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're studying a teaching qualification, are a distance learner, based at a partner college, or continuing student, please see the information in the drop-down boxes below.
Once you've completed Online Registration and submitted your qualifications, you can collect your Student ID card.
Online registration and all document checks must be completed in full before the registration deadline.
New on-campus students
If you're starting a new course with us at Greenwich, Avery Hill, or Medway, your Document Checks will include:
- An online check of your qualifications by email (documentchecks@gre.ac.uk)
- An on-campus check of your identification and any relevant immigration documents
Make sure you've completed your online registration before you come in to collect your Student ID card.
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.
You will need to email scans or clear photographs of all of the qualifications that meet the entry requirements of your course, including any GCSEs or level 2 qualifications (notably English, Mathematics and Science subjects) to documentchecks@gre.ac.uk.
Please include your full name, Student ID number (i.e. 00XXXXXX) and course in the subject of your email. If your qualifications are in a previous name, you will also need to send evidence proving your change of name (such as a marriage certificate or deed poll).
You should aim to send all required documents to us at least 10 working days before the start of your course. If your documents are not of suitable quality, documents are missing, or there is no reference to your Student ID number, we might not be able to complete your document check. If we need to contact you for more information it can delay your registration.
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
When you arrive on campus, 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 BRP or share code).
You can find a list of accepted forms of ID on our collecting your student card page.
Copies, non-originals, photos or expired identity documents cannot be used or accepted.
Trainee Teacher students
We are unable to accept scans or photocopies of your qualifications and must see all of your original certificates when you come and collect your student card.
We must see your original degree certificate if you are studying a postgraduate qualification, and cannot accept just your transcript, enhanced diploma or e-certificate.
If your qualifications are in a previous name, you will also need to send additional evidence showing your change of name (such as a marriage certificate or deed poll).
When you arrive on campus, you will need to complete the same identity checks as other on-campus students, so 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 BRP or 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 need to be scanned and stored against your student record.
Continuing students
New distance-learning students
New students on a CAS
New Partner and Network College students