Official Documents
Current students
The following documents are available to request from the Student Portal and then issued to you by Parchment. If you need help, please contact Student Hub Online (TOPdesk), or Contact Us if you no longer have access to Topdesk.
Student status letters
A variety of letters (for example Confirmation of Registration; Graduation letters; other Student Status letters) can be downloaded through the Student Portal.
Students can visit Student Hub Online (TOPdesk) for details and support.
Student transcripts
- Free transcripts: Access via Student Portal.
- Certified transcript (€10): Access via Parchment.
- There is no obligation to purchase a certified transcript. Certified transcripts are usually only necessary if specifically requested by an employer / educational institute etc.
- After each release of exam results, students will receive an email with the option to order and access their Certified Transcript.
- Once paid for, you will have unlimited access to your Certified Transcript, which will be updated each semester with any new results, until graduation.
Graduation related letters & documents
Graduation letters
The following letters are available to download from the Student Portal:
- Expecting to Graduate letter
- Awaiting Graduation letter
- Confirmation of graduation letter
Students can visit Student Hub Online (TOPdesk) for details and support.
Graduation documents
The following graduation documents are emailed to your 'home email address' within five working days of your conferring ceremony:
| Transcripts | Request via Academic Registry (Graduates, alumni & former students section). |
| European Diploma Supplement | Request via Academic Registry (Graduates, alumni & former students section). |
| Digital parchments (Only parchments for graduates of the University of Limerick are available via Parchment. Unfortunately it is not possible to issue digital parchments for joint awards (e.g. where UL and another institution award the final parchment). | Request via Academic Registry (Graduates, alumni & former students section). |
University Certificate of Study students
| UCOS Certificate of completion | This certificate (free of charge) is issued to students who have completed a University Certificate of Study, within one month of completing their academic requirements. This letter will not be available if you have any outstanding fees. | Please contact the Graduate & Professional Studies Admissions Office. |
Immigration/visa, social welfare and SUSI letters
| Applicant visa support letter | Contact UL Global |
| Ad hoc customer letter | Request letter |
| Certified student transcript | Access via Digitary |
| Garda immigration applications | Confirmation of Registration & Attendance letter can be used. This can be requested from the Student Portal and is issued through Digitary |
| Social welfare letters | Confirmation of Registration & Attendance letter can be used. This can be requested from the Student Portal and is issued through Digitary |
| SUSI letters | Confirmation of Registration & Attendance letter can be used. This can be requested from the Student Portal and is issued through Digitary |
| Back to Education Allowance letter, if due to go on Coop | Request letter |
| Springboard application letter, if due to go on Coop | Request letter |
Graduates, alumni & former students
Certified transcripts & other official documents
Graduates, Alumni & former students can request a Certified Transcript or other official documents (which will be issued electronically in a secure document), through the 'Graduates, Alumni and former students' section on the Academic Registry Contact Us webpage.
Using Parchment (formerly Digitary CORE)
Getting set up on Parchment
Request your document using the instructions above. You will then receive an email containing a link which will bring you to a registration page.
- Please click the link in the email, and register using the email address where you received the invitation to register.
- After you register, if you have two Parchment accounts (for example, if you registered before with a different email address), you can merge them into one account under one email address. There are instructions within Parchment to allow you to do this.
If you have issues registering / do not receive an email from Parchment
If you received the email, and have followed the registration instructions, but you are still unable to register, please follow the below troubleshooting instructions:
- Try to register on multiple browsers
- Make sure your browsers are up to date
- Clear your cache
- Check your junk and spam inboxes
- Make sure you are setting up the account with the email address that the document was issued to
If you still can’t register after following the troubleshooting instructions above, please contact us via the links below, including your name, student number, date of birth, course and year of graduation (if applicable) as well as screenshots of any error message:
If you have forgotten your Parchment password
If you have registered with Parchment, click “Can’t sign in?” and complete the online form that will then forward password reset instructions to your registered email account.
To change your Parchment password
Click the dropdown menu by your name, choose Profile Settings > Change email password.
What to do if you receive an email from Parchment
- Register for your Parchment account if you have not done so already.
- Log in to your Parchment account.
- Follow the instructions in the email you received to access the document.
Accessing & sharing Parchment (formerly Digitary CORE) documents
Accessing
- Your documents should be visible upon login to Parchment.
- If your documents aren’t available, and you have followed the instructions in the email you received and have registered using the same email address to which you received the invite to register, please follow the troubleshooting advice under the “If you have issues registering” section above, or contact us for assistance.
Sharing
- From the ‘Documents’ page, which will be visible after login, click on the ‘Share’ button next the document you wish to share.
- You can choose to have Parchment send an email to a person, specify for how long they can access the document, require them to have a PIN to access the document, or simply share a link with the recipient yourself.
- You can also send your document to a registered organisation on the Parchment network via the share dropdown menu. If the organisation does not appear here, you can still share the document with them through their own contact email address.
