Provisional Degree Certificate is a temporary document provided by a university until a permanent degree is issued and imparted on convocation. Generally, it continues to be a valid certificate for around 6 months or until a degree is issued to the students. It has no expiry date per se. However, the day your degree is issued by your institute, the Provisional Certificate will no longer hold any importance. It is mainly dispensed as a temporary replacement for the degree and this certificate is proof of the fact that the degree has not been issued yet.

As a temporary document issued to the student by a particular university/college/educational institute, a Provisional Degree Certificate is valid until the original degree is not provided by the institution. It is widely used when one has to apply for higher education or a job:

  • It consists of the name of the student and the course perused.
  • It is temporary in nature and generally also has a validity period.

With an aim to not deprive any student to pursue higher education or apply for a job, a provisional certificate is issued by scores of universities across the world. Enlisted are the details that are broadly covered in an interim degree:

Details of the degree program pursued by an individual.

  • Student name, enrollment ID, and department/college name.
  • Passing year and the distinction/CGPA obtained.
  • Signature and stamp of the concerned authority along with date and place of issue.

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You need to get in touch with their academic institution to apply for a provisional degree certificate. The process of issuing the certificate might differ from one university to another, as some might provide you with the provisional in a couple of days while others might take longer. But institutions usually make the certificate available in three months while the degree gets issued in a year or two.

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    Candidates must produce a soft copy of their mark sheet along with a self-attested copy of their signature and photograph.

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      A soft copy of the candidate’s mark sheet, as well as a self-attested copy of their signature and photograph, is required.

        This is the provisional Degree you get before getting the Original degree. Some exams or while filling a form requires a provisional degree certificate if you do not have an original degree certificate. This helps students until they gets the original degree certificate.
        It is available online you can download it on the website.