Testamurs

The University of Adelaide keeps uncollected testamurs in archival storage. If you did not pay for postage at the time of conferral, you can still elect to have your testamur posted to you.

Please note: If you graduated before September 2018 and have not collected your testamur, it may have been destroyed. If this is the case, please contact us at graduations@adelaide.edu.au and we will confirm whether you need to purchase a replacement testamur.

Postage costs are:

• $15 for registered mail within Australia, additional $10 for express post.
• $35 for DHL courier overseas

DHL can’t deliver to overseas PO boxes.

To pay for testamur postage, please use the link below. If you completed your studies under the University of Adelaide only, please use the 'External users (not current students)' option and sign up using your preferred email address.

Pay for testamur (parchment) postage

If your testamur was produced during an In Absentia round and you indicated in your application that you would collect it from Ask Adelaide (or if you did not pay for testamur postage), it will remain at Ask Adelaide awaiting collection for 12 months. Once 12 months have passed, your testamur will be moved from Ask Adelaide to archival storage.

If it has been more than 12 months since your testamur was released, you will need to contact the Graduations Office to request that your testamur is retrieved from archival storage and taken to Ask Adelaide.

To do so, please email graduations@adelaide.edu.au, ensuring that you include your name, student ID number (if known) and the name of the program that you studied in your email. It will take a minimum of three working days for the testamur to be collected from archival storage. Photographic identification must be provided to enable testamur release.

If you are unable to collect your testamur personally, you may nominate a proxy to collect it on your behalf. To do so, after you have sent your request to the Graduations Office you will need to complete the Third Party Proxy Authorisation Form and provide this to your proxy to take to Ask Adelaide with a copy of their own photo ID.

If you would rather have your testamur posted to you, please follow the instructions under 'Pay for Testamur Postage (Former Student).

If your original testamur is lost, destroyed or damaged, you can order a replacement.

You will need to submit an original hard copy Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration signed by a witness who fulfills a condition on Page 2 of the declaration. The declaration must state the circumstances in which the loss, destruction or damage to the original occurred. Statutory declarations received that: contain insufficient details, are not the original, are not the correct version (i.e. are not the Commonwealth of Australia statutory declaration) or are improperly witnessed, will be rejected and may lead to delays in receiving your replacement testamur.

Damaged original testamurs will need to be surrendered to the Graduations Office, along with the original Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration. Please mail the damaged testamur and statutory declaration to: The Graduations Office, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5005.

Please note that we cannot process your request until after we receive your original testamur and/or statutory declaration. Once your payment, Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration and original testamur (if applicable) have been received by the Graduations Office, your order will take approximately 3 - 5 business days to process.

Purchase a replacement testamur

Please Note: The replacement testamur will reflect the current University format and will identify the testamur as a replacement certificate.

If you have legally changed your name, you can request your testamur to be re-issued in your new name.

In addition to purchasing a re-issue testamur you will need to:

• Submit documentary evidence of your change of name to the University, along with a change of personal details form (applicable only if you have not already change your name as required for the new document)
• Return your original testamur and the Change of Personal Details form to: The Graduations Office, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005 Australia. 
• If you no longer have the original testamur you will need to submit an original hard copy Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration signed by a witness who fulfills a condition on Page 2 of the declaration. The declaration must state the circumstances in which the loss or destruction of the original occurred. Statutory declarations received that: contain insufficient details, are not the original, are not the correct version (i.e. are not the Commonwealth of Australia statutory declaration) or are improperly witnessed, will be rejected and may lead to delays in receiving your re-issue testamur.

Please note that we cannot process your request until after we receive your original documentation and/or statutory declaration. Once the payment, change of personal details form and original testamur have been received by the Graduations Office, your order will take approximately 3 - 5 business days to process.

Refunds will not be issued for change of mind.

Change of personal details form Purchase a re-issue testamur