University of Houston: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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UH requirements in detail

Undergraduate and graduate: two different translator rules

UH's undergraduate admissions office names five acceptable sources for the certified literal translation of secondary records: the issuing school, the Ministry of Education, a consulate or embassy, EducationUSA, or a certified translation service (Required secondary academic records).

The records themselves stay in the original language, so you upload both.

First-year applicants follow UH's tables by country and curriculum, which list the transcripts for years 9 to 12 and the leaving certificate it expects, for example the Certificado de Estudios Académicos and the Título de Bachiller for Argentina; national exam results must come straight from the exam board.

The Graduate School narrows the list: translations are accepted only from the college or university, EducationUSA, or a translator certified by the American Translators Association (Graduate School: international transcripts).

A complete record means the transcript of every semester, the degree certificate, and an English translation of each.

If you are applying to a graduate program and your records are not in English, order the ATA option described below; for undergraduate admission a standard certified translation is enough.

Evaluations: optional for transfers, refused by the Graduate School

International transfer applicants with at least 15 college hours do not need an outside evaluation.

UH offers one as a shortcut: a course-by-course report from a NACES member (WES, ECE or TEC), sent directly by the agency, lets UH use the agency's GPA instead of waiting for its own review, at the applicant's cost (International transfer admission).

Without it, you upload copies of your transcripts to myUH and UH evaluates them itself (International transfer admissions process).

The Graduate School works the other way: all credential evaluations are done in house and outside evaluations are not accepted (Graduate School: international transcripts).

Its FAQ asks you simply to upload copies of your official transcripts, in the original language and with the translations, for its transcript analysts (Graduate School: transcripts FAQ).

Paying for a WES report for a UH graduate application is money spent on a document UH will not read.

Graduate country rules: sealed envelopes, Iran, India

The Graduate School treats records as official only in envelopes sealed and stamped by the issuing university; it does not accept electronic documents from international institutions unless the school issues no paper copies, in which case the registrar emails gradschool@uh.edu (Graduate School: international transcripts).

If your university issues only one original, the registrar can attest copies, or you bring the original for authentication on arrival.

Its country list adds specific rules: for Iran, the English translations of the transcript and diploma must carry the original stamps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for India, semester mark sheets are required and a consolidated mark sheet is not enough; for Korea, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia the list asks for the transcript issued in English (Graduate School: international transcripts).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts for years 9 to 12 and the leaving certificate or diploma
• National or external exam results, such as the baccalaureate or WAEC
• University transcripts or semester mark sheets, for transfer or graduate applications
• Degree certificates and diplomas, which the Graduate School lists with their own translation
• Bank statements for the I-20, uploaded to myUH as one PDF

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 UH

• Undergraduates apply through the Common App or ApplyTexas and upload copies of foreign transcripts, with their translations, to myUH self-service through AccessUH.

  The upload completes the application; official final records follow from the school if you are admitted (International freshman admission, Required secondary academic records).

• Graduate applicants upload scanned PDFs of the transcript, degree certificate and both translations to the online application; they count as unofficial but programs may decide on them.

  Official records then go to UH Graduate Admissions in envelopes sealed by the issuing university (Graduate School: international transcripts).

If you need a translator certified by ATA

Some offices accept only a translator who is personally certified by the American Translators Association (ATA). eVerbary assigns one on request, for the languages ATA certifies into English:

To order it, ask for a free quote and write in the notes that the translation is for UH, which program it is for, and that you need a translator individually certified by ATA, plus anything else the office asks for (notarization, delivery by email to the office).

We confirm the price and the translator before you pay. ATA does not certify other languages into English, so no translator anywhere holds ATA certification for them.

For those languages we provide a notarized certified translation instead, at $44.95 per page plus notarization ($34.90 per order); ask the office to confirm it accepts that, and write its answer in the quote notes.

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. 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.

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