Every graduation, the same story. Staff print diplomas. Students sign for them. The diplomas disappear into folders, desk drawers, or boxes — and stay there.
Manual issuing costs administrative time. Hours spent on formatting, printing, signing, distributing. Paperwork backlogs. Chasing signatures. Time that should go to students and programmes, not paperwork.
Paper and PDF diplomas are vulnerable to fraud. Anyone with basic software can edit a PDF. Paper can be copied. Employers can barely verify whether a diploma is genuine — and most don't bother.
Students don't share what they can't easily share. A paper diploma doesn't appear on LinkedIn. A PDF attachment goes unnoticed. Your school's visibility disappears as graduates enter the job market with diplomas nobody sees.
The result: your diplomas have zero marketing value. Your graduates don't become ambassadors for your school. And when an employer needs to verify a diploma, they have to call or email — if they bother at all.
TRUE transforms how MBO schools issue and manage diplomas.
Automated issuing -- Connect TRUE to your student administration system via API. When a student completes their programme, the diploma is issued automatically — no manual formatting, no printing, no chasing signatures. For lower volumes, use the dashboard or email-based issuing. Upload a CSV and diplomas go out to all recipients in minutes.
Blockchain-secured -- Every diploma is written to the blockchain at the moment of issuance. The record becomes immutable — it cannot be changed, deleted, or forged. Not by hackers. Not by anyone. When an employer scans the QR code on your diploma, they see instant blockchain verification. No phone calls. No waiting. Just trust.
Beautiful, branded design -- TRUE diplomas are not PDFs. They are animated, interactive digital documents that carry your school's brand. Your logo. Your colours. Your design. Hosted on your own domain — not TRUE's.
Students are proud to share them. And when they do, your school's brand travels with the diploma.
Marketing value -- When graduates share their TRUE diploma on LinkedIn, your school's name appears in feeds. When employers scan to verify, they see your brand. Every interaction sends attention back to you. TRUE's customers have generated over 100 million marketing impressions through shared documents. Reach you'd pay millions for — delivered free by your own graduates.
21 Swedish vocational schools -- In Sweden, TRUE is the standard for digital diplomas in vocational education. Yrkeshögskola schools — the Swedish equivalent of MBO — choose TRUE for blockchain-secured diplomas.
YH Akademin, one of Sweden's leading vocational training institutions, issues digital diplomas that students can share immediately after graduation. Less administrative burden, better student experience, measurable brand exposure.
Yrkeshögskoleförbundet, the Swedish trade association for higher vocational education, modernised diploma issuance with TRUE and set the standard for forward-thinking vocational schools.
Why this is relevant for MBO -- The Swedish Yrkeshögskola system strongly resembles the Dutch MBO. Practice-oriented programmes. Strong ties to the business community. Students entering the job market immediately after graduation. The challenges are the same. The solution works for MBO too.
Digital transformation in Dutch education -- Dutch education is going digital. Student portals. Online learning. Digital administration. Paper diplomas are the last exception — and the gap is becoming visible to students who expect everything else to be digital.
Changed student expectations -- Graduates want diplomas they can share directly on LinkedIn. They want to build their professional profile immediately — not wait for paper to arrive or scan documents into attachments nobody clicks.
Employers demand verification -- Employers increasingly need to verify qualifications quickly. Dutch sectors are imposing stricter requirements on diplomas. A diploma that can be verified instantly with a QR scan is worth more than a piece of paper requiring manual follow-up.
European compliance -- With NLQF and eIDAS, European standards are becoming increasingly important. TRUE meets EU requirements for electronic identification and trust services. Your digital diplomas carry the same legal value as traditional diplomas.
Custom domain -- Your diplomas live on your school's domain — diplomas.yourschool.nl — not on TRUE's website. Your brand is always central.
eIDAS compliant -- TRUE meets EU requirements for electronic identification and trust services. Recognised across the entire European Union.
Multiple issuing options: - Dashboard: Issue diplomas manually via a clear web interface - Email: Send a structured email to trigger diploma creation - CSV upload: Issue in batch to dozens or hundreds of graduates at once - API: Full automation connected to your student systems
Analytics -- See when, where, and how often your diplomas are viewed and shared. Track which programmes generate the most engagement. Understand your diploma reach.
Batch issuing -- Graduation day doesn't have to mean chaos. Upload your graduates list and TRUE issues personalised diplomas to everyone — with individual verification codes, correct names, and programme details — in minutes.
Step 1: Scan the QR code on the diploma. Step 2: Verification portal confirms authenticity via blockchain. Step 3: Full diploma details displayed immediately.
No app to download. No account to create. No waiting for your school to respond to verification requests. The diploma verifies itself.
Credly and Accredible dominate American corporate training badges. TRUE is the choice for European vocational education.
European company, European customers -- TRUE is headquartered in Stockholm. We understand European regulations and European expectations. GDPR and eIDAS are not add-ons — they are built in.
Real vocational education case studies -- We don't show American corporate examples. We show European vocational schools doing exactly what you need to do.
Beautiful design, not just badges -- TRUE diplomas are full diplomas — animated, branded, professional. Not small achievement badges that look like participation prizes.
Blockchain security -- Permanent verification that works forever. No database lookups that fail when a company switches systems.
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Documents issued | 500,000+ |
| Marketing value saved | €9.5M+ |
| Marketing impressions | 100M+ |
| Organisations using TRUE | 200+ |
| European vocational schools | 21+ |
| Supported blockchains | 4 (Ethereum, Polygon, AVAX, Fantom) |
| API endpoints | 5 |
Most MBO schools complete the transition to TRUE digital diplomas in 2--4 weeks.
For schools with existing API infrastructure, the timeline is often shorter.
Your students deserve diplomas they are proud to share. Your school deserves the brand exposure. Your staff deserves to stop printing paper.
Book a FREE Demo -- Discover how TRUE works for MBO schools.
Save time, increase traffic and insights and build trust, by upgrading to blockchain secured diplomas and course certificates, which are loved by recipients and always verifiably authentic.
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