Transfer Students

Freshman | Transfer | Special Student | International | Requirements

The University accepts qualified students by transfer from other accredited colleges. Applications for admission may be considered if the transfer student: 

1. is not presently on social or academic probation at the last or current school of attendance;
2. has a cumulative average of at least a "C" from the transferring institution and is eligible to return to that institution; and
3. has not been suspended or dropped from another institution.

Transfer students who have attended another accredited college but have earned less than thirty (30) semester hours of specific acceptable credit must meet all freshman requirements. Transferable course work must include six (6) semester hours in each of the following areas--English, foreign language, history, mathematics, science--in order to be exempt from any high school requirements. Transfer for programs in the College of Engineering requires a 2.5 GPA if transferring from a four year institution with an accredited engineering program or 3.0 GPA if transferring from other types of institutions.

Applications from transfer students cannot be considered until all credentials are received from the high school and all other institutions previously attended. Previous college records must show a cumulative average of "C" or above. No transfer course is accepted in which a grade below "C" was originally earned. 

Transfer student applicants may be exempt from sending high school transcripts and/or standardized test scores who fall under the following categories. 

1. Applicants who were awarded the high school diploma prior to 1988 and/or at least twenty-four years (24) old prior to the beginning of classes and have completed thirty (30) semester hours of degree creditable work.
2. Applicants who have the associate of arts, the associate of science, or the associate of fine arts, the baccalaureate or any higher level degree.
3. Applicants who have completed a degree under an articulation agreement.
4. Applicants who have completed six (6) semester hours of degree creditable work in each of the following areas: English, Mathematics, the Natural Sciences, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Foreign Languages.

Accepted courses are recorded to the student's credit, but grade points are not calculated on the transferred courses. The university does not accept transfer credit from challenge examinations or for course work where grades of P/F have been given. The maximum number of transferable credits is eighty (80) semester hours from a four year college and sixty-four (64) semester hours from a two year college. 

The University of North Carolina System and the North Carolina Community College System have designed a comprehensive articulation agreement to facilitate the transfer of courses to most four-year colleges and universities in North Carolina. The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement defines a 44-semester credit hour general education core and 20 additional semester hours of transfer elective credit. North Carolina community college students who are in the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree program or the Associate in Science degree program will be treated as juniors providing they are admitted. Information concerning the agreement is available on the World Wide Web at the University of North Carolina System web page. 

Transfer applicants who are not covered by the above stated policy are referred in the next section on special students.