If you're a new student, we'll need to confirm your documents before we can issue your student ID card.
How we process your document checks depends on where and how you'll be studying. If you are a new student, studying in-person at either our Greenwich, Avery Hill or Medway campuses, please refer to the qualification check guidance below. If you are:
- Studying a teaching qualification that results in Qualified Teacher Status
- Continuing study from the previous year
- A distance learner
- An international student with a CAS, or
- Studying with one of our partner colleges
Please see the information in the drop-down boxes further down the page.
Online registration and all document checks must be completed in full before the registration deadline.
Qualification check
You will need to provide evidence of your qualifications, even if you have provided these at the admissions stage or think these were provided to the university when you applied.
New, on-campus students will need to email scans or clear photographs of all qualifications that your course requires for entry to DocumentChecks@gre.ac.uk. Your email should include scans of:
- Your most recent or most relevant qualifications (e.g. A Levels, BTECs, an undergaduate degree, etc) and
- any GCSEs, Functional Skills or equivalents (particularly in English, Mathematics and Science subjects).
If you would like a reminder of your course’s entry criteria, please refer to the ‘entry requirements’ section of your course information page on our website.
Please include your full name, student ID number (i.e. 00XXXXXX) and course title in the subject of your email.
You should aim to send all required documents at least 10 working days before the start of your course. If your documents are not of suitable quality, if documents are missing, or if there is no reference to your student ID number, your document checks may be delayed.
If your qualifications are in a previous name, you will also need to provide evidence of your change of name (such as a marriage certificate or deed poll).
If your qualifications are not in English, they must be accompanied by a certified translation.
If you are starting an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme or our 3-year BA Primary Education programme with QTS, you will need to show your original certificates for all entry qualifications at all levels in person when you come to collect your Student ID card. More information is provided below.
Identification check
You will need to provide original, valid, in-date, authentic identification in person to collect your Greenwich Gateway card. You will also need to provide any relevant immigration documents (such as a share code).
You can find a list of accepted forms of ID and book an Eventbrite slot to show your ID to our registration team on our collecting your student card page.
Copies, non-originals, photos or expired identity documents cannot be used or accepted.
Trainee Teacher students
It is a Department for Education (DfE) requirement that we are unable to accept transcripts, enhanced diplomas, e-certificates or scans or photocopies of your qualifications. We must see your original certificates when you collect your student card.
If your qualifications are in a previous name, you will also need to provide additional evidence showing your change of name (such as a marriage certificate or deed poll).
When you book to meet our registration team and show your original certificates, you will also need to provide original, valid, in-date, authentic identification along with any relevant immigration documents (such as a share code).
You can find a list of accepted forms of ID on our collecting your student card page.
Your identity and qualification documents will be scanned and stored on your student record in line with DfE requirements.
Continuing students
If you're continuing the same programme of study into the next academic year, you do not need to repeat your identity or qualification checks.
If you've completed one degree (e.g. a BSc) and are moving to a new course (e.g. an MSc), you are classed as a ‘new’ student and will need to complete qualification and identity checks.
Provided there are no issues with your account (overdue fees, pending health checks, etc) you should be able to complete Online Registration when it opens, keeping your account, IT access, and student ID card active.
Online Registration must to be completed in full before the registration deadline.
New distance-learning students
After finishing Online Registration, you must email scans or clear photographs of your identification and qualifications to documentchecks@gre.ac.uk.
Please include your full name, student ID number (i.e. 00XXXXXX), and course title in the subject header of your email.
Identification
You will need to provide original, valid, authentic identification as follows:
| Student Type | Acceptable forms of Identity |
|---|---|
| UK Resident born in the UK with British nationality | Current, valid and in-date passport or UK driving licence or Original UK birth certificate |
| UK Resident not born in the UK with British nationality | Current, valid and in-date passport or UK driving licence with original certificate of naturalisation (where all details on both documents match) |
| International Students including EU or EEA National and Overseas Resident | Current, valid passport or EU identity card or "Travel Document". If your passport is being held by the immigration authorities, provide the original official receipt and a letter confirming your name, place and date of birth. |
Qualifications
You will need to provide original, valid, authentic qualifications that meet the entry requirements for your course. Your email should include scans of any GCSEs, Functional Skills or equivalents (particularly in English, Mathematics and Science subjects) as well as Level 3 qualifications, such as BTECs or A levels.
Please complete this step even if you have provided these scans at the admissions stage or have sent them to a member of academic staff.
If this evidence is not presented in English, it must be accompanied by a certified translation.
If your qualifications are in a different name, we will also need to see evidence showing your current and previous names (such as a marriage certificate or deed poll).
Online registration and all document checks must be completed in full before the registration deadline.
New students on a CAS
If you are an international student with a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), you do not need to send your qualifications to Document Checks as they will have already been checked by our International Office.
New Partner and Network College students
If your college has not already contacted you after you have finished Online Registration, you may wish to contact them about your identification and qualification checks.
Once your checks have been completed by your college confirmation will be sent directly to us.
Online registration and all document checks must be completed in full before the registration deadline.