
Certificates and Transcripts
●How to request
Please send the following items to the Academic Records Section.
1. Application Form (please download the
PDF
File) or free format application that indicates:
・Your name (at Sophia University) ・Telephone number and e-mail address
・Date of birth ・Student ID# ・Year and month of graduation / withdrawal
・Faculty and department / Graduate school and Program, you belonged to.
・Specify certificates/transcripts , Number of copies, language(Japanese / English)
・Whether the certificates should be sent in a sealed and signed envelope
・Address to send
2. Certificates fees and postage
<Application by domestic mail >
Please purchase a “Yubin Teigaku Kogawase” (郵便定額小為替) for the Total Amount at a post office and enclose it with the Application Form.
<Application from outside Japan>
Please purchase an “International Postal Money Order”(国際郵便為替) at a post office, or let your bank issue a personal check in U.S dollars, for the Total Amount and enclose it with the Application Form.
※Requests by phone or e-mail are NOT accepted.
※“International Postal Money Order”(国際郵便為替) is unavailable in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, France ,U.K. and some countries.
※U.S dollar ($) to Japanese Yen (¥) Exchange Rate : US $1 = ¥100
●Certificates fees and postage
| Certificates | Fees | Day of issue |
|
Graduation/degree certificate (卒業/修了証明書) | ¥300 | It takes three days from the day we receive your application: Application received: →Day of issue: ・Monday/Tuesday → Friday ・Wednesday/Thursday → Monday ・Friday → Wednesday |
| Transcript (成績証明書) | ¥300 | |
| Certificate of Enrollment (在籍証明書) * | ¥300 |
* “Certificate of Enrollment” can be issued to former non-degree students, non-matriculated students, auditors, research students, and those who entered Sophia university but withdrew before graduation.
* For Summer Session Certificate, please visit the Summer Session Office web site .
| Postage in Japan | ||
| 1 ~ 3 copies | ¥100 | Express mail: Add extra ¥300 |
| 4 ~ 7 copies | ¥200 | |
| 8 ~ 15 copies | ¥300 | |
| 16 ~ 20 copies | ¥400 | |
| Postage for Airmail |
USA Europe Oceania |
Africa South America | Asia |
| 1 copy | ¥100 | ¥200 | ¥100 |
| 2 ~ 3 copies | ¥200 | ¥300 | ¥200 |
| 4 ~ 7 copies | ¥400 | ¥500 | ¥400 |
| 8 ~ 15 copies | ¥700 | ¥900 | ¥500 |
| 16 ~ 20 copies | ¥1,100 | ¥1,500 | ¥800 |
| Postage for EMS *EMS: Express Mail Service | |||
| Asia |
Oceania North/Central America | Europe |
South America Africa |
| ¥900 | ¥1,200 | ¥1,500 | ¥1,700 |
●How to apply by a proxy (代理人)
・Letter of proxy (委任状) is necessary. (Please download the
PDF
file or use free format)
・Please fill out the required information yourself and give it to the proxy.
・Please enclose a photocopy of the proxy’s identification.
●Fees for Current Student (在学生の料金)
| Certificates for current student | Fees | Day of issue |
|
Certificate of Attendance (在学証明書) *for Current Student | ¥100 | It takes three days from the day we receive your application: Application received: →Day of issue: ・Monday/Tuesday → Friday ・Wednesday/Thursday → Monday ・Friday → Wednesday |
|
Transcript (成績証明書) *for Current Student | ¥200 | |
|
Certificate of prospective graduation (卒業/修了見込証明書) | ¥100 |
●Contact Address
Certificates / Transcripts, Academic Records Section
Center for Academic Affairs, Sophia University
7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 102-8554
Tel: +81-3-3238-3519