How to Apply

Academic Transcripts

If you have completed either of the following qualifications you will need to provide an academic transcript for that qualification when you apply:

UK or Irish undergraduate degree accredited for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).
UK or Irish postgraduate conversion course accredited for GBC. (We only need the transcript for your conversion course, not for your non-accredited undergraduate degree).

The academic transcript will have been issued to you by your university and it should cover all the years of your course if possible, and at least the last two years of marks for a degree. The transcript should include:

A list of the modules you took and the marks you got.
The overall result of your degree eg 2.1.
The degree title eg BSc in Psychology with Sociology.
Information to identify who took the course eg your name, date of birth etc.
Information to identify the university where you studied.

We do not need the following:

Please do not provide transcripts for any other degrees or courses.
Please do not provide copies of your degree certificate.
Please do not post the original academic transcript to us. If you are unable to scan the transcript so need to post it to us for us to scan it, please post a photocopy.

If your university did not provide transcripts you will need a letter from them confirming this, to submit with your application. The letter should state that you were not issued with a transcript when you graduated and that the university cannot provide a transcript now. If possible, this letter should come from the Central Student Records Department of your university. We suggest that you contact your university as soon as possible to give them time to check their records and send you confirmation.

If you are an undergraduate when you apply you do not need to provide us with a transcript.

If, when you apply, you are currently doing a postgraduate conversion course to get GBC you do not need to provide us with any transcripts.

If, when you apply, you are currently studying with the Open University please see the When to Apply section for more information.

If your qualifications are not from the UK or Republic of Ireland you do not need to provide us with any transcripts. Instead, we will need a copy of the letter from the British Psychological Society confirming that you have Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).

However, some course centres have further requirements for academic transcripts. To check whether the course centres you are interested in have such requirements, please see the Entry Requirements and Selection Procedure information for each course centre.

The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and the British Psychological Society recognise each other's undergraduate accreditation procedures so if your qualification makes you eligible for graduate membership of the PSI it will also give you GBC.