This topic pertains to applicants who attended foreign and French-Canadian schools. These instructions do not apply to applicants who attended a foreign school as part of a study abroad program. See Study Abroad and Overseas US Transcripts for more information on reporting your study abroad experience.
Canadian schools that provide English transcripts are not considered foreign. Transcripts from these schools must be sent to PharmCAS. We accept but do not require foreign evaluations from Canadian schools that provide transcripts in English. Please see the US and English-Canadian Transcripts section for information on reporting that coursework.
Canadian schools that issue transcripts in French are considered foreign and must be reported like any other foreign school. We cannot accept original Canadian transcripts which are written in French. However, foreign evaluations for these schools should be sent to PharmCAS.
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. Do not send transcripts from these schools to PharmCAS, as they will be discarded. Determine whether your programs require foreign evaluations (which may be sent to PharmCAS), or if they will accept original Caribbean transcripts mailed directly to the program.
If you attended a foreign school or earned your degree outside of the United States, most PharmCAS programs require you to 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 PharmCAS 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.
Do not send foreign transcripts to PharmCAS, including those printed in English or translated into English; they will be discarded.
PharmCAS only accepts electronic foreign evaluations from World Education Services (WES), Inc.
You must order WES electronic evaluations directly through the PharmCAS application. If you do not order through the application, your evaluation will not be accepted.