Authenticate OpenCert

Graduates from courses awarded by PSB Academy from March 2020 onwards will receive both printed and digital versions of their Academic Certificate and Transcript. Our graduates may send the OpenCert digital file to employers or institutes of higher learning to verify their OpenCert’s authenticity.

The OpenCert file is a verifiable digital version of your certificate. Our OpenCert authentication service is best compatible with Chrome and Safari desktop browsers.

For verification of graduate records from 2000 to March 2020:

Verify Graduate Records

Authenticate Certificate

When a digital certificate and digital transcript is issued by PSB Academy, a unique hash is generated. Any modification to the OpenCert file will result in the file having a different hash. A tampered file can be identified by comparing the hashes and will fail that comparison check upon authentication.

An OpenCert file can be authenticated by anyone who has a copy of the digital certificate and digital transcript. When you receive an OpenCert file, view and authentic the digital certificate and digital transcript quickly and easily by dragging and dropping it into the authentication service above.

If your digital certificate and digital transcript is authentic, untampered, and valid, it will be displayed in the authentication service. Any digital certificate and digital transcript that is forged, tampered with, expired, or revoked, will not pass the authentication tests and will not be displayed.

Gone are the days of laminating, filing, and storing hard copies of certificates and official transcript! The digital certificate and digital transcript can easily be retrieved from your email or stored on your computer. No more searching for lost certificates!

Easily share your credentials with potential employers by sending them your OpenCerts file! They can authentic your credentials through the authentication service as shown above. With OpenCerts file, your employer can be assured that your credentials are valid and authentic.

PSB Academy aims to reduce barriers to education, one OpenCert at a time. With OpenCerts file, international students can easily share their credentials with foreign employers, immigration offices, and universities.

With OpenCerts file, hiring managers can authentic a candidate’s credentials with a simple drag and drop. This means less time spent on manual paperwork, and more time spent on work that actually matters.

OpenCerts is an open source schema developed by GovTech Singapore. Unlike hardcopy certificates or files in the PDF format, digital academic certificate and transcript in the OpenCerts format can be authenticated as authentic, untampered, and valid. With OpenCerts, you can be assured of the authenticity of your candidate’s credentials.

If you received an OpenCert file, simply download the file and click the “Authenticate Certificate” button as shown above. Drag and drop the OpenCert file into the authentication service. An authentic, untampered, and valid OpenCert file will display the corresponding certificate. If the digital academic certificate and transcript is forged, tampered with, or invalid, the authentication will fail and no certificate will be displayed. The corresponding failure status will be indicated.

No. With OpenCerts, there is no need to have the certificates and official transcript authenticated as a true copy again. An online authentication is sufficient to confirm the authenticity of the academic certificate and transcript. If the digital academic certificates and transcripts are forged, tampered with, or invalid, it will not be displayed, and the corresponding failure status will be indicated.

A forged digital academic certificate and transcript will fail the checks upon authentication and will not be displayed, and the corresponding failure status will be indicated. If the digital academic certificate and transcript passes all checks and is displayed, you can be assured that the digital academic certificate and transcript is authentic.