Foreign University Transcripts

Students who have previously attended a post-secondary institution, including colleges or universities outside the United States, are considered transfer students. Transfer students must also submit official high school documents.*

Students who attended a university outside the United States are required to submit their foreign academic transcripts with an American Translators Association (ATA) certified English translation (only required when official transcripts are not in English), and the accompanying commercial evaluation.

The commercial evaluation is required if the student is applying for a bachelor’s degree, or if the person wishes to get transfer credit for past coursework from a university outside the United States. Foreign academic transcripts must be commercially evaluated by a current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).


The evaluation must include the following:
  1. course-by-course delineation
  2. upper and lower-level courses identified
  3. credits/hours of instruction
  4. If the student wishes to pursue a bachelor's degree, the GPA will be necessary for program admission with upper and lower course identification and translation to English.

The student is responsible for evaluation fees and there is no guarantee that coursework will transfer.

Official transcripts, translations and commercial evaluations should show that there is no coursework in progress. Submit the documents for all colleges and universities attended using one of the formats below:

  1. Contact the previous institution(s) you attended to request your official transcript be sent electronically to Broward College (school code 001500)
  2. For schools that do not transmit electronically, mail an official and complete paper transcript(s) to:
    • Broward College Registrar's Office - 4205 Bonaventure Blvd. Weston, FL 33332
  3. Students may drop off a transcript in person at our Central, North, or South Campus locations during the following hours:
    • Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    • Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

North Campus has a drop box located outside of the front door at building 46 on the 2nd floor.

Official transcripts that are received/dropped must be official and in a sealed envelope.

PLEASE NOTE: International students who choose to opt out of the commercial evaluation will not be reimbursed for any courses taken at Broward College that are equivalent to courses taken at a previous university. The foreign academic transcripts and the English translation from a certified ATA English translator, if applicable, are still required during the application process. Even if the student chooses to opt out of the commercial evaluation.

Students who have completed Advanced Level (A-Level) or Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Level) from the British system (General Certificate of Education - GCE) are not required to provide a commercial evaluation. The evaluation will be completed by the College's Evaluations Department.

Students who have completed the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and who want consideration of prior coursework for credit and course equivalency are required to provide a commercial evaluation.

Exceptions to the General Rule for Equivalency
Since the initial implementation of the State Course Numbering System (SCNS), specific disciplines or types of courses have been exempted from the guarantee of transfer for equivalent courses. These include courses that must be evaluated individually or courses in which the student must be evaluated for mastery of skill and technique. Transferability is at the discretion of the receiving institution.

*High School Documents
Students will not be accepted without providing appropriate high school documents, unless they submit a U.S. postsecondary transcript from a regionally accredited U.S. institution showing completion of an associate, bachelor’s or graduate degree or a NACES evaluation of a foreign transcript showing the equivalent of a U.S. regionally accredited bachelor’s or graduate degree.

If we are unable to verify the high school credential, we will require a commercial NACES evaluation of the high school documents. There is no guarantee that a commercial evaluation will be accepted as proof of an equivalent standard high school graduation in the United States.

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