Graduation Matters
The completion of studies for a degree in NTU marks a major milestone for graduands and calls for celebration. Graduands’ status is reflected in their final semester examination results slip, available upon release of examination results.
Degree Conferment
Degrees are conferred by the University. For undergraduate students who have met graduation requirements for their Bachelor's Degree, conferment of degrees would be on 31 January after Semester 1, 30 June after Semester 2 and 15 July after Special Term. Students who are able to graduate with exchange credit transfer or internship may be conferred on 31 March, 31 August or 31 October or any of the dates above. For graduate students who have met graduation requirements for their Master's Degree, PhD Degree, and Graduate Diploma, the degrees are conferred at the end of every month. The conferment process may take up to 2 months.
While degree conferment is pending, students may request for a Letter of Certification via the One Stop @ SAC portal.
Degree Certificate and Official Transcript
The degree certificate and official transcript are issued to graduates after their degrees have been conferred. Please refer to the table below for details on the collection mode and timeline for the respective conferment. Graduates will be notified via their NTU email account once the documents are ready for collection.
| Conferment Periods | Issuance of Digital Graduation Documents (OpenCerts and eTranscript) | Issuance of Hardcopy Graduation Documents |
| 30 June |
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| 15 July |
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All conferment periods except for 30 June and 15 July conferment |
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| Note: The degree certificate and official transcript will be withheld from graduates with outstanding fees (including stipend) until full payment has been made and final thesis has been submitted. | ||
Degree certificates and/or official transcripts that are not collected by Convocation for your graduation cohort may be collected at One Stop @ SAC three working days after the end of the entire Convocation period.
Graduates who are unable to collect the graduation documents personally at One Stop @ SAC may authorise a proxy to collect on their behalf, or opt for mailing by completing and submitting the mailing request form:
- Mailing request for Bachelor's Degree
- Mailing Request for Master's Degree, PhD Degree, and Graduate Diploma
The hardcopies of the original degree certificate and official transcript will be retained for a period of five (5) years from the date of graduation. Any uncollected graduation document(s) will be destroyed after the retention period.
Digital Certificate and Transcript
Graduates will receive an eTranscript which is digitally signed and certified by NTU. Once the document is ready for retrieval, an email notification with the instructions will be sent to their NTU email account.
In addition, a digital degree certificate and official transcript in OpenCerts format will be issued to graduates who are graduating from Year 2014 onwards. Graduates will receive a separate email notification together with the OpenCerts document via their NTU email account once it is ready.
Important
The name printed on the official graduation documents shall follow the name reflected in the official identification document, i.e. NRIC or Passport. Students who are in their final semester of study are reminded to submit changes to their particulars, if any (specifically name, citizenship, NRIC, passport number, or marital status), and the supporting documents prior to the release of results of their final examinations. After the final results have been released, the particulars that are in the University's records will be frozen and will be used for the printing of the degree certificates and final transcripts.
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