Overview
This topic pertains to applicants who attended foreign and French-Canadian schools.
Canadian Schools
English-Canadian Transcripts
Canadian schools that provide English transcripts are not considered foreign. We do not accept foreign evaluations from Canadian schools that provide transcripts in English. Transcripts from these schools must be sent to PhORCAS. Please see the US and English-Canadian Transcripts section for information on reporting that coursework.
French-Canadian Transcripts
Canadian schools that issue transcripts in French are considered foreign and must be reported like any other foreign school. Depending on your program’s requirements, you may need to:
- Submit official transcripts directly from your school in a sealed envelope. Transcripts must include a certified English translation; transcripts that do not meet these requirements will be discarded.
- Submit official foreign evaluations.
Check your program’s requirements to learn more.
If submitting official transcripts, your registrar should mail your paper transcripts to the following address:
PhORCAS Transcript Processing Center
PO Box 9124
Watertown, MA 02471
Caribbean Medical Schools
All Caribbean medical schools are considered foreign institutions and are not US accredited, even if they have offices in the US or allow US licensing. Depending on your program’s requirements, you may need to:
- Submit official transcripts directly from your school in a sealed envelope. Transcripts must be in English or include a certified English translation; transcripts that do not meet these requirements will be discarded.
- Submit official foreign evaluations.
Check your program’s requirements to learn more.
If submitting official transcripts, your registrar should mail your paper transcripts to the following address:
PhORCAS Transcript Processing Center
PO Box 9124
Watertown, MA 02471
Documenting Foreign Coursework
If you attended a foreign pharmacy school or earned your pharmacy degree outside of the United States, you must submit your foreign coursework to a US-based evaluation service for a course-by-course US equivalency report. This report should then be sent directly to PhORCAS from the evaluation service.
Contact a foreign transcript evaluation service as early as possible. See below for more information about vendors and accepted formats. Services can take several weeks to process your transcript(s) once received.
Foreign Evaluation Vendors
PhORCAS only accepts electronic foreign evaluations from World Education Services (WES), Inc. or Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
Ordering WES and ECE Electronic Evaluations
You must enter your Colleges Attended before you order WES or ECE evaluations. Follow the steps outlined in this article (also provided in the application) to order your evaluation. Failure to do so may result in delays in processing your application.
- Enter your schools in the Colleges Attended section.
- Click Order after listing your foreign institution in the Colleges Attended section. If you don’t see the Order button, it means you didn’t enter your institution as a foreign institution – return to the Colleges Attended section to fix this.
- Select if you're ordering an electronic ECE or WES foreign evaluation.
- Follow the prompts to order your transcript evaluation. If using WES, PhORCAS is pre-selected for you (if not, select from the drop-down).
- Once you’ve requested the evaluation, return to the application and click I Ordered My Evaluation to let us know. When WES or ECE completes your evaluation, they'll send it to us electronically.
