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Verification of Academic Documents

NOTICE: CHANGE IN VERIFICATION REQUEST PROCEDURE

Effective June 1, 2024, we will no longer accept hard copy verification requests.

Please send all verification requests to academicverification@ug.edu.gh

Ensure that your request includes the following attachments:

  1. Copies of academic records (transcript and/or certificate) to be verified.

  2. Receipt or proof of payment for the service. (Online payments can be made here. Cash office receipts should be attached or sent as a reply to the email thread.)

  3. A letter of consent for the release of academic records.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

APPROVED CHARGES FOR VERIFICATION OF ACADEMIC RECORDS 

The Academic Affairs Directorate provides official letters of confirmation of academic records of past and present students to entities that require verification for a particular period of time. Kindly note the current approved charges for verification as follows: 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Mode of issuance of verification 

 
 
 
 

Charge per verification/copy 

 
 
 
 

  1. Local verification of academic certificate (Physical document pick up or online delivery)  

 
 

Thirty (30) Ghana Cedis 

 
 
 
 

  1. Foreign verification of academic certificate (Online delivery only) 

 
 

Ten (10) US Dollars 

 
 
 
 

  1. Local verification of academic certificate (Physical document delivery via courier) 

 
 

Eighty-five (85) Ghana Cedis 

 
 
 
 

  1. Foreign verification of academic certificate (Physical document delivery via courier) 

 
 

Fifty-five (55) US Dollars. 

Please submit service request(s) with payment via the online academic record verification portal:    https://sts.ug.edu.gh/academicrecords/   

 

Response is typically completed within one week of service request submission. Larger requests may require a considerably longer period of time. To meet any prevailing deadlines, requests should be lodged promptly.