DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR OBTAINING THE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

ORIGINAL

·   Request available at the graduate secretary, to be signed after the defense.

·   Identity card (the regional council card is not accepted as a substitute)

·   Birth or marriage certificate

·   Undergraduate certificate (front and backside)

·   Fee payment if the student has chosen a special certificate

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE - COPY

RESOLUTION No 5068, SEPTEMBER 12^TH 2003.
(D.O.E. – 09.18.2003)

Rules on the emission of graduate certificate copies by the University of São Paulo. 

The Rector of the University of São Paulo, exercising his legal prerogatives, based on art. 42, I of the Statute and in view of what was deliberated on by the Legislation and Resource Commission of the University Council in a Session held on September 09^th 2003, enacts the following

RESOLUTION:

Article 1 - Copies of undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral certificate copies will be issued in case of modification of data, loss, damage or destruction of the original, as determined by this Resolution.

Single paragraph – Requests for the emission of a special handwritten certificate, after the emission and registration of the original printed certificate, will be considered as the emission of a copy.

Article 2- The interested party will address duly qualified requests for certificate copies to the Rector, attending to the following requirements:

I – state the event, accompanied by the signature of at least two duly qualified testimonies;

II – provide proof of the publication about the loss of the certificate in a media organ with a large circulation in the community where the issuing Unit is located, with an antecedence of at least 30 (thirty) days;

III – together with the records of the original certificate in case of data modification, damaging or special certificate emission.

Article 3 – The Units will pronounce their opinion about the request, in accordance with a procedure to be established by the Director. The Legislation and Resource Commission is responsible for approving the emission of the certificate copy.

§ 1º - If the request refers to the emission of Masters or Doctoral certificates, the competent Graduate Commission will be heard.

§ 2º - The determinations set in the caput and § 1 of this article do not apply to the hypotheses of emission due to data modification and emission of special certificate, whose due certifications will be the responsibility of the General Secretary Academic Record Division.

Article 4 – The copy must state on the front of the certificate, in a readable form, the expression "copy" and, on the back, a note referring to the registration of the original document, transferring its validity.

Single paragraph – The certificate copy will maintain the number of its original registration in all cases, so as to guarantee the legal effects that were already produced, including the updated indication of date and place of emission and signature by the competent authorities.

Article 5 – All expenses, including printing and calligraphy, will be paid for by the interested parties, except in case of data modifications due to errors by the Administration. 

Article 6 – This Resolution will take effect on the date of its publication, revoking any determinations to the contrary, especially those established by Resolution No 3.349, dated 05.07.87, and Resolution No 3.296, dated 12.03.86.

University of São Paulo Rectory, September 12^th 2003.

ADOLPHO JOSÉ MELFI
Rector

NINA BEATRIZ STOCCO RANIERI
General Secretary