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.

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 and conferment date only, please write to degverify@nus.edu.sg with the graduate’s full name (as per degree scroll or transcript) and date of birth (in DD-Month-YYYY format).
  4. 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) and date of birth (in DD-Month-YYYY format), as well as the following:
    • graduate’s consent, and/or
    • a copy of the graduate’s degree scroll and/or transcript.

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