Official university-sealed transcripts from the Student Evaluation Division, delivered to WES, IQAS, ECE and credential evaluation bodies worldwide.
IGNOU transcripts are issued by the Student Evaluation Division (SED), under the Registrar (SED), at IGNOU headquarters, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. FACTS coordinates the full process for IGNOU graduates applying to credential evaluation bodies, overseas universities, employers and licensing authorities.
IGNOU is a single central university rather than an affiliating body, so there is no college attestation and no question of which campus holds your record — every transcript is issued centrally by SED at Maidan Garhi. What actually decides how smoothly an IGNOU file moves is whether your enrollment number, grade cards and certificate details all match the university record. That is the part we manage.
IGNOU transcripts are issued centrally by the Student Evaluation Division (SED), Block 12, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068. The transcript is a set of attested copies of your grade cards / statement of marks, provisional certificate and degree certificate, sealed in an envelope and dispatched by Speed Post — there is no self-service PDF transcript. IGNOU's own dispatch typically begins around 15 working days after it receives a complete application. Through FACTS, priority cases are usually completed within 10 to 20 working days; cases with a lost enrollment number or older records take longer. Sealed transcripts issued this way are accepted by WES, IQAS, ICES, CES, ICAS, ECE and universities worldwide.
| Official name | Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1985, by the IGNOU Act 1985 of Parliament; came into existence 20 September 1985 |
| Type | Central open and distance learning (ODL) university |
| Also known as | “The People’s University” — the world’s largest university by enrolment |
| Headquarters | Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068 |
| Recognition | UGC-recognised Central University; NAAC accredited A++; degrees recognised by AIU |
| Reach | Regional Centres and Learner Support Centres across India and abroad |
| Transcript issuing office | Registrar (SED) — Student Evaluation Division, Block 12, Maidan Garhi |
| Application mode | Prescribed application to SED with photocopies and online (SBI Collect) or demand-draft payment |
| Electronic transcript | Not offered as a self-service PDF; official transcript is a sealed hard copy by Speed Post |
| Official website | ignou.ac.in |
This surprises a lot of applicants, so it is worth being plain about it. IGNOU does not print a separate narrative transcript the way many universities abroad do. An official IGNOU transcript is a set of copies of your grade cards or statement of marks, together with your provisional certificate and degree certificate, each attested and stamped by the Student Evaluation Division, then sealed in an envelope.
Each sheet carries the university stamp and the attestation of SED. That attestation is what gives the copy its legal standing. The envelope is then sealed and signed across the back flap and dispatched by Speed Post, which is the seal WES and other evaluation bodies check.
So if a set of stamped grade cards and certificate copies arrives rather than a single printed record, nothing has gone wrong — that is the correct and complete document. It is the format WES, IQAS, ICES, CES, ECE and universities abroad expect from Indian institutions.
Before you apply, find your nine-digit IGNOU enrollment number. IGNOU indexes every student record by enrollment number, not by name. A missing or wrong enrollment number is the single most common reason an IGNOU transcript request stalls, because SED cannot locate the record to attest it.
Your enrollment number appears on your grade cards, your identity card, your admission confirmation and most correspondence from IGNOU. If you have lost it, it can usually be recovered from your registered details, but that recovery step has to happen before the transcript application, not after it is returned.
Send us whatever you have — a grade card, a certificate, or even your registered name, programme and year — and we will confirm the enrollment number and check it against the IGNOU record before we file, so the application is not returned at the first stage.
Yes. IGNOU is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament, its degrees are recognised by the Association of Indian Universities, and it is accredited by NAAC. WES and the other evaluation bodies assess IGNOU qualifications on the same basis as any other recognised Indian university, provided the transcript reaches them sealed and directly from the university.
Because IGNOU is an open and distance learning institution, evaluators do look closely at the completeness of the record — every grade card for every course, the provisional certificate and the degree. A gap in the grade cards is a more common cause of an evaluation query than the ODL mode itself. We make sure the set is complete before it is sealed.
Several websites advertise instant PDF or email transcripts for IGNOU. As of July 2026 the official IGNOU transcript is a sealed hard copy dispatched by Speed Post from the Student Evaluation Division; IGNOU does not run a self-service electronic PDF transcript that credential bodies accept in place of the sealed envelope.
Where an evaluation body writes to IGNOU to confirm your record directly, the university can respond to that verification correspondence. That supplements the sealed envelope; it does not replace it. If a provider offers you a same day PDF transcript from IGNOU, ask them which division issues it and whether your target evaluation body will accept it.
Two things cause most of the difficulty: a missing or mismatched enrollment number, and an incomplete set of grade cards. Both are far easier to fix before the application goes in than after it is returned.
| Applying yourself | Through FACTS | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | University fee only | University fee plus service fee |
| Enrollment number | You trace and verify it | We confirm and check it against the record first |
| Document set | You compile and check completeness | We check every grade card is present before filing |
| University follow-up | Yours to chase with SED | We follow up at the Student Evaluation Division |
| Typical time | Variable, often several weeks | 10 to 20 working days for priority cases; longer where the enrollment number or older records need tracing |
| If you live abroad | Difficult without a representative | Handled remotely, dispatched directly to WES or to you |
FACTS does not require your original documents in most cases. Clear scanned colour copies of your grade cards, provisional certificate and degree certificate are usually sufficient for us to process your application.
FACTS does not issue transcripts. IGNOU does. We prepare, file and follow up the application under your written authorisation, and arrange dispatch of the sealed envelope the university produces.
IGNOU has been enrolling students since 1985, and across millions of learners the record systems have changed over the decades. Recent results are held digitally. Older records, or records where a course was completed across re-registration cycles, may need tracing within SED before the copies can be attested.
This is a significant variable in how long a transcript takes. A recent graduate with a clear enrollment number and a complete set of grade cards is the fastest case. What makes an old file harder: a lost or wrongly noted enrollment number; missing grade cards for individual courses; a name that differs between the grade card and the degree; and programmes that were revised or renamed. None of these prevent issuance, but all of them need flagging at the start rather than discovering midway.
Nearly all of these bodies share one requirement: the sealed envelope must travel from the university to them without passing through your hands. Where they differ is in the paperwork that accompanies it.
WES requires marks sheets issued and attested by the institution that conducted the examinations, sent directly to WES in a sealed envelope signed or stamped across the back flap by the authenticating officer. WES does not accept documents forwarded by students or agents, and has applied this rule without exception to applications received on or after 1 December 2018. Generate your WES reference number before dispatch, because the envelope cannot be matched to your file without it.
The Canadian assessment bodies apply the same sealed envelope principle with minor differences in the covering documentation and in how the reference number is quoted.
Educational Credential Evaluators requires the sealed envelope directly from the university. NCEES, for engineering licensure, frequently asks for course by course records and syllabus documentation, which is a separate request to the university.
German applications usually require APS certification, and ZAB verification where recognition of the degree itself is in question. Both involve the university responding to correspondence.
ECCTIS for the United Kingdom and NZQA for New Zealand run their own verification correspondence with the university. Dataflow is the usual route for Gulf healthcare and professional licensing.
Opening the sealed envelope to check its contents invalidates it for every evaluation body without exception. If you want to know what is inside, ask for a scanned copy at the time of issuance, not by opening the seal.
The figures below are drawn from our own case history at IGNOU. They are not guaranteed by the university, and they are working days from the point at which a complete document set is accepted, not from your first enquiry. International courier time is additional, and IGNOU’s own dispatch typically begins around 15 working days after it receives a complete application.
| Your situation | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Recent graduate, enrollment number confirmed, all grade cards in hand | 10 to 20 working days (priority cases) |
| Enrollment number lost and needs tracing | Add the enrollment-number recovery step first |
| One or more grade cards missing | Add the duplicate grade card process first |
| Older programme or revised course record | Around 20 to 30 working days, occasionally longer |
| Name or date of birth correction needed | Correction first, then transcript |
You do not need to be in Delhi, and you do not usually need to send original documents anywhere. Send clear scans of all your grade cards, your provisional certificate and your degree certificate, your enrollment number, a copy of your passport, a signed authorisation letter which we provide as a template, and your evaluation body reference number if the envelope is going directly to WES or similar.
The temptation that catches overseas applicants is having the sealed envelope couriered to your home address. If your destination is WES or another evaluation body, do not do this. It must arrive directly from the university, so having it sent to you abroad and posting it on means paying for the whole process twice. IGNOU can Speed Post the sealed envelope straight to the evaluation body when you provide its address and your reference number.
Inside the university, files stall for a few reasons: a mismatched or missing enrollment number; an incomplete set of grade cards; a discrepancy where a name does not match between documents; signatory availability, since envelopes cannot be sealed without the authorised officer; and examination season, when SED prioritises live examination work.
The mistakes applicants make are more avoidable:
University information on this page was checked against the IGNOU official website, the IGNOU Act 1985 that established the university, University Grants Commission records and NAAC accreditation records. Credential evaluation requirements are drawn from the published guidance of the respective bodies and are set by those organisations, so confirm the current position on their own websites before dispatch. University fees, the transcript application form and processing times are set by IGNOU, may change, and are not guaranteed by FACTS; confirm the current fee and procedure with the Student Evaluation Division before paying.
What we cannot control: the university’s record retrieval time, the availability of authorised signatories, discrepancies between your documents and the university record, examination season workload, and the processing time of any evaluation body after delivery.
FACTS Transcripts and Verification Inc. is an independent document procurement service. We are not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by IGNOU. Applicants may apply directly to the university at no service cost, and that process is described in full on this page. Last reviewed: 24 July 2026.
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Every document below is obtained from IGNOU directly and dispatched sealed — to WES, ECE, IQAS, ECCTIS, ZAB, NZQA, a university, an employer, or to you.
FACTS document processing time: 5–7 working days*
*This is our internal processing time, once all your documents, enrollment number and payment are complete. IGNOU’s own dispatch time is additional. Incomplete grade cards and a missing enrollment number are the biggest causes of delay. University-side and evaluator-side processing times (WES, ECCTIS, ZAB and others) are set by those bodies, not by FACTS. We confirm exact cost, timeline and the document list by email before we begin.
We obtain your consolidated transcript from IGNOU, sealed and stamped by the Student Evaluation Division. A sealed transcript is what WES, IQAS, ECE, CES and foreign universities require — an envelope you seal yourself is rejected.
WES will not accept a transcript that you send them yourself. It has to arrive from IGNOU or from an authorised representative, in a sealed envelope. FACTS sends your IGNOU transcript directly to WES with your reference number on it — the single most common thing applicants get wrong.
An MOI letter from IGNOU confirms your programme was taught in English. Universities abroad, immigration authorities and credential evaluators frequently accept it in place of an IELTS or TOEFL score. It is a separate document from the transcript and we can obtain both together.
Employers, background-check firms and immigration authorities verify degrees directly with the issuing university. We handle the IGNOU verification request end to end, so the confirmation reaches the verifying body from the university rather than from you.
A genuineness certificate is IGNOU confirming in writing, under its seal, that your academic records are authentic. It is frequently required alongside a transcript for immigration and professional registration, particularly in the Gulf.
A migration certificate from IGNOU releases you to enrol at another university or board. Many institutions ask for it at admission, and most graduates only discover this at the last minute.
If an IGNOU grade card or your degree certificate is lost or damaged, the university can issue a duplicate on a documented application. Send us your enrollment number and year of completion and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
ECCTIS, formerly UK NARIC, verifies Indian qualifications for UK visas, employers and universities. It requires documents direct from IGNOU. We prepare and submit the verification so it is not returned for incomplete documentation.
ZAB is Germany’s Central Office for Foreign Education, and its Statement of Comparability is required for German university admission and many work visas. ZAB verifies directly with IGNOU. We handle that correspondence.
For Gulf employment and licensing, MOFA attestation and Dataflow verification sit at the end of a chain that begins with IGNOU verification, then MEA attestation, then the embassy. A gap anywhere sends the file back. We run the whole chain.
IGNOU’s own dispatch typically begins around 15 working days after it receives a complete application. Through FACTS, priority cases are usually completed within 10 to 20 working days. Cases with a lost enrollment number, missing grade cards or older records take longer. These are FACTS operational figures; IGNOU does not publish a fixed service standard, and courier time to your recipient is additional.
For WES/IQAS, transcripts are sealed in official university envelopes and sent via Speed Post or secure international courier with tracking.
No. The official IGNOU transcript is a sealed hard copy dispatched by Speed Post from the Student Evaluation Division. There is no self-service PDF or email transcript that credential bodies accept in place of the sealed envelope. Where an evaluation body writes to IGNOU to verify your record, the university can respond to that correspondence separately.
Yes. Transcripts can be sent directly from IGNOU to WES, IQAS, ECE, ICES, CES or other universities and evaluation agencies, with your reference number quoted, when you provide the recipient’s address.
Yes, but the enrollment number has to be recovered first, because IGNOU indexes every record by it. Send us a grade card, certificate or your registered name, programme and year, and we will confirm the enrollment number and check it against the IGNOU record before filing, so the application is not returned.
You need your enrollment number, copies of both sides of all grade cards / statements of marks for every course, your provisional certificate and your degree certificate. All documents must be issued by IGNOU.
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