Students across the world face a lot of confusion while transitioning from one
educational institution to another because of the numerous documents they
need to gather. Academic documents, such as matriculation certificate,
migration certificate, bonafide certificate, TC, etc, which act as proof of their
study, are the most crucial documents that students need to submit to the
university/ college to which they apply for admission.
Mark sheets and academic transcripts play an essential role in getting
admission granted to a particular university as they let the admission board
understand the past academic performance of the students. Hence, students
must have a proper understanding of what academic transcripts are and how
they are different from mark sheets. So, let’s understand everything around
academic transcripts and mark sheets in detail.
Table of Contents
What is Academic Transcript, and is it different from transcripts of record?
What are Mark Sheets?
Understanding the key differences between academic transcripts and mark
sheets
How to obtain the CBSE class 10th and 12th marksheet using Digilocker?
How to obtain the Telangana class 10th mark sheet/ marks memo?
How to download TS intermediate mark sheet/ marks memo?
The Use of Transcripts in overseas education
Academic Transcripts and Consolidated Marksheets. What is the difference?
What is a provisional transcript, and how to get it?
FAQs
What is Academic Transcript, and is it different from transcripts of record?
Just like a Bonafide Certificate for class 10 confirms the authenticity of a
student and helps him while changing schools, an academic transcript is
proof that a student has successfully completed his/her study in a particular
course, and it is issued by the university or school in which the student
finished a particular score. This academic transcript has several names like
record of achievement, transcript of record, etc. This document consists of
some crucial information, like all the subjects a student studied and the
grades they obtained in each of those subjects. It’s mandatory to obtain the
academic transcript along with the stamp from the institution that issues it.
A transcript of record is the same as an academic transcript, and the
information provided can be different from institution to institution. In a
transcript of record, we can expect things like all the subjects that a student
has studied along with the year and the grades or marks obtained against
each column.
What are Mark Sheets?
Mark sheets also contain information related to the academic excellence of a
student, but the key difference between mark sheets and academic
transcripts is that mark sheets are not a compilation of all the scores
obtained across the course. Instead, it’s awarded for every individual
semester and the grades obtained by the student in every subject in that
particular semester. Mark sheets are not considered as authentic as
academic transcripts, and with mark sheets alone, students may not be able
to apply for admission into higher education. So, along with mark sheets, it’s
crucial to get academic transcripts as well before applying for admission to
your higher education.
Understanding the key differences between academic transcripts and mark
sheets
S.No Mark Sheet Academic Transcript
1 It is awarded for a particular semester or year. It is awarded for the
entire course of study
2 It consists of scores or grades in individual subjects for each semester.
It is a compilation of all the grades/ scores obtained in the entire
course.
3 Students obtain multiple mark sheets by the end of the course. Only
one Academic transcript will be given at the end of the course.
4 It is also referred to as a marks memo by some educational boards
Academic Transcript is also known as Cumulative Record File,
Statement of Learning, Transcript of Records (ToR), or Permanent record, etc.
5 Mark Sheet may or may not be required during study abroad
admissions. Academic Transcripts are mandatory for getting admission into
foreign universities.
6 Example: For a four-year Engineering program, a student receives
individual mark sheets for each semester with grades against the columns of
each subject. Example: In a four-year engineering program, a student
receives one academic transcript, which is the summary of the performance
across all the semesters.
