Connecticut College will provide a replacement diploma when the original diploma has been lost or damaged or if there has been a legal name change. The original diploma must be returned when requesting a replacement due to damage or a name change. In order to protect the integrity of the diploma process, we require the following when requesting a replacement diploma:

  • Replacement Diploma Application (pdf) - Your signature must be notarized on this form.
  • Photocopies of two (2) forms of acceptable ID: passport, birth certificate, driver's license, social security card.
  • If your name has been legally changed, you must enclose a copy of the legal name change document. Please enclose a check made payable to "Connecticut College" in the amount of $60.00. Send the application, accompanying forms of identification, original diploma and check to:

    Office of the Registrar
    Connecticut College
    270 Mohegan Avenue
    New London CT 06320

Upon receipt of these documents, a replacement diploma will be issued and your student record will be updated.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing once all documentation has been received.

Document Authentication

Information about the Connecticut Secretary of the State's document authentication process can be found here. Please direct all questions regarding the State of Connecticut's document authentication process to the Secretary of the State's office. The registrar's office is unable to answer questions regarding the State of Connecticut's process.

If you require document authentication of your diploma, please send the following to the Office of the Registrar at the address noted above:

  • your original diploma
  • the CT Secretary of the State's Authentication Form and associated fees (payable to the Secretary of the State) and all other material required by the State
  • a prepaid envelope which Connecticut College will use to mail all material to the Secretary of the State's office, once a copy of your diploma has been notarized

The registrar's office will make arrangements to notarize a copy of your diploma and will then forward in the prepaid envelope to the CT Secretary of the State's office the original diploma, the notarized copy of the diploma, and all material for the Secretary of the State.