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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
MIT Admissions requires all application materials in English and lets a professional service or a teacher at your school make the translation, but not you; the original goes in alongside it. Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary. Graduate admission is run by departments, and MIT Sloan's MBA program asks for a certified translation from an institution or a professional translating service; MIT does not ask for a credential evaluation, so a translation is all you need from us.
Never your own
MIT does not accept translations made by the applicant.
Teacher or service
A teacher who translates signs and dates it.
Counselor sends it
Transcripts are official only from a school official.
MIT requirements at a glance
| What MIT asks for | |
|---|---|
| Translation | All application materials must be in English; include the original untranslated document with the translation (source). |
| Who may translate | A professional service or a teacher at your school, who should sign and date it; not the applicant (source). |
| How transcripts arrive | From your school counselor through the MIT Secondary School Report form, covering three years of subject grades where available (source). |
| Copies first | A copy you send while the official transcript is pending is kept as a placeholder (source). |
| Transfer | Upload copies of transcripts from every school attended, secondary included; officials only if admitted and enrolling; credit assessed by departments after admission (source, source). |
| Graduate | Unofficial transcripts to apply; departments may ask for officials later (source). MIT Sloan MBA: original plus a certified translation (source). |
| Evaluation | Not requested on the MIT Admissions or graduate pages we read. |
| Does it accept eVerbary? | Yes. MIT Admissions says a professional service or a teacher at your school may complete the translation (MIT Admissions FAQ), and MIT Sloan accepts translations from a professional translating service (Sloan MBA FAQ), so a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets both. Policy checked on October 13, 2026. |
Checked on October 13, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on MIT's own page before you submit.
A teacher or a professional service, never you
MIT's rule covers every application material, not only transcripts: anything you submit has to be in English. MIT Admissions allows two kinds of translator, a professional service or a teacher in your school, and rules out translating the material yourself. If a teacher translates, MIT asks them to sign and date the translation, and you include the untranslated original with it (source).
A professional translation is the practical choice when the document is long or technical, when no teacher can translate every page, or when you want the same translation for other universities and for visa paperwork.
How the translation travels with your transcript
MIT treats a transcript as official only when a school counselor or another school official sends it, normally through the MIT-specific Secondary School Report form that your counselor receives once you add them as a recommender in the application (source). Give your counselor the translation so it can be uploaded together with the original-language transcript. If you send a copy of your transcript yourself while the official one is on its way, MIT adds it to your file as a placeholder.
Transfer applicants upload copies of transcripts from every institution attended, including secondary school, in the transfer application; official transcripts are needed only if you are admitted and enroll (source). MIT does not assess credit before admission; after you are admitted, the academic departments decide which subjects are equivalent (source).
Graduate programs set their own requirements
The Office of Graduate Education asks applicants for unofficial transcripts from every institution where they earned letter grades, and leaves it to departments to request official ones later (source); its international applicants page covers English proficiency tests, not translations. Check the program you apply to.
MIT Sloan's MBA FAQ is explicit: upload the original transcript and a certified translation, which may come from an institution or a professional translating service; if admitted, you then send official signed and sealed transcripts. Sloan also asks that a recommendation letter not written in English be translated by an official translator, not by you (source).
Documents applicants usually translate
- Secondary school transcript and grade reports (three years where available)
- College or university transcripts (transfer and graduate applicants)
- Recommendation letters written in another language
- Certificates, awards or portfolio materials that are not in English
What an eVerbary translation includes
- A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
- Grades exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA.
- A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload.
- $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
Uploading the translation to MIT
First-year applicants: the counselor uploads the transcript and its translation through the MIT Secondary School Report form in the application portal (source). Transfer and graduate applicants upload the original and the translation themselves in their applications (transfer, Sloan).
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, and we cannot send documents on behalf of the school that issued them.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and upload it with the copy of the original wherever the institution asks for it.
Sources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's own pages, read on October 13, 2026. Enrollment figure: Open Doors 2025 fact sheet for Massachusetts (IIE), leading institutions in Massachusetts in 2024/25: number 4, with 5,456 international students.
- MIT Admissions FAQ: do application materials have to be in English?
- MIT Admissions: first-year transcripts
- MIT Admissions: transfer application materials
- MIT Admissions: transfer academic preparation and credit
- Office of Graduate Education: application procedures
- Office of Graduate Education: international applicants
- MIT Sloan MBA admissions FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I translate my own transcript for MIT?
No. MIT Admissions does not allow applicants to translate their own materials; a professional service or a teacher at your school may (source).
Do I send the original with the translation?
Yes. Include the original untranslated document as well as the translation (source).
Who sends the translated transcript to MIT?
Your school counselor or another school official, through the MIT Secondary School Report form; transcripts are official only when a school official sends them (source).
Does MIT Sloan accept a professional translation of my university transcript?
Yes. Sloan accepts translations issued by an institution or a professional translating service (source).
My recommender writes in another language. What does MIT Sloan want?
A translation by an official translator; do not translate it yourself (source).
Will eVerbary convert my grades to a US GPA?
No. The translation reproduces the grades and the grading scale exactly as they appear. A GPA conversion is credential evaluation, which the institution or an evaluation agency does.
Translating documents for MIT?
Upload a scan of your transcript or diploma and see the price and delivery time before you pay.