Degree Verification

Degrees Conferred or Graduate Diplomas Awarded from 31 March 2006 onwards

NUS issues self-verifiable electronic (e-) degree scrolls/graduate diplomas and official transcripts, also known as OpenCerts, to the following cohorts:

  • First Degrees (Bachelor): those admitted from August 2005 onwards
  • Higher Degrees (Graduate Diploma, Master, and Doctoral): those admitted from August 2004 onwards

OpenCerts is a blockchain-based platform that enables the issuance and verification of certificates and transcripts that are tamper-proof.

In addition to OpenCerts, NUS also issues electronic degree scroll and transcript to the graduating students from July 2024 onwards.

Unlike traditional PDFs, which can be altered or forged, Verifiable PDFs leverages the blockchain technology to achieve a high level of security and allows user to self-verify at specified platform.

How to verify?

  • Please obtain the OpenCerts from the student directly.
  • Drag and drop the .opencert file into the viewer on the Verify NUS OpenCerts webpage or the OpenCerts website. If the file can be successfully opened in the viewer on the website (which will be transformed into readable degree scroll and transcript), with no error message being displayed, then the file is verified as authentic.

You may refer to the FAQs for more information.


General Verification of Degree

Please note the below to obtain the appropriate verification response.

  1. We only verify records of graduates who have officially conferred or awarded their degrees and graduate diplomas. (You may wish to refer to the Graduation website (‘Type of Student Status’) on what constitutes official conferment of degree.)
  2. We seek your understanding that additional time may be required to respond to requests during peak periods.
  3. To verify a graduate’s degree title, degree classification and conferment date, please write to degverify@nus.edu.sg with the:
    • Graduate’s full name (as per degree scroll or transcript)
    • Date of birth (in DD-Month-YYYY format)
    • Graduate’s consent
    • It would be helpful to provide a copy of the graduate’s degree scroll and/or transcript as well

If you need to verify a current or graduating student’s records, please request from the student for a Student Status letter.