Transcripts from Previous Institutions

As an applicant, you are required to submit an official undergraduate transcript or transcript evaluation report from the institution where you earned (or will earn) your undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree.

Within your online application, you will add this institution to the Academic History page of your application with "level of study" = "Undergraduate" and "degree" = "Bachelor's or equivalent". You may upload an unofficial transcript, but this is not required as you must have an official transcript submitted as described below.

We must receive the OFFICIAL transcript (or transcript evaluation report) for the school where you earned (or will earn) your Bachelor's degree before your application will be considered complete.

See below for detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to submit your undergraduate transcript or transcript evaluation report for institutions within the United States, institutions outside the United States, or other schools you attended where you completed coursework relevant to the program to which you are applying at Heinz College.

Bachelor's Degree Transcript from Institutions Within the United States

If you earned (or will earn) your bachelor's degree from an institution located in the United States, your institution must send an official transcript directly to Heinz College.

Electronic delivery is preferred, if available. Please expand the appropriate section below for detailed instructions to help ensure your official transcript is delivered to Heinz College (rather than a different admissions office at CMU).

If possible, we prefer electronic delivery of transcripts.

If your school uses Parchment for official transcript requests:

  • Download our Parchment Instructions (PDF) for step-by-step screenshots to ensure you select the correct listing for Heinz College.
  • You must select the option that includes "Heinz College" for us to receive the transcript.

If your school uses the National Student Clearinghouse for official transcript requests:

  • You will enter Carnegie Mellon University as the recipient.
  • For Department, select: Not Listed.
  • You will be required to enter our email address. Be sure to enter: heinz-transcripts@andrew.cmu.edu 

If your school uses a different transcript service that asks you to search a list of universities and select a recipient:

  • If possible, always choose the listing for Carnegie Mellon University that includes "Heinz College".
  • Our email address for official transcripts: heinz-transcripts@andrew.cmu.edu 

If your school's transcript service does not ask you to search a list of possible recipients:

If electronic delivery of official transcripts is not available for your school, expand the "Delivery by Mail (Printed/Paper Transcripts)" listing below for our mailing address.

Official transcripts that are mailed to Heinz College must be enclosed in a sealed, unopened envelope, signed across the seal by the registrar's office, and mailed to the following address:

Heinz College Admissions
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue, HBH 1101
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA

If you are asked to select from a list of options for Carnegie Mellon University, please be sure to choose the one that includes "Heinz College".

Bachelor's Degree Transcript from Institutions Outside the United States

If you earned (or will earn) your undergraduate degree from an institution located outside of the United States, you must have a course-by-course academic transcript evaluation report submitted to us via an approved evaluation service.

We will only accept course-by-course evaluation reports that we receive directly from an approved evaluation service. We will not accept transcripts sent to our office by your university. We will not accept transcripts sent to our office by you.

We recommend that you use one of the following transcript evaluation evaluation services to submit your course-by-course report to Heinz College. These evaluation services offer secure electronic delivery of evaluation reports directly to Heinz College, reducing the processing time needed by our team to make your application "complete".

Expand each section below for important details about how to use each recommended service. Expand the "Other Transcript Evaluation Services" section for information about using other approved services beyond the services we recommend below.

Select the Course-by-Course Report. To ensure we receive the course-by-course report and keep your costs to a minimum, be sure to select the following options:

  • Recipient: Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College - Heinz College Office of Admissions
  • Type of service: "No Rush Service"

For more information, please visit: Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)

Please use the order form to request the required University Course-by-Course + GPA report.

For more information, please visit: Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.

Use this online form to request the required Course Analysis report as required by Heinz College.

For more information, please visit: SpanTran TEC (The Evaluation Company).

Note: In 2024, SpanTran announced that they plan to change their name to "The Evaluation Company (TEC)".

Carefully follow the instructions below to ensure that your WES evaluation report is delivered to Heinz College (rather than a different admissions office at CMU).

Select the Course-by-Course Evaluation (WES Basic). We do not require you to use the WES ICAP service; you are welcome to use the WES ICAP service if it meets your needs and fits your budget.

Select "Standard Delivery".

Type of Recipient: Educational Institution

For the Recipient (Institution):

  • Search for: Carnegie Mellon
  • Click the link that appears: Carnegie Mellon University
  • A pop-up window will open. Select the following options:
    • School/Division: Heinz College of Info Systems and Public Policy
    • Department/Office Name: Office of Admissions
  • IMPORTANT: Select the school/division and department/office name as listed above to ensure delivery to the Heinz College Office of Admissions. If your evaluation report is sent to any other listing for Carnegie Mellon University, we may not receive it at Heinz College.

For more information, please visit: World Education Services.

We will accept a course-by-course evaluation report from any evaluation service that is a member of NACES or an endorsed member of AICE.

Please be sure to review all information below before you decide which service to use.

The course-by-course report may have a different name with some NACES or AICE member services (such as "Credential Evaluation", "Comprehensive Report", "Detailed Evaluation Report"). To meet our requirements, the report must include all of the following information:

  • Institution name, location and U.S.-equivalent accreditation status.
  • Name of your degree and graduation date (or expected graduation date).
  • U.S equivalency of your degree (or expected U.S. equivalency after you complete your degree).
  • List of all courses and U.S.-equivalent letter grade in each course (A, B, C, D, F).
  • Cumulative grade point average (GPA) on a U.S.-equivalent 4.0 scale.
  • Requirements for admission/entry.
  • Program length and/or dates of attendance.
  • The report must be based on official documents submitted to the evaluation service, following the instructions provided by the evaluation service.

The service that you use should send the completed course-by-course report to us directly by email or mail. Email delivery is preferred if it is available.

Email Delivery (preferred): heinz-transcripts@andrew.cmu.edu

Mailing Address (if email delivery is not available):

Heinz College Admissions
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue, HBH 1101
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA

Please contact David Eber, Heinz College Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, for further details.

Other Schools Attended

As an applicant, you are required to list on your application for admission all colleges or universities where you completed courses relevant to the program to which you are applying at Heinz College. For any school where you took relevant classes other than your undergraduate-degree-awarding institution, you must upload an unofficial transcript to the online application system.

Each unofficial transcript should clearly indicate the titles of all courses taken, grades or marks received, and the date and title of any degree(s) conferred. In addition to the official transcript from the undergraduate-degree-awarding institution, we must receive the unofficial transcripts for each of the other schools listed before your application will be considered complete.