Transferring Credit to UConn
In general, the University of Connecticut grants credit for courses that are:
- Taken at a regionally accredited, degree-granting college or university;
- Comparable in content and quality to courses offered at UConn;
- Completed with a minimum grade of “C.”
As a reminder:
- Online courses in foreign languages, including those taught in a hybrid format, must be reviewed and approved by foreign language faculty before credits can transfer.
- Asynchronous foreign language courses will not be eligible for transfer credit.
- Hybrid lab science courses that include synchronous in-person examinations and laboratory components would follow traditional credit evaluation process;
- Fully online lab science courses are only transferable for generic non-lab credit.
- When taking laboratory science courses, both the lecture and laboratory sections must be included in the same semester to receive equivalent credit at UConn.
*see Transfer Credit Guidelines for exceptions to this policy
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Credit
- Transfer credit is awarded in semester hours;
- Grades from your previous institution(s) do not transfer;
- Courses are considered either equivalent to courses at UConn (same department and number as in the UConn catalog) or generic (same department but with a 5-digit number assigned that begins with the number 9, as in 91000, 92000, etc.).
Please view the Transfer Credit Guidelines for all transfer credit policies. For information regarding restricted credit, visit the Undergraduate Catalog’s Academic Regulations.
Courses taken while in high school:
If you have participated in a concurrent or dual enrollment program while in high school, official transcripts should be sent to the University of Connecticut directly by the participating college or university. Credit will be considered for transfer, but some restrictions can apply. Mathematics courses taken below the calculus level are submitted to faculty for review on a case by case basis. In addition, online laboratory science courses are not transferable. UConn considers all courses completed in partnership programs for transfer credit in keeping with NACEP standards.
UConn Early College Experience (ECE) Credit:
Students who have taken UConn ECE courses and now attend UConn as an undergraduate student will automatically have their non-degree work (pending classes) from UConn ECE noted on the non-degree portion of their official UConn transcript. Students must meet with their academic advisors in order to elect to accept or reject credit earned through UConn Early College Experience to the degree portion of the academic record. Visit UConn ECE’s Coming to UConn webpage for important details and deadlines.
Course Credit Equivalencies
If you enrolled in courses at a Connecticut college or university, or took AP courses or IB courses in high school, many equivalencies can be viewed online. Courses from other institutions or courses not listed on this site will be evaluated by our staff and faculty when a student has completed the application for admission and submits official transcripts from previous institutions.
General consumer information is available from the State of Connecticut Office of Higher Education and can be found online at: https://portal.ct.gov/ohe