) that you attended. For each institution, you must submit your official transcript in both the original language and a word-for-word English translation (if applicable).
Transcripts and academic documents (e.g. diplomas) are only considered official when they are sent to our office directly from the school. The Office of Graduate Admission will not consider academic documents submitted by an applicant as “official.”
International transcript submission policies differ based on your graduate program application.
Not sure which application your graduate program of interest uses? Find out on our How to Apply to Chapman’s Graduate Programs webpage.
Uploading unofficial international transcripts to the General Application
For the application review process only, our office will accept PDF files or scanned photocopies of official international transcripts that are uploaded to the General Application. International academic documents that are uploaded by an applicant are considered “unofficial.”
Unofficial copies of international transcripts and their corresponding translations should be submitted within the “International Academic Documents” section of the General Application.
Applicants will not be able upload international academic documents to their application file after submission. If you need to submit any other additional international academic documents, please email them to gradadmit@chapman.edu.
Submitting international transcripts for CAS Applications
PharmCAS, PTCAS, CSDCAS
If you are applying for a graduate program that uses the PharmCAS, PTCAS, and CSDCAS applications, you will need to submit an official transcript directly to the application platform. For the mentioned CAS applications, we cannot accept unofficial copies of international documents. We also cannot upload any application documents to CAS applications on an applicant’s behalf.
Please follow the instructions within your respective CAS application for submitting
your official academic documents.
PharmGrad
If you are applying to a pharmaceutical sciences program that uses the PharmGrad application, our office will accept unofficial copies of your international transcript for the application review process only. These unofficial international transcripts can be uploaded directly into the PharmGrad application. We cannot upload any application documents to the PharmGrad application on an applicant’s behalf.
If you are admitted to Chapman and choose to attend, you will be required to send our office your official international academic documents.
How to submit your official international transcripts
All applicants who are admitted to Chapman and choose to attend will be required to submit their official academic documents to the Office of Graduate Admission to complete their application requirements. This process applies to users of both the General Application and the CAS applications.
To complete your application, you are required to submit academic transcripts (or marksheets) for every bachelor's, master's, and/or doctoral degree-granting institution(s) that you attended. For each institution, you must submit your official transcript in both the original language and a word-for-word English translation (if applicable).
In addition, you will also be required to submit an official copy of your diploma or degree certificate in both its original language and English.
See the steps below to learn how to submit your official international transcripts.
By Electronic Delivery
Our preferred method of receiving official transcripts is electronic delivery directly from your university. There are a few different ways your academic institution can send us your official transcripts:
- Your school(s) can send your official documents to admtranscript@chapman.edu.
- If your school(s) utilizes TrueCopy, you can request an electronic transcript delivery. You can select “Chapman University” as a recipient of your official transcript.
- If you received your bachelor’s, master’s, and/or doctoral degree(s) from a school in one of the countries listed below, you can also submit your official transcript(s) using an approved third-party transcript delivery service.