If an overseas university asks for your Singapore examination results, first confirm which document it accepts. SEAB says candidates can download available digitised results and send the file to an institution, which can verify it through OpenCerts.
Use the university’s approved submission route and send the original digital file if it accepts that format. Ask for instructions if its portal accepts only PDFs, requires an official sender or requests a different type of document.
- Ask the university which examination years and documents it needs.
- Retrieve the official files for the relevant sittings.
- Confirm how to submit a verifiable file.
- Keep the submission acknowledgement.
Check the format before uploading
Ask whether the institution accepts a digitised SEAB result that can be verified through OpenCerts. If the application portal cannot take the original file, ask whether there is another approved upload or delivery route. Avoid treating a converted file or screenshot as the original verifiable record.
For example, an institution may ask for a PDF for initial screening and the original file for verification. Ask for its instructions in writing and follow the sequence it gives you.
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Send the records the institution requests
Use the examination level and year to identify each record. If the institution needs results from multiple sittings, ask how it wants the individual records submitted. SEAB says it does not send the digitised results to external parties on candidates’ behalf.
Use the past results retrieval guide to locate a record and the OpenCerts guide to explain verification to a recipient.
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Frequently asked questions
Will every overseas university accept the same file?
Ask the university which format and submission route it accepts for your application.
What if it asks for a document I cannot obtain online?
Ask the university what alternative it accepts and consult SEAB’s current guidance for your examination and year.
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Official information
Consult SEAB’s Past Years’ Results in Digital Form guidance and the receiving institution’s current application instructions. Guidance checked on 8 November 2026.