It has the signature of the registrar, the issue date, and the raised seal of the college.
All graduate schools require official transcripts.
Some require that the transcript be mailed directly to them from us, and some want you to request the official transcript mailed to you and then include it in your packet when you apply for admission. If we send the official transcript to you to use in this way, it will be in a sealed envelope and should not be opened. You might wish to keep one of these in your personal files. If you need the information it contains quickly, you will have it without having to wait for a new copy from us. This way, the potential employer has a copy of your record in hand to review at the same time your application is being reviewed.