Official Academic Records (First-Year Admission)

To be eligible for first-year admission at Miami, you must have completed your formal secondary education in a pre-university curriculum that culminates in the award of a secondary school diploma or certificate that is generally recognized as the educational qualification necessary to gain admission to higher studies in your own country.

If you have not yet completed your studies at the secondary school level, you must submit up-to-date academic records that can be evaluated for provisional acceptance. We will make our final decision on regular acceptance when you submit your final records and proof of secondary school graduation.

Academic records must be submitted on official stationery of the school(s) you attended and are to include the name and address of the institution. If English is not the language of instruction at the school(s) you have attended, you must submit the official records in the original language accompanied by a literal (not interpretive) certified English translation. This translation must bear the actual signature in ink and the seal or stamp of an official translator if not issued by school authorities.

The academic records must list the courses you have completed in each year during all previous years of secondary study. The grades or marks earned in each subject as well as your dates of attendance must also be listed on the academic records. If you have already been awarded a secondary school diploma or certificate, you must submit proof that you have earned this educational qualification.

To be considered official, all academic records, including copies of certificates or diplomas earned and all external examination results, must bear the original seal or stamp and signature in ink of the person who is authorized to certify or issue such documents. Copies of documents may also be certified as true copies by a recognized educational authority in your home country. Miami University reserves the right to request that any or all academic records be sent directly from the issuing institution. Notarized copies of academic records are not acceptable.