University of Rhode Island: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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URI requirements in detail

First-year: certified translations, scans first

URI's international admission steps ask for secondary school documents, including results and certificates of completion from national exams, and in a separate step for certified English translations of all coursework not written in English (International admission).

For the admission decision, scans or copies of the originals are accepted; the official documents are presented to the Office of Undergraduate Admission when you enroll.

That means you can order the translation from a scan and apply with both, then bring the originals at enrollment. The translation should cover the exam certificates as well as the year-by-year results, since URI asks for both.

Transfer: both languages, NACES and syllabi

International transfer applicants use the URI Transfer Application, not the Common App, and have their issuing institution send official transcripts in the original language and in English directly to the Office of Admission (Admission@uri.edu) (International admission).

All post-secondary transcripts must also be evaluated course-by-course by a NACES member at the time of enrollment, based on original or attested copies; URI asks you to request a cumulative GPA and have the agency send an official report.

For credit, faculty evaluators in each department review your course descriptions and syllabi, which must be translated into English (International admission).

Business, engineering, pharmacy, kinesiology, landscape architecture and music may ask transfer applicants for more coursework or a higher GPA.

Graduate School: a certified translator or an evaluation

URI's Graduate School does not require an evaluation of foreign transcripts but highly recommends one and may request it after a first review.

If you send transcripts instead of an evaluation, they must be in English or translated by an official translator (Graduate School: international applicants).

Evaluations from NACES or AICE members are accepted, and The Evaluation Company and ECE offer URI applicants discounted portals.

The checklist adds that unofficial foreign transcripts can be translated by a translator for the application, and that official non-evaluated transcripts must be translated by a certified translator and sent in a sealed envelope directly from the institution or the translator (Graduate applicant checklist).

URI does not treat three-year bachelor's degrees from India, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka or Scotland as equivalent, though a Bologna three-year degree may qualify with an evaluation (Graduate School: international applicants).

International fall applicants are encouraged to apply by February 1 (Graduate School FAQs).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts and national exam certificates
• Certificates of completion of secondary school
• Post-secondary transcripts, in the original language and English, for transfer applicants
• Course descriptions and syllabi, for transfer credit
• Degree certificates and mark sheets, for graduate applicants

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 URI

• First-year applicants upload scans of their documents and the certified translations with the Common Application, and show officials at enrollment (International admission).

• Graduate applicants upload unofficial transcripts with translations; after admission, official non-evaluated transcripts go in a sealed envelope from the institution or translator (Graduate applicant checklist).

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.

Frequently asked questions