Official Transcript

How can I request a transcript?

You may request a transcript in the following ways:

• By Fax: (901) 678-3249
  
  
• By Mail:

  University of Memphis
  Transcripts
  003 Wilder Tower
  Memphis, TN 38152-3520

• In person: 003 Wilder Tower (A picture ID is required.)

What information do you need from me?

The University of Memphis requires written authorization from you before it will release your transcript. Thus, your handwritten signature is required. In any request for a transcript:

• Provide/Indicate:
  • Your complete name and former names.
  • Your U-Number or Social Security Number (if you do not have a U-Number).
  • Your birth date.
  • The first and last years you attended the University of Memphis.
  • If the transcript should be held for current semester grades or a degree. If so, indicate type of degree you will be receiving.
  • If the transcript should be held for a pending grade change. If so, indicate the course and semester.
  • If you attended Law School.
  • The number of copies you want and the addresses to which they should be mailed.
    
    

    Note: You may request that your transcript be sent to you. However, any transcript mailed directly to you will have "Issued to Student" stamped on it. Many institutions require that your transcript be mailed directly to them and will not accept a transcript that has been "Issued to Student."

    
    
• Include any Enclosures that are to accompany the transcript.

• Sign your request. Again, any request for a transcript must contain your handwritten signature.

Request Form

For your convenience, we have created a Request for Official Transcript form (pdf). If you have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed on your computer or network, you should be able to print the form. Once you print the form, complete it and then mail or FAX it to the Transcripts Office (address and FAX number are on the form). If you need additional sheets, attach these as well.

If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download a copy FREE from Adobe's Acrobat Reader download page.

What does it cost?

Nothing - transcripts are free. However, we will not release your transcript if you have any outstanding obligations to the University (unpaid fees or fines, unreturned equipment or uniforms, etc.), or if a "hold" has been placed on your records for judicial, admissions-related, or other reasons.

How long does it take?

Normal processing time is 5 business days.  However, beginning December 2007, transcripts will be processed from our new student information system.  Extra time may be needed to verify your data in order to ensure that an accurate transcript is released.  Further, unless you indicate that you will pick up your transcript at our office, we will send it out by postal mail.

Note: We do not FAX transcripts.

Some Things for You to Consider

You may not need an official transcript at all. If you have been enrolled recently and all you really want is a record, for your own reference, of what courses you have taken and what grades/GPA you have earned, you can view and print an Unofficial Transcript instead.

Note: The unofficial Academic Transcript is available only to those who have a Spectrum Username and Password. If you do not have Spectrum access, you must request an official transcript.