Evaluating International Work
All secondary education, pre-university, and college work (not U.S. accredited) done outside of the United States must be evaluated by an international credential evaluation agency at the applicant's expense. This includes international work that may be reported on a US high school or university transcript.
BYU considers secondary education to be grades 9-12 unless 9th grade is not considered high school in your country of study. If 9th grade is not considered high school in your country of study, 9th grade records are optional. If your school system includes 13th grade and you have completed 13th grade, those records must also be included in your evaluation.
DO NOT send international transcripts directly to BYU unless an accredited US institution submits them. We will discard any international transcripts that are not properly evaluated.
BYU will accept evaluations from the International Education Research Foundation (IERF) or TEC (formerly SpanTran). All CES schools (BYU, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Pathway, and Ensign College) will have access to IERF and TEC evaluations submitted to BYU. If you are applying to multiple CES institutions, only one evaluation is required.
The evaluation process can take up to eight weeks to complete, depending on how quickly you can provide the necessary documents and information to the evaluation agency. We encourage all applicants to begin the evaluation process as soon as possible to avoid rush fees and missed deadlines.
IERF Users
Please use the CES-specific IERF application and follow the instructions below to receive a discounted fee on your IERF evaluation. This will also help ensure that your IERF evaluation will be sent directly to BYU and made available to all CES schools.
- In the “Applicant Information” section, you will be asked, “How did you hear about us?”. Using the drop-down menu, be sure to select “Educational Institution” and then “Brigham Young University - Undergraduate” to receive a discounted fee.
- In the “Purpose” section, please select the “Detail Report for BYU” option.
- In the “Mailing Instructions” section, be sure to also select “Educational Institution” and then “Brigham Young University - Undergraduate” as the recipient of the report, as IERF works with a number of BYU departments. This will ensure that your report reaches the correct office.
Professional translations of original documents not issued in English may be required before an evaluation can be conducted. IERF partners with a translation company that offers IERF users a discount rate. For more details, see the “Translations” section of IERF’s CES landing page.
TEC (formerly SpanTran) Users
Use the CES-specific TEC application to receive a discounted fee and a faster turnaround service on your TEC application. This will also ensure that we receive the correct report type (Course Analysis), and your completed evaluation will be sent automatically to BYU and made available to all CES schools.
Professional translations of original documents not issued in English may be required before an evaluation can be conducted. TEC offers their own in-house translation services for an additional fee.
TEC also offers verification services for an additional fee. If you opt to pay for TEC's verification services, note that the time it takes to verify your documents is not included in their standard 5-business day evaluation timeframe or 2-day rush. They do not have control over the time it takes to verify documents, so we do not recommend this option near the deadline as delays are common.
When emailing with TEC, wait two business days before sending them another email, or your email will be moved to the end of the line and cause further delays. We also do not recommend trying to call TEC as they do not prioritize phone calls.