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University Records Center

Academic/Student Records

Office of Audit & Compliance, Office of the General Counsel, and the University Archives and Records Center (Effective January 2, 2001)

Formally Adopted by the President’s Advisory Committee on the University Archives and Records Center (April 11, 2002)

Formally Adopted by Resolution of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (June 17, 2011)

Admissions records10 years
Grade recordspermanent
Other academic records5 years
Career planning and placement4 years
Class schedulestransfer to UARC after 2 years; permanent
College catalogtransfer to UARC after 2 years; permanent
Degree audit records5 years after date of last attendance
Disciplinary action records5 years after graduation or date of last incident
Enrollment statisticstransfer to UARC after 2 years; permanent
Financial aid records5 years after annual audit has been accepted
Foreign student forms (I-20)5 years after graduation or date of last attendance
Student academic files (departmental)5 years
Transcript requests1 year
Tuition fees and schedulestransfer to UARC after 2 years; permanent