Information for candidates about digital certificates

What is a digital certificate?

A digital certificate is an electronic document that evidences your achievement in a Trinity College London exam. It looks the same and carries the same validity as a traditional paper certificate. However, digital certificates offer many benefits, including:

  • Efficient and secure electronic delivery
  • Options to share your digital certificate with employers, institutions and governments as a link, PDF or QR code
  • The ability to download and electronically store the digital certificate
  • 24/7 availability of your digital certificate on the online Accredible platform
  • Simple verification for employers and institutions

What is Accredible?

Accredible is a leading platform for creating, issuing, and managing secure digital certificates and badges. Trinity has engaged with Accredible, a trusted company, to offer this service. 

On achievement of a Trinity exam, and when the digital certificate is issued, candidates (or a parent or legal guardian) will be sent an email with a weblink to the digital certificate available through the online Accredible platform.

You also have the option to use an account in the Accredible platform to access a range of features, including the ability to share your digital certificate.

How do I view and share my digital certificate?

Paper certificates

If you wish to hold a hard copy, you will have the option to purchase a paper certificate (excluding digital music theory exams).

The content and quality of our paper certificates have not changed and optional purchase instructions will be provided when you receive an email notification to let you know that your digital certificate is ready. Trinity charges a small fee for this service.

How do I purchase a paper certificate?  

For information on SELT paper certificates, please click here

Have a question about digital certificates?

Helpful guidance and advice about digital certificates, including our most frequently asked questions can be found on this page.

If you are unable to find the answer to your query, please send us an enquiry using our online form.

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Frequently asked questions

Digital certificates will be available 24-48 hours after results are validated by Trinity. You will receive a notification via email when your digital certificate is available in your secure Accredible account.

Please note: The time frame of your results being available will depend on the exam that you undertook.

Information about accessing your digital certificate will be sent to you via email 24-48 hours after your results are validated by Trinity.

The time frame of your results being available will depend on the exam that you undertook.

If you have not received your digital certificate within 6 weeks of taking your exam, please send us an enquiry using our online form.

Please follow the instructions in our email to purchase a paper certificate. You will need to enter your personal details when prompted to do so to see the applicable fee.

If you purchased a paper certificate, this will be dispatched within 7 days of the order being placed. Instructions about purchasing a paper certificate will be sent to you via email, along with information about accessing your digital certificate.

If you have spotted an error on your digital certificate, please use our online form to let us know about it. Our team will be able to help further on a case-by-case basis.

A digital certificate is an electronic document that shows proof of a qualification. It looks the same and carries the same validity as a paper certificate. It offers many benefits, such as fast and secure delivery. You can share it online as a link, PDF or QR code, or download and print it as many times as you like. Trinity has engaged with Accredible, a trusted company, to offer this service.

We recommend checking which format the organisation would prefer.

You can share a digital certificate an unlimited number of times, whether as a link, PDF or QR code via Accredible.

If you would prefer a printed version, you can still purchase a paper certificate from Trinity. Please check the instructions that we sent to you along with information about accessing your digital certificate.

Digital certificates include verified data to validate the digital credentials, the awarding body and the quality assurance of the qualification. You can share this data an unlimited number of times, whether as a link, PDF or QR code.

We recommend checking which format the organisation would prefer. 

If you would like a replacement certificate because your original paper certificate was lost or damaged, please see the latest information on requesting a replacement certificate.

A digital certificate is an electronic document that shows proof of achievement in a Trinity exam. It looks the same and carries the same validity as a paper certificate.

All Trinity certificates are valid for life as evidence of the candidate’s achievement and performance on a Trinity exam. However, some accepting organisations or institutions may require an exam result that is no more than two years old.

We see moving to digital entry and payment for music/drama exams as a key priority and we are actively working on this development. We hope to be able to offer this later in 2024 and will share more information about this with you as soon as we are able to. 

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