Foreign and French-Canadian Transcripts
Overview
If your program requires you to submit official transcripts, follow the steps below. If your program requires you to submit unofficial transcripts or no transcripts, see Colleges Attended for more information.
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
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 UNMC even if your program does not accept them. 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. We cannot accept original Canadian transcripts which are written in French. However, foreign evaluations for these schools should be sent to UNMC.
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. Do not send transcripts from these schools to UNMC, as they will be discarded. Determine whether your programs require foreign evaluations (which may be sent to UNMC), or if they will accept original Caribbean transcripts mailed directly to the program.
Documenting Foreign Coursework
If you attended a foreign school or earned your degree outside of the United States, UNMC does not require any documentation, but the majority of programs you're applying to 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 UNMC from the evaluation service.
Contact a foreign transcript evaluation service as early as possible. Services can take several weeks to process your transcript(s) once received.
Do not send foreign transcripts to UNMC, including those printed in English or translated into English; they will be discarded.
Foreign Evaluation Vendors
UNMC requires applicants to request foreign evaluations from World Education Services (WES), Inc. or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), Inc. only. You can request electronic WES ICAP or ECE course-by-course evaluations directly through the application. Click Order WES Evaluation or Order ECE Evaluation after listing your foreign school in the Colleges Attended section.
If using WES, make sure to select UNMC from the drop-down on WES's page:
Once WES or ECE complete your evaluation, they will send it to UNMC electronically. Note that UNMC does not accept paper WES or ECE evaluations sent via mail.
Note that UNMC may be listed on WES's site as University of Nebraska Medical Center CAS.