Student Transcripts
Background
The transcript is the document that records in detail the academic attainment of each student.
All taught students will receive a final transcript on the completion of their studies: a exit summary transcript which shows unit results and a full transcript which will show unit results and individual items of assessment/re-assessment.
Students who come to the University of Bath as an exchange/visiting student will have their transcripts issued to them by the Study Abroad Office. See the Related links for further information. Any transcript queries for this group of students should be referred to the Study Abroad Office (email) .
At the end of each academic year, continuing students will be able to view their results via SAMIS on the web. Departments/Schools will not produce hard copy transcripts as part of the feedback process. QA16 "Assessment, Marking and Feedback "(pdf) describes what information students can expect to receive and when.
Obtaining a transcript
2012/13 Undergraduate Finalists
Students completing their undergraduate degree in 2013 will receive an exit summary transcript AND a full transcript on the day
of their graduation ceremony. Transcripts will be available for collection when you register on the day (see http://www.bath.ac.uk/graduation/summer/index.html for further details about graduation).
2012/13 Postgraduate Students
Postgraduate students graduating in 2013 will receive a transcript from their Faculty/School.
Duplicate Transcripts
ALL students (i.e. 2013 undergraduate and postgraduate, and past students) requiring duplicate or multiple copies of their transcripts should make their request by email. Please include the year of award in the subject line of the email. The following information MUST be provided in the email:
- Family name
- Family name at time of award (if different)
- Forename
- Date of birth
- Student number
- Faculty/Department/School
- Degree programme/Award title
- Year of graduation/Date of award
- Address (for delivery of transcript)
- Contact email address
- Contact telephone number
- if you graduated in 2008/09 or later, please specify the type of transcript you require (full or exit summary)
- Number of copies required
We also require a copy of a form of photo id (e.g. driving licence or passport). This can be scanned and attached to the email. The transcript request should be sent by email to transcripts@bath.ac.uk
Verification
If you are an employer or other party seeking a reference or verification of a certificate or transcript, please see http://www.bath.ac.uk/student-records/examinations/verification.html for further information.
Transcript Template
The transcript template is a Business Objects report which can be downloaded by staff who have the necessary authority to do so. Email samis-support@bath.ac.uk for further details, or assistance.
Following Senate's meeting on 14th April 2010, the template has been updated to reflect changes to the University's policy on processing mitigating circumstances, and is now available to download from Business Objects. For examples of how it will look please see the Related links section.
What will be shown on a transcript?
- Programme title: includes reference to any placement or study abroad activity.
- Name of the award the student will achieve on graduating.
- Award classification and date of award.
- The exit summary transcript contains unit results for all relevant years but with no detail of individual items of assessment or re-assessment marks. The exit summary transcript will not show any details of mitigation grades where they are stored in SAMIS. See the "Related links" section for an example of the format.
- The full transcript contains unit results for all relevant years. For units taken prior to 2009/10 no details of mitigation grades stored on SAMIS will be shown; in addition NO grade description information will be displayed for any individual items of assessment. For units taken in 2009/10 and beyond details of mitigation grades as stored in SAMIS will be shown, along with the grade descriptions for ALL individual items of assessment. See the "Related links" section for an example of the format.
- For students graduating under NFA regulations both the exit summary and the full transcript will show the credit weighted average for each part & stage along with the percentage contribution towards the overall programme average. See the "Related links" section for an example of the NFA format of the exit summary transcript.
See the "Related links" section for information on how mitigation grade information stored on SAMIS is shown on the exit summary transcript and for units taken prior to 2009/10.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the format of the transcript please contact us sreo@bath.ac.uk.