How to Receive Your Diploma by Mail

Updating Your Diploma Distribution to Receive Your Diploma by Mail

It is very easy to update your Diploma Distribution options so that you receive your diploma by mail. Following are the instructions for both Spring Quarter graduates and for alumni who graduated previously in 2019-20.

Go to: Summer 2020 Diplomas • Spring Quarter 2020 Graduates or Alumni (Summer, Autumn, Winter 2019-20) or Graduates with a Current Active Career or Postdocs

Summer 2020 Diplomas

All diplomas are ordered Regular First Class Domestic or International through the United States Postal Service (USPS). Summer 2020 paper diplomas mailed through the USPS will likely be considerably delayed given the upcoming American presidential election and record absentee voting.

It is important to note the following:

• Requesting expedited delivery or tracked shipping is not possible.

• The address indicated in the application to graduate should be able to receive mail through the end of the calendar year.

• If you are moving between October and the end of the year, please provide the USPS a forwarding address.

• Picking up your diploma at the Student Services Center is not available at this time.

We share in your disappointment that there may be delays in obtaining your paper diploma. There are alternative ways to show evidence of your Stanford degree:

• Electronic Degree Certification through Axess available starting the day after conferral and a turnaround time of 30 minutes.

• Paper Degree Certifications through our Online Document Portal starting the day after conferral with a processing time of 5 business days. FedEx options with tracking available.

• Electronic CeDiplomas will be available to Summer graduates on November 2nd.

More information on these options can be found on the Registrar’s Degree Certification website.

If you have any questions or concerns please submit a Service Request.

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Current (Spring Quarter) Graduates

If you are a current student conferring your degree this Spring Quarter you can update your diploma distribution in your application to graduate through June 5, 2020. After June 18, you can update your diploma distribution via the Alumni process outlined below.

• Go to the Student tab from the Axess home page.

• Click "Apply to Graduate" from the menu on the left.

• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Revise/Edit" button.

• Current Diploma Distribution will appear.

• Click "No" that you will not be attending the Commencement Ceremony even if will be attending the virtual ceremony.

• Under "How would you like to receive your diploma" choose "Mail to me".

• Enter Diploma Mailing Address and click "Save & Next".

• Review and Confirm information then click "Submit".

• You will then receive a confirmation pop-up.

If you have any questions or concerns please submit a Service Request.

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Alumni (Summer, Autumn, Winter 2019-20)

If you are an alumni who has already conferred your degree and need to update your diploma distribution to mail please follow these instructions.

• Go to the "Alumni Center" tab or "My Axess" from the Axess home page.

• Click "Update Diploma Address" from the menu on the left.

• Select degree and major from the pull down menu
• Current Diploma Distribution will populate
• Enter Diploma Mailing Address in the address fields.
• Click the check box confirming you would like to receive your diploma by mail.

• You will receive a confirmation once you submit the request change successfully

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Graduates with a Current Active Career or Postdocs

If you a graduate who still has an open active career or if you are a postdoc, then go to Axess, click on the Student tab, and select "Update Diploma Address under Quick Links.

• Select degree and major from the pull down menu
• Current Diploma Distribution will populate
• Enter Diploma Mailing Address in the address fields.
• Click the check box confirming you would like to receive your diploma by mail.

• You will receive a confirmation once you submit the request change successfully

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If you have any questions or concerns please submit a Service Request.