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Find the official policies that govern our student and academic community.
The Office of the University Registrar can provide confirmation of registration, enrollment, or degree status upon request by the student. Certification of full- or part-time enrollment cannot be provided until after students are enrolled for the quarter in question. After conferral, students can verify an awarded degree through an official transcript or degree certification.
Transcripts of Stanford records are issued by the Office of the University Registrar. Electronic official transcripts are available to currently-enrolled students free of charge through Axess opens in a new tab or Stanford’s Document Ordering Portal opens in a new tab. The university reserves the right to withhold transcripts or records of students with unmet obligations to the university (see Enrollment & Other Holds for more information).
The Office of the University Registrar can provide confirmation of registration, enrollment, or degree status upon request by the student. The printed certification can be used whenever enrollment or degree verification is required for car insurance, loan deferments, medical coverage, scholarship purposes, and so on. Within Axess, students are able to print an official certification at no charge. Certification of full- or part-time enrollment cannot be provided until after students are enrolled for the quarter in question.
All undergraduates validly registered at Stanford are considered to be in good standing for the purposes of enrollment certification.
Degrees are conferred quarterly and diplomas are issued in accordance with the distribution dates opens in a new tab. After conferral, students can verify an awarded degree through an official transcript or degree certification. Requests for transcripts or degree certifications can go through Axess opens in a new tab or Stanford’s Document Ordering Portal opens in a new tab(see Degree Conferral for more information).
Stanford University has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) opens in a new tab to act as its agent for purposes of third -party enrollment and degree verification. The NSC will be able to verify degrees and enrollment for only those students who have not placed a privacy block on their academic record. The student's name when enrolled, Social Security Number or Student ID, and date of birth will be required for identification purposes and enrollment or degree verification. All third parties should contact the National Student Clearinghouse by phone or visit their website for current enrollment and degree verification information, instructions, and fees.
As a general proposition, only information classified by the University as directory information (see "Directory Information opens in a new tab") can be confirmed to inquirers other than the student.
Under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, students have the right to access and request amendments to their education records, control most disclosures of their information (with certain legal exceptions), file complaints, and manage
