When applying to a degree program, you must have an evaluation performed on certain academic credentials earned outside the United States.
- Before starting coursework toward a degree at Harvard Extension School, you should have your international transcripts evaluated by the Center for Educational Documentation (CED) or International Education Evaluations (IEE), the only two agencies from which we will accept evaluations. If you wait until you begin the degree program application process, your admission may be delayed or otherwise jeopardized by the results of an evaluation.
- In most cases, you’ll need to provide these agencies with an English translation. Refer to the agencies’ websites for details.
- The evaluation company makes initial eligibility recommendations but the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions makes final eligibility determinations.
- We accept only official transcripts (i.e., transcripts that are issued directly from the school to our office) and evaluations based on official transcripts (i.e., transcripts that are issued directly from the school to the company).
Undergraduate Applicants
If you’ve earned undergraduate credit from a college or university outside the United States and want to transfer those credits, you must have an evaluation of the transcript performed. Contact your school(s) and request two official transcripts: one to be sent directly to the evaluation company and one to be sent directly to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions.
Students must contact the evaluation company to request a course-by-course evaluation from the CED or a Course Report from IEE. Both companies charge a fee for this service. Instruct the company to send its evaluation electronically to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions at admissions@extension.harvard.edu or via postal service to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions, 51 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. You may incur an additional fee for sending evaluations via post.
Contact the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions after you receive your copy of the evaluation from the CED or IEE to request a review of it.
Graduate Program Applicants
If you’ve earned an undergraduate degree outside the United States, it must be evaluated by either the CED or IEE. Contact your school(s) and request two official transcripts: one to be sent directly to the evaluation company and one to be sent directly to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions.
Students must contact the evaluation company to request a general evaluation from the CED or Document Report from IEE. Both companies charge a fee for this service. Instruct the company to send its evaluation electronically to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions at admissions@extension.harvard.edu or via postal service to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions, 51 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. You may incur an additional fee for sending evaluations via post.
Contact the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions after you receive your copy of the evaluation from the CED or IEE to request a review of it.
Undergraduate Degree Qualification
The Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions recognizes that university education differs from country to country. Ordinarily, only four-year bachelor’s degrees are considered acceptable for eligibility to our graduate program. However, all degrees, including those that required fewer than four years of study, are individually reviewed by predegree and admissions advisors, and final eligibility determinations are made on a case-by-case basis.
To facilitate our assessment of your formal post-secondary education, we must review each degree you have earned. Request official transcripts for your bachelor’s degree and any additional credential(s) to be sent directly to the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions. Another official copy of your transcripts must be sent directly to the evaluation company for any school(s) located outside the US.
Premedical Program Applicants
If you’ve earned an undergraduate degree outside the United States, it must be evaluated by either the CED or IEE to confirm that your degree is equivalent to a four-year US bachelor’s degree awarded by a college or university that was regionally accredited during the time of your attendance and graduation.
Contact your school and request two official transcripts: one to be sent directly to the evaluation company and one to be sent directly to the Premedical Program Office.
Students must contact the evaluation company to request a general evaluation from the CED or Document Report from IEE. Both companies charge a fee for this service. Instruct the company to send its evaluation electronically to the Premedical Program at hcp@extension.harvard.edu or via postal service to the Premedical Program, 51 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. You may incur an additional fee for sending evaluations via post.
