A certified copy is an official duplicate of an original document, issued by an authorized official who has verified the duplicate as a true and exact copy of the original by validating the duplicate with a wet ink stamp and handwritten signature.

Our Admissions Office requires a certified copy to verify that your academic credentials are authentic without requiring the physical, original document

How to make a certified copy:

1. The university official/notary/translator makes a duplicate by making a photocopy in colour of the original diploma and transcript.

   
   

2. The university official/notary/translator verify that the photocopy is genuine and accurate copy of the original document by hand signing and stamping (the photocopy) with wet ink in coloured ink (not black or grey). If the document is multiple pages, then each page must contain a stamp and signature.
     
3. The photocopy now contains a new and original coloured signature and stamp in additional to possible photocopied signatures and stamps that were present on the original document.
     
4. Scan the certified copies and submit them in the EUR Admissions Portal.

A certified copy must therefore contain both the copied stamps and signatures from the original document (if applicable) and a new, original stamp and signature from the certifying official.

Digital documents sent by your university

We also accept PDF documents sent directly by your university to the ESE Admissions Office (sent to: master-info@ese.eur.nl). Documents forwarded by students are not considered certified. Our Office must receive and approve the documents before the applicable deadline.

For information about certified translations and examples of accepted and rejected documents, see Certified documents | Erasmus School of Economics.