Unofficial Transcripts

Overview

The Unofficial Transcript displays a student’s course work to date. The following table compares the Unofficial Transcript with the two other types of transcripts available in M-Pathways.

Transcript Type Description Target Audience General Uses (examples)
Unofficial Transcript
  • Displays student’s UM course work to date and any transfer credit from previous academic institutions
  • Includes details on:
    • Academic standing and discipline
    • Honors
    • Milestones
    • Previous academic institution degree and address information
    • How course work transfers to UM Career, Program, and Plan
Primarily Internal Document
  • Academic Standing evaluation tool
  • General university (UM) business
  • Degree clearance tool(in lieu of Degree Audit Report)
  • Advising tool (in lieu of Degree Audit Report)
Official Transcript
  • Displays student’s academic UM course work to date (previous experience is displayed only in summary)
  • Does not include:
    • Program/Plan activity
    • Detailed discipline activity
  • Printed only by Registrar’s Office
Primarily External Document
  • Application for admission to another institution
  • Application for employment
  • Used for all off-campus purposes
Advising Report
  • Includes same information as Unofficial Transcript plus:
    • Admit term
    • Student group membership
    • Standardized test results
    • Student placement test scores with their recommendations and rationales
Primarily Internal Document
  • General university (UM) business
  • Degree clearance tool(in lieu of Degree Audit Report)
  • Advising tool (in lieu of Degree Audit Report)

Important Information

  • The Unofficial Transcript is not an Official Transcript and cannot take the place of an Official Transcript.
  • FERPA rules and regulations apply to the information in all types of transcripts.

Viewing and Printing Unofficial Transcripts

Individual Unofficial Transcripts

  • Follow this navigation path to view individual Unofficial Transcripts one at a time:
    Main Menu > Records and Enrollment > Transcripts > View Unofficial Transcript
  • To print an individual Unofficial Transcript, select File > Print from your web browser’s menu bar.
  • Refer to View Individual Unofficial Transcript for related information.
  • Students can view and print their own Unofficial Transcripts via Wolverine Access Student Business. They can also request copies of both Official and Unofficial Transcripts from the Office of the Registrar via Wolverine Access Student Business.

Multiple Unofficial Transcripts

  • Follow this navigation path to run and print Unofficial Transcripts for up to 15 students (generated as a single PDF document):
    Main Menu > Records and Enrollment > Transcripts > Print Unofficial Transcript
  • Refer to Run and Print Unofficial Transcripts for related information.
  • For batch requests (more than 15 Unofficial Transcripts in a single print request), e-mail the Registrar’s Office at ro.batch.request@umich.edu.