What is a certified document and how can I certify a document?

To apply as a domestic or international student you must provide Adelaide University with certified copies of your original documents to support your application.

All academic documents, professional qualifications and English translations of these documents, must be certified as a true copy of the original.

Certification requirements

Every page of the document must contain all the following elements:

• an original stamp bearing the name of the person or organisation who verifies the document
• words in English to the effect of "I certify that this is a true copy of the original"
• an original signature
• the date of certification.

Qualifications from the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia don't require certification. In certain cases, this may also apply to qualifications from other Australian institutions.

Applying via an Education Agent

Official Adelaide University Education Agents have authority to sight original documents and provide certified, electronic copies when submitting the application.

Education Agent certification must comply with the certification requirements listed above.

Direct applicants

If you are applying directly to Adelaide University through the Online Application System, you may submit certified electronic documents with the application.

Certified documents must comply with the certification requirements listed above.

Authorised person

The following people can certify documents lodged with international student applications:

• Education Agent or representative of Adelaide University (when representing the applicant)
• Authorised staff member of Adelaide University
• Justice of the Peace
• Notary Public
• Consular Official
• Commissioner for taking Affidavits
• Registrar of the university that the transcript or parchment is from
• Police Officer
• Examining authority.