Testamur

Your Testamur is the official document confirming your qualification and is issued when your award is conferred.

Your Testamur includes:

your legal name, as recorded in ANUHub
the name of your Award
the date your Award was conferred
the ANU seal
the signatures of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor at the time of your conferral.

Your Testamur does not include:

academic subplans, such as majors, minors and specialisations
Honours classification
awards and prizes
individual course results or grades.

This information is recorded in your other conferral documents, including your Academic Transcript and Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS).

If your qualification was conferred in July 2010 or later, an electronic Testamur was issued to you through My eQuals. You can access and securely share your existing document without purchasing a replacement.

Find out how to access, share or recover your My eQuals documents.

Replacement Testamur

You can apply for a replacement Testamur if you need to:

replace a lost, damaged or destroyed Testamur;
update the name on your Testamur;
require a digital Testamur through My eQuals if your original award predates digital graduation documents.

If you only need to provide evidence of your qualification, check whether an existing electronic Testamur, Academic Transcript or AHEGS will meet your needs before applying for a replacement.

Find out about academic documents after conferral.

A replacement Testamur will be issued in the current ANU format. It will show the original conferral date and the date the replacement was printed. The signatories may differ from those on your original Testamur.

Applications are generally processed within 5 business days of receipt by the Conferrals Office and payment of the required fee (if applicable). Processing may take longer during peak periods, particularly July/August and December/January. Delivery time is additional to the processing timeframe.

Keep your contact details up to date

If your address, email or phone number has changed, see Change your personal and contact details for instructions. Alumni can also update their details with the ANU Alumni team.

If you are applying for a replacement Testamur, make sure you provide your current contact details and correct delivery address in your application.

Lost, damaged or destroyed Testamur

If your original Testamur has been permanently lost, damaged or destroyed, you can apply for a replacement Testamur by following the steps below. A replacement fee applies.

Step 1 - Complete the Replacement Testamur Application

Complete the Application for Replacement Testamur.

Step 2 - Complete Statutory Declaration

Complete a Commonwealth statutory declaration explaining what happened to your original Testamur. If you later find your original Testamur, you must return it to ANU.

A statutory declaration is a statement of facts that you declare to be true and accurate. You can create a Commonwealth statutory declaration by:

Create a digital declaration through the Australian Government's myGov service using your Digital ID.
Have your declaration witnessed remotely using a video link.
Have your declaration witnessed in person.

Find out more about Commonwealth statutory declaration.

Step 3 - Submit your application and pay the fee

Submit your completed application and statutory declaration by email to the ANU Conferrals Office at graduation.officer@anu.edu.au.

A $120 administration fee applies. Provide your Mastercard or Visa card details on the application form for payment processing.

If your Testamur is damaged, you must also surrender the original Testamur, either in person or by mail, to:

Examinations, Graduations and Prizes Office
The Australian National University
Melville Hall, Building 12
Canberra ACT 2601

Update the name on your Testamur

If your legal name has changed since your award was conferred, you can apply for a replacement Testamur showing your current legal name.

Updating your Testamur following a legal name change is free of charge if you surrender your original hard-copy Testamur. If you cannot surrender the original Testamur, the lost, damaged or destroyed Testamur process above applies, including the administration fee.

If you are requesting a change that is not the result of a legal name change, such as adding a previously omitted middle name, the standard replacement Testamur fee applies.

Step 1 - Update your legal name with the University

Before applying for a replacement Testamur, your legal name must be correctly recorded in ANUHub.

Follow the instructions on Change your personal and contact details to update your official University record.

Once your name change has been processed, confirm that your official name is correct before proceeding with your replacement application.

Step 2 - Complete Replacement Testamur Application

Once your change of name has been updated (viewable in ANUHub), complete an Application for Replacement Testamur.

Step 3 - Surrender the Testamur

Surrender the Testamur (either in-person or by mail) to:

Examinations, Graduations and Prizes Office
Division of Student Administration and Academic Services
Melville Hall Building #12
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, 2601

Require a digital Testamur through My eQuals

If your qualification was conferred before July 2010, an electronic copy of your original Testamur was not automatically issued through My eQuals.

Your original hard-copy Testamur remains the official graduation document for your award.

If you require a digital Testamur through My eQuals, you can apply for a replacement Testamur. You will need to surrender your original Testamur. ANU will issue a replacement Testamur and make a digital copy available through your My eQuals account.

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