Using the Student Center: Request
Official Transcript
TheStudentCenterisaself‐servicepagethatprovidesstudentsanentrytotheHUB.Alongwith
MyUB,itprovidesnavigationtotoolsandinformationthatareimportanttoyou.Toreachthe
StudentCenterclicktheStudentCentertabfromMyUB.Inthistutorialwewillreviewhowto
requestanofficialtranscript.
IntheAcademicgroupbox,clickontheother
academic…pulldownmenuandclickon
Transcript:RequestOfficial,thenclicktheGo
Button
Ifyouhaveaholdonyourrecord,thefollowing
messagewillappearatthetopofthepage:“You
haveaholdonyourrecords–ClickforDetails.”
Havingthisholdwillalsomeanthattherewill
notbeaSubmitbuttonatthebottomofthe
page.CleartheServiceIndicatorandthenyou
willbeabletocompletetherequestfora
transcript.
IntheInformationforStudentsgroupboxclickontheradiobuttonbesideyour
desired(andavailable)TranscriptType: 



UniversityTranscript(forUndergraduate,Graduate,and/orPharmacystudents)
MedicalSchoolTranscript(forMDstudents)
LawSchoolTranscript(forJDorLLMstudents)
DentalSchoolTranscript(forDDSstudents)
Last Updated: July 13, 2015 1 YoucanonlyaskforoneoftheseTranscriptTypesperrequest.Youwillneedtomakeadditional
separaterequestsforotherTranscriptTypes.
IfyouparticipatedinaStudyAbroadwhileinaprogramhereatUB,clickonthecheckbox
tohaveaStudyAbroadAddendumattachedtoyourtranscript.
IndicatetheTermsthatyouattended.Usethe
enterthesevalues.
FromTermand
ToTermfieldsto
Thesystemusesafourdigitcombinationtorepresenttheterm.Forexample,ifyouarelooking
fortheTermequivalentforFall2013youwouldenter2139,where2isthecentury,13isthe
year,andthefinal9isforthefallsemester.BelowareTermsforthe2013‐2014AcademicYear.
Semester&Year=Term
Summer2015=2156term
Fall2015=2159Term
Spring2016=2161Term
Winter2016=2160
UsingtheLookupfunction toselecttheappropriateFromTermandToTermcodesisthe
easiestwaytodetermineyourterm.OvertimeyouwillbecomemorefamiliarwiththeTerm,and
youwillalwaysbeabletosearchusingSemesterandYeartofindtheappropriateTerm.
IntheSelectProcessing
Optionssectionofthepage,
selectyourprocessingoptions.
Youcanchoosefrom
“ImmediateProcessing”or
“DegreePosting–Final
Grades”tohaveyourtranscriptprintedwhenallofyourgradesareinor“DegreeConferDate”to
haveyourtranscriptprintedwhenyourdegreeisconferred.
Ifyouwanttohaveyourtranscriptexpeditedovernightyouwillneedtochecktheboxfor
expeditedprocessing.Youwillbegivenadditionalspecificinstructionsabouttheexpedite
processwhenyougettothetranscriptrequestconfirmationpage.Youcanalsogoto
http://registrar.buffalo.edu/transcripts/index.phpforadditionalinformationonexpedited
serviceandthelinktoUPS.
Last Updated: July 13, 2015 2 IntheEnterRecipientAddressInformationgroupbox,usetheSendToboxtoenterthe
nameofthepersonororganizationthatyouarehavingthetranscriptsentto.
Youmustindicateviaradiobuttonswhetherornotthistranscriptisbeingsenttoanother
SUNYinstitutionsothataGeneralEducationTransferAgreement(GETA)canbeincludedifnecessary.
UsetheEditAddress
pagetoprovidethe
necessaryinformation
tomailyourtranscript.
Last Updated: July 13, 2015 3 NOTE:ThedefaultCountryistheUnitedStates.Ifyouneedtohaveyour
transcriptsenttoanothercountryclickontheChangeCountrylinktobring
uptheproperaddressblockforthenationyourtranscriptisbeingsentto. WhenyouhavecompletedtheEditAddressinformation,clickOK.
Youshouldnowbetakenbacktothe“RequestOfficialTranscript”page.Tosubmityourrequest,click
the“Submit”button.
Last Updated: July 13, 2015 4 HUBVerifiesYourAddress.
Whentypingyouraddress,HUBwillverifyifitiscorrectornot.Ifthe
addressyoutypedisnotcorrect,HUBwilloffersuggestionsonthe
bottompartofthescreen.
Last Updated: July 13, 2015 5 OntheTranscriptRequest
Confirmationpage,notetheRequest#
(Number).Printthepageincaseyou
needtoreferenceitinthefuture.You
willnotreceiveaseparateemail
confirmationofyourrequest.
Inordertohavemultiplecopiesofyourtranscriptsenttoapersonororganizationortorequestthat
yourtranscriptgotoadifferentpersonororganization,youwillneedtomakeadditionalseparate
transcriptrequests.Todoso,clickontheRequestAnotherTranscriptbutton.
WhenyouhavefinishedmakingtranscriptrequestsclicktheStudentCenterlinkinthebreadcrumb
trailatthetopofthepage.ThiswillbringyoubacktothemainStudentCenterpage.
Thisconcludesthistutorial.
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