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Degree verifications (HEDD Portal)

Educational verifications for third parties such as for employers, agencies and embassies now go through our new verification system - The Hedd Portal 


Third party enquirers such as employers, agencies and embassies can verify attendance and awards from Queen Mary University of London through Prospects HEDD. A HEDD verification confirms the candidate’s name, qualification type, course name, year of award, classification obtained and dates of attend.

How to register

To make an enquiry you first need to register an account with HEDD. You can do this by visiting www.hedd.ac.uk 

  1. Select ‘Queen Mary University of London’ from the list of UK higher education institutions
  2. Choose the option to 'verify a degree award'. 

How to make an enquiry with HEDD

You will need the following information from the candidate to obtain an education verification:

•    full name (name while registered on the course)
•    date of birth
•    course
•    qualification
•    year of award
•    classification
•    a signed consent form from the individual. If you require a consent form template please contact heddhelp@prospects.ac.uk 

Please note that there is a charge per verification. 

Processing an verification

In real time, information provided in the enquiry is checked against an encrypted dataset from the university’s student records and verifies, if matched.

If the record does not match, the verification will require a manual check from the university. Please note that this could take 10 working days to process.

To increase the likelihood of an automatic verification we recommend that do one of two things:

  1. Ask to see the degree certificate, if there is one, and use the information on it for your verification enquiry.
  2. Alternatively, ask individuals to give you their data as they believe it is recorded in the Queen Mary student records system.

Education verification for current students

If you are looking to verify study details for a student currently enrolled at Queen Mary, we recommend you ask your candidate/applicant to supply you with a Student Status Letter. Students can access this through their GradIntelligence account, We recommend this option as this is free service for students to use. 

MBBS Medicine verifications

Registry Services are not able to accommodate MBBS verifications, all enquirers looking to verify details for Medicine (MBBS) graduates would need to contact smd-mbbs-transcripts@qmul.ac.uk. Current Medicine (MBBS) students with queries about verifications can email smd-student-enquiries@qmul.ac.uk with requests or further guidance. For more information please see the following link - MBBS Queen Mary EShop page.

Academic references

If you/A candidate requires a personal academic reference (Those speaking to your character or demeanor) you will need to ask someone who knows you/the student in this capacity. Registry Services can only speak to official results and awards, and details in this category. 

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