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NOUN Transcript Application and Documents Verification Guidelines

Embarking on the journey of obtaining your academic transcripts from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is a crucial step towards your educational and professional pursuits. To ensure a smooth process, it is essential to understand the various transcript request types, associated costs, and follow the guidelines provided by the university. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll break down the transcript request types and costs, providing you with the information you need to navigate this important aspect of your academic record.

NOUN Transcript Request Types and Cost Implications:

A. Local Transcript to Equivalent Academic Institutions: Transcripts request to equivalent academic institutions within Nigeria cost the sum of Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000) only.
Graduates requesting for the above transcripts request type are required to upload NOUN Certificate/Statement of Result, Birth Certificate and Remita Receipt along with the following
evidences of application for admission, to be scanned as a single pdf file through the
document upload fields:

Remita receipt/evidence of payment of admission form of the receiving institution
Application form for the programme applied for at the receiving institution
Transcript Label or Academic Records Request Form of the receiving institution
Provisional/Conditional Offer of Admission Letter of the receiving institution

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B. Credit Transfer: This is for active students intending to transfer their studies to another University bearing in mind that their portal will be closed and they will not graduate from NOUN. Students requesting for this transcript request type are required to upload birth certificate and Remita Receipt through the document upload fields.

Local Credit Transfer: Credit Transfer to equivalent institutions within Nigeria cost the sum of Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000) only.
International Credit Transfer: Credit Transfer to equivalent institutions outside Nigeria cost the sum of Thirty Thousand Naira (N30,000) only.

C. Continental Transcript Request: Transcripts request to equivalent institutions or evaluation
agencies within Africa that do not require transcript verification cost the sum of Thirty
Thousand Naira (N30,000) only.

This transcript request type requires the upload of NOUN Certificate/Statement of Result,
Birth Certificate and Remita Receipt through the document upload fields.

D. Intercontinental Transcript Request: Transcripts request to equivalent institutions or
evaluation agencies outside Africa cost the sum of Forty-Five Thousand Naira (N45,000)
only.
This transcript request type requires the upload of NOUN Certificate/Statement of Result,
Birth Certificate and Remita Receipt through the document upload fields.

E. Transcript Request to Evaluation Agencies (e.g World Education Service (WES), Josef
Silny & Associates etc): This transcript request type is for graduates applying for evaluation of their transcripts through WES or Josef Silny & Associates. The cost for this transcript request type is Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) only which includes cost of International Transcript request and Verification.

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NOUN Project Slip

NOUN Seminar Slip

NOUN Exam Clearance Slip

This transcript request type requires the upload of NOUN Certificate/Statement of Result and
Evaluation Agencies Forms e.g WES Academic Request Form as a single pdf file, while the Birth Certificate/Declaration of age and Remita Receipt should be uploaded separately through the document upload fields.

F. Transcript to Educational Consultants: Transcript request to verifiable Educational Consultants/Agencies in Nigeria which has website and official emails cost the sum of FortyFive Thousand Naira (N45,000) only.

This transcript request type requires the upload of NOUN Certificate/Statement of Result, Birth Certificate and Remita Receipt through the document upload fields.

G. Document Verification (e.g Certificate/Admission Letter/Transcript): The cost of verifying the authenticity of Certificate/Admission Letter/Transcript issued by NOUN is Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000) only per Certificate/Admission Letter/Transcript.

H. Online Certificate Request to Local Destination: The cost of sending NOUN Certificate to a destination in Nigeria after due verification is Twenty-Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) only.

I. Online Certificate Request to International Destination: The cost of sending NOUN Certificate to a destination outside Nigeria after due verification is Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) only.

J. Request for Letters: The cost of requesting for any of the under listed letters is Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) only per request:

Proficiency in English Letter
Recommendation Letter
Introduction Letter
Progress Report Letter

Important Guidelines on NOUN Transcript Application

A. Guideline on Electronic Copy of Transcript for Official Emails or Upload on Application
Websites of Receiving Institutions/Agencies:

Official Transcripts can only be forwarded to the official email of receiving institutions/agencies bearing the name of such institution/agency as the email domain name e.g internationaladmissions@nameofuniversity.com, deanpgschool@nameofuniversity.edu.ng, something@nameofagency.com etc
If you require upload of electronic copy of Official Transcript unto receiving institutions’/agencies’ website or link, you are expected to provide in the “Transcript Label” field the link/URL of the upload portal with the username and password to access the page for the upload to be done on your behalf.

B. Additional Application Guidelines for Graduates Applying for Transcript to be Sent to
WES, ECCTIS, ICES, DCA, Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. and Other Evaluation
Agencies

In filling in your details, remember to fill in your Reference or Enquiry ID/Number (if applicable) in the “Transcript Label” field
Forms from Evaluation Agencies e.g “WES Academic Records Request Form” should be properly filled before uploading through document upload field.

C. Additional Application Guidelines for Nursing Graduates Applying for Transcript to be
Sent to NNAS, CGFNS, NMBI and other Nursing Evaluation Agencies

In filling in your details, remember to fill in your Reference or Enquiry ID/Number (if applicable) in the “Transcript Label” field
Upload the following documents to be scanned as a single pdf file through the document upload fields using the appropriate label:
- Forms from Evaluation Agencies e.g CGFNS Forms, NNAS Forms etc
- Clinical Attachment Log Book from your Study Centre or Hospital of Clinical Attachment

D. Guideline on Transcript Destination Address:

Where Official Academic Transcript can be sent to:
- Academic Transcripts CAN ONLY be forwarded to the correct address of the Dean of Postgraduate School of Universities or Head of Admission, Student Recruitment Officers/Advisor, Heads of EQUIVALENT Academic Institutions, Scholarship Boards, Educational Consulting Firms and Embassies for academic purposes.
- The Equivalent Academic Institutions, Scholarship Boards, Educational Consulting Firms and Embassies must have functional websites.
Where Official Academic Transcript CANNOT be sent to:
- Official Academic Transcripts CANNOT be issued directly to students or individuals. It CANNOT be sent to location address, personal email or official email of the student or individual (i.e. johnsons@yahoo.com or marcus@noun.edu.ng)
- Official Academic Transcripts CANNOT be collected by hand
- Official Academic Transcripts CANNOT be sent through any third-party organization (soft or hard copy) that is not of the status of an equivalent academic institution.
- Official Academic Transcripts CANNOT be sent to companies/organization for the purpose of employment, however a request for the verification of the person’s certificate can be made for this purpose.

NOUN Transcript Application Process

Goto https://transcript.nou.edu.ng/ and Click on ‘Apply Now’ button
Register on the platform (If you’re a new user) by clicking the ‘register’ link and create an account
Login with your username and password
Click on ‘New Request’ button at the top-right corner of the page
Select your request option (International Transcript are grouped in Zones: AFRICA,ASIA,MIDDLE EAST, UK,EUROP,WEST AND CENTRAL AMERICA,PACIFIC,CENTRAL AMERICA,NORTH AMERICA,SOURTH AMERICA)
Generate payment token by clicking ‘Purchase Token’ button
Make your payment through the payment gateway
Once Payment is successful, click ‘Continue to Apply’ button on the payment status notification page
On your home page, move your mouse to your new request and click ‘Continue Application’ button
Specify your Matric No and click ‘Search’ button on the application page
Fill all the necessary information and submit
On your page, click “Add More Document” button to upload necessary documents

Once your application is submitted, a tracking code is send to the phone number you provided in the course of registration. You can use the tracking code to track the progress of your application request and other communication with the processing officers as the case may be.

NOTE:- All uploaded document MUST be in pdf file format and document must not be more than 50kb in size

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