At the end of your exchange, several steps are required to have your exchange year validated and to ensure that your Bachelor’s degree is issued on time.
1. Submit your transcript to your section
Once you have received your transcript from your host university, send your original transcript, or a digital document that allows its authenticity to be verified, to the academic exchange advisor in your section.
If you submit an original document, it will be returned to you after the credits have been verified and validated.
2. Transmission of your results and credit equivalencies
The academic exchange advisor will then forward the following to the Registrar’s Office:
- a copy of your transcript from your host university;
- the equivalency of the credits recognized as part of your exchange.
Some host universities do not provide transcripts directly to students. You are therefore responsible for ensuring that your results have been sent to your section and that they can be forwarded to the Registrar’s Office.
3. Issuance of your Bachelor’s transcript
Starting in August, once your credits have been recorded in IS-Academia, your Bachelor’s transcript will be prepared and sent by regular mail to your private address.
If you need a certified copy of your Bachelor’s transcript, you can order one using the form available on this page.
4. Meet the deadlines to receive your Bachelor’s degree in the fall
If you wish to receive your Bachelor’s degree in the fall, your section must submit your results and the equivalency of your credits to the Registrar’s Office by October 30 at the latest.
To allow your section enough time to complete this process, we recommend that you submit your exchange results to your academic exchange advisor by October 15 at the latest.
Important: If your results and the equivalency of your credits are not submitted to the Registrar’s Office by the deadline, your Bachelor’s degree can only be issued the following year.
In addition, the Registrar’s Office must have received your transcript together with the equivalency of your credits by the 10th Friday following the start of the semester at the latest. This is the same deadline that applies in cases of late course registration or withdrawal from an exam.
If this deadline is not met, you will be unenrolled from MA1 and re-enrolled in BA5.
Students who go on exchange must submit a study-abroad report, in accordance with the requirements of the Mobility Office. Information regarding the report will be sent by email during the exchange period.
The deadline for submission is August 1st.
If your host university offers resit exams in the event that you fail on your first attempt, the resit exam must take place no later than September 30, at the end of your exchange.
Exams taken after this date cannot be recognized by EPFL.