The Bates Center has partnered with the National Student Clearinghouse to provide online transcript ordering services. With this service, you can order official transcripts via the Web at any time, 24/7 using any major credit card. 

How to Order: 

Visit the National Student Clearinghouse. ***When choosing a school to request your transcript from, type Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing. Individual schools of nursing are not listed on the National Student Clearinghouse website.***

Please be sure to include all information which will help the Center locate your records, including: 

1. Additional names you may have used while attending school
2. Date of birth
3. Graduation year or approximate dates of attendance
4. An email address or phone number where the Bates Center can contact you if we have questions

The Bates Center will temporarily receive education verification requests via e-mail due to COVID-19. Requests should be sent to the Center at nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu. 

Individuals whose name is listed on the transcript may request an education verification. Requests from third parties, such as hospitals, educational institutions, or other agencies, will be honored with a release of information signed and dated by the student authorizing the release of information, and receipt of payment.

The following information should be included with any request:

1. Name of school
2. Years of attendance and/or graduation year
3. Name as it appears on student records
4. Phone number or email of person to be contacted if the Bates Center encounters problems processing the request
5. Student’s signature to release records
6. Form to be completed
7. Address where education verifications are to be sent

• Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing graduates should contact the Albert Einstein Medical Center Education Department at (215) 456-1130.
• Graduates of the Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing should call (484) 337-8596 to request their transcripts
• Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing graduates should contact Evelyn Vanish at 215-248-8917 or EvelynEmily.Vanish@towerhealth.org for their records.
• Graduates of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) School of Nursing should contact the following to receive their transcripts and/or other records: HUP School of Nursing Transcripts, Human Resources Records Section, 3930 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 615-2625 (pre-1978).
• All archival materials from the Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing are housed at the Historic Pennsylvania Library and Archives. For more information, please contact Stacey Peeples, Curator & Lead Archivist at 215-829-5434
• Graduates of the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing should contact the Philadelphia City Archives to obtain information about ordering transcripts.
• Graduates of the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing RN and LPN programs should contact the Nursing Education offices at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at 215-662-9161.
• Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania School Of Nursing’s BSN, MSN, and PhD programs must request their transcript from the Office of the University Registrar.