Share your academic documents with other institutions
Updated on: 20 November 2025
Find out how to share your degree certificate and Higher Education Achievement report with other institutions.
To share documents with employers, other institutions or government organisations:
- Log in to St Andrews Academic Documents.
- Purchase document access.
- Click on Add Connections and add the relevant information. You must provide your connection's name and email address.
You will be able to control what documents you wish to share and for how long your connection can view them.
Connection fee
A connection fee of £14 is payable by the third party.
Fee exemptions
The connection fee does not apply to:
- Higher Education institutions
- Local authorities
- UK and overseas governmental bodies
- Solicitors
- Notaries public
Institutions not listed for fee exemption
If your institution is not listed above, the connection may need to be cancelled and resubmitted for the exemption to take effect. To get advice on the necessary steps, email assessment@st-andrews.ac.uk to contact the Academic Registry team.
World Education Services (WES) verification
You can share documents with WES for international credential evaluation:
- Log in to St Andrews Academic Documents.
- Click on Add connections. Enter submit@wes.org in the email field, and WES ID in the name field.
- Select the documents you want to share and for how long.
Law School Admission Council (LSAC) verification
You can share documents with LSAC for international credential evaluation:
- Log in to St Andrews Academic Documents.
- Click on Add connections. Enter standrews-edocs@lsac.org in the email field, and the Account Number in the name field.
- Select the documents you want to share and for how long.
Learn more about how to share academic documents with third parties.