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The university welcomes transfer applications from students who have met all university-wide entrance requirements either in high school or in college. Most successful transfer applicants present a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75. Other considerations include trends in grades, preparation for major, and space availability for program selected. View our application deadlines.
If you have taken fewer than 15 college credits, your high school record is more heavily weighted. With 30 or more credits your college record assumes more importance, but your high school record will help determine completion of entrance requirements for your selected field of study. Coursework not completed at the high school level may be fulfilled by the equivalent college-level academic work.
All applicants must complete the following requirements prior to enrolling at UVM (one college semester generally substitutes for one high school year). Please review these minimum requirements, as well as additional requirements (below) for each of our undergraduate schools and colleges.
Please note:
Coursework not completed at the high school level may be fulfilled by equivalent college-level academic work. In general, one semester of college work is considered equal to one year of high school study. Any exceptions to these requirements are made on a case-by-case basis.
For credit to transfer into the University of Vermont, the following criteria must be met:
Cor higher (2.0 on a 4-point scale).
GPA note: Courses transferred in this manner are added to your UVM transcript as credit. The GPA earned for those courses does not affect your UVM GPA. All transfer credit is provisional until you have successfully completed one semester of coursework at UVM.
The UVM Credit Transfer Guide provides information that may be helpful to you as we do not provide a preliminary credit evaluation prior to admission. To discuss how your previous credits may fit with a UVM degree, please contact our transfer admissions counselor: Akol Aguek, Akol.Aguek@uvm.edu, (802) 656-4624.
Articulation agreements: UVM offers a few specific opportunities to begin a particular program at another Vermont institution, and to finish it at UVM. Specific articulation agreements are held with the Community College of Vermont, Saint Michael's College and Vermont Technical College. Learn more about these instances by reading the articulation agreements in the official UVM Catalogue.
To learn about credit given for Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and other courses/exams taken in high school, visit our section on transferring other credits.
When applying to UVM, all transfer applicants apply to one of the following seven schools or colleges. Additional entrance requirements or recommendations for each are listed here:
Required: One year of biology and one year of chemistry for science majors
Recommended: Candidates are strongly encouraged to take one year of physics and at least one year of math beyond Algebra II (calculus is preferred).
Recommended: Coursework across the span of liberal arts disciplines; four years of math, including trigonometry; foreign language study all four years of high school.
Note to music majors: Candidates for entry into UVM as a music major seeking the B.A. or the B.Mus. degree must complete an audition as part of the process. Auditions are required for any student who wishes to be a music major. Visit the Music Department's website for details.
The School of Business Administration requires transfer applicants to have completed at least one semester of college level calculus and one semester of college level economics, micro or macro economics is preferred, with at least a 2.5 (C+) or better. AP credits are acceptable. Transfer applicants who do not meet this requirement will only be considered for their second major choice. Students who do not meet the minimum requirements are encouraged to enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences to complete the Business Prerequisites prior to initiating an internal transfer.
Recommended: One year of biology for Human Development and Family Studies and Social Work majors.
Recommended: Math and science coursework beyond the minimum for teacher education majors.
Required: Four years of math, including trigonometry or precalculus. One year of chemistry and one year of physics for all engineering majors. All other majors: two years of a laboratory-based science.
Required: One year of biology.
Recommended: Fourth year of college preparatory math and additional science.
Required: One year of biology and one year of chemistry for all majors; four years of math, including trigonometry, for all majors outside of nursing.
Recommended: Proficiency in physics.
Note to nursing and health science applicants: A limited number of seats are available for qualified applicants interested in transferring to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Applicants to the nursing major must have completed approximately 30 credits of the non-nursing required coursework. Qualified applicants to all other majors will be considered on a space available basis.
In addition, the professional nursing major is not accepting applications from transfer applicants for fall 2009.
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