I need a reference...

About academic references for students and alumni

An academic reference is a document which you can use as evidence to, say, a potential employer that you studied at Loughborough.

If you require an academic reference from a particular tutor or for a particular piece of completed work, please contact the School in which you studied with. If you are not sure which school to contact, please contact Student Enquiries and provide us with as much relevant information as possible. Please include your:

  • full name,
  • date of birth,
  • course details and
  • former student number,

as this will allow us to access your record and process your request faster.

Student Enquiries Service

Loughborough University have partnered with the Hedd (Higher Education Degree Datacheck) online verification service for all third party degree verification requests. The online candidate verification service allows registered enquirers to input data provided by applicants (name, date of birth, institution, year of graduation, qualification classification etc).

You will need to register with Hedd, linked below.

Select ‘Loughborough University’ from the list of UK higher education institutions and choose the option to 'verify a degree award'.

There is a charge of £12 per enquiry. You will also be required to upload a signed consent form.

If you require further assistance, please email heddhelp@prospects.ac.uk.

Hedd (Higher Education Degree Datacheck) registration