Request for Replacement Diploma

Replacement MD Diploma

Each graduate from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry MD program is given one original diploma and one 8.5 x 11 copy of their diploma. A replacement diploma will only be approved for a lost, stolen or damaged original diploma. Any replacement diploma will bear the same name as the original diploma.*  

*The exception is a legal name change in conjunction with a court-ordered gender change. The original diploma must be returned.

Request for Replacement MD Diplomas:

1. Submit a Diploma Replacement Request form
2. Submit $100 processing fee
   1. Make check/money order payable to University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
3. The original diploma must be returned
   1. If the original diploma has been lost, please send:
      1. Signed attestation that the diploma was lost; and
      2. Copy of current legal photo identification (example: driver’s license, state issued identification card, passport)
   2. If a diploma has been stolen, please send:
      1. Signed attestation that the diploma was stolen;
      2. Copy of police report or insurance claim documenting theft of the diploma; and
      3. Copy of current legal photo identification (example: driver’s license, state issued identification card, passport)

There is a six (6) to eight (8) week processing time for a replacement diploma.

For questions regarding a replacement diploma, contact Monique Williams:
(585) 275-4541, Monique_Williams@URMC.Rochester.edu