Translation of diploma/certificate (-supplement)
You need a translation of your diploma/certificate
Bachelor - Master
If you obtained your diploma/certificate in 2015-2016 or later, you will receive a Dutch diploma and the English translation.
We will send a digital copy of both documents to your UGent e-mail address and to your personal e-mail address.
Please check your personal details on Oasis and update them if necessary.
Make sure to save a copy of these documents on your hard disk, since your UGent e-mail address will be deactivated shortly after graduation.
If you obtained a diploma with the title of bachelor/master and you have not yet received the English translation, we can issue the translation free of charge.
How to request
Through online form
How to obtain
You can collect the translation at the Registrar's Office.
We will contact you by e-mail as soon as the document is available.
If you cannot collect the document, we can send it to your correspondence address by regular mail (free of charge) or by registered mail (€10). You can also authorise someone else to collect the document on your behalf with a letter of authorisation.
We will also add two certified true copies. We recommend that you never submit the original diploma, but a certified true copy.
No Bachelor - Master
If you obtained your diploma before the implementation of the bachelor/master title, we cannot issue a translation.
The Registrar's Office can deliver an attestation confirming that you have obtained the diploma (a graduation certificate), this attestation replaces the diploma.
How to request
Through online form
You need a duplicate of the translation of your diploma/certificate
Bachelor - Master
If you have obtained a diploma with the bachelor/master title, the Registrar's Office can issue a duplicate of the translation.
Charge
A duplicate will cost €50, this amount is non-refundable.
You will receive an e-mail containing a link for online payment.
How to obtain
As soon as we have received your payment, we will produce the duplicate.
You can collect this document at the Registrar's Office.
We will send you an e-mail as soon as this document is ready. If you cannot collect it, we can send it by registered mail. You can also authorise someone else to collect the document on your behalf with a letter of authorisation.
How to request
Through online form
You need a translation of the diploma supplement
An English translation of your bachelor or master diploma supplement can be requested from the Faculty Student Administration, free of charge.
This is only possible if it was issued in English in the past.
Your diploma supplement was issued in 2015-2016 or later
If your diploma supplement was issued in 2015-2016 or later, you only received a digital copy in Dutch and English.
This document contains an authenticity code which enables third parties to verify your diploma supplement.
You are an alumnus from HoGent/HoWest
Translation
If you graduated from HoGent or HoWest before 2013-2014 and you need a translation for a programme which is now integrated into Ghent University, you need to contact the Registrar's Office of Ghent University.
Charge
A translation will cost €50, this amount is non-refundable. You will receive an e-mail containing a link for online payment.
As soon as we have received your payment, we will produce the translation.
How to obtain
You can collect this document at the Registrar's Office.
We will send you an e-mail as soon as this document is available. If you cannot collect it, we can send it by registered mail. You can also authorise someone else to collect this document on your behalf with a letter of authorisation.
How to request
Through online form
No translation available
If you graduated from HoGent before 1995-1996 (or before 2001-2002 for the department Vertaalkunde), we cannot issue translations.
If you graduated from HoWest before 1996-1997, we cannot issue translations.
The Registrar's Office can deliver an attestation (free of charge) confirming that you have obtained the diploma (a graduation certificate), this attestation replaces the diploma.
How to request
Through online form