Transfer Credit

1. New Undergraduate Students should submit official transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admission prior to transfer credit review by the Office of the Registrar.
   • New students must request that an official transcript from all previously attended colleges be sent electronically or mailed to the Admissions Office. E-Transcripts are preferred, please follow instructions: https://admission.gatech.edu/apply/documents

     • Georgia Institute of Technology 
       Undergraduate Admissions Office 
       Atlanta GA, 30332-0320

2. Current or previously enrolled undergraduate Georgia Tech students must have an official college transcript from each previous institution is required for application review. Send transcripts electronically from the University Registrar through an approved service (e.g. Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse, SCOIR, etc.). Select "Georgia Tech" or "Georgia Institute of Technology" as the recipient of the document. If electronic delivery is not available, please mail the transcript to our office.

   • Georgia Institute of Technology 
     Undergraduate Admissions Office 
     Atlanta GA, 30332-0320

Once the transcript is received, it is evaluated, and the awarded credit is posted to the student's academic record. That credit may be viewed immediately on the student's BuzzPort account by following the directions below. Please review your account to verify that the credit has been awarded before requesting a duplicate transcript.

Viewing Transfer Credit

Students follow the steps below to view their transfer credit in the BuzzPort portal.

Transfer Credit for Online Courses

Georgia Tech accepts credit for coursework completed online. If the course is not listed on the transfer equivalency site, the course must be submitted for review to Transfer Credit site. You must be an accepted GT student or current GT student to use the Transfer Credit site for course review.

If the transfer equivalency site states: No Credit for Online Section, you will need to submit a syllabus for the course to be reviewed. Please allow time for review and the update on the equivalency table.

New Student Transfer Credit Information

Once an official transcript is received, it is evaluated, and the awarded credit is posted to the student's academic record. That credit may be viewed immediately after it is processed. Please review your account to verify that the credit has been awarded before requesting a duplicate transcript. To view your Tentative Evaluation of College Transfer Credit please follow the "Viewing Transfer Credit" directions above.

Courses will appear in the Transfer Credit Equivalency Tables after they have been evaluated. Please check this table to see if your courses have been evaluated. If you see "Approp Dept Must Evaluate" it will be your responsibility to have the course evaluated by the appropriate department. In order to assure a successful transition to Georgia Tech, you will need to follow the important listed below.

1. If you are missing classes from your initial transfer credit evaluation, please first verify receipt of all official transcripts online in BuzzPort. If receipt of official transcripts has been confirmed and courses are missing, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admission.
   • BuzzPort
   • Undergraduate Admission
2. If any courses on your evaluation are listed as "Approp Department Must Evaluate," you will need to "Apply For Transfer Credit" and forward the information to the appropriate department(s). It is your responsibility to have your transfer work evaluated prior to registration for the term in which you are enrolling. Your courses for evaluation may be pre-requisites for Georgia Tech courses. Failure to have coursework evaluated in a timely manner may result in registration restrictions due to your lack of pre-requisites.
   • Transfer Credit Evaluation Site
3. If you are a newly admitted student and are currently enrolled in classes at another School, please have your institution forward a final official transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admission after all grades are posted. If you need transfer credit processed when you attend FASET advising, please bring an unopened, official transcript to the Registrar table. If you will need to request permits for registration from the departments because you are currently enrolled in classes, you may bring a copy of your current schedule. Additional information about advising and registration can be found at the FASET web site.
   • FASET Orientation Program
4. Courses transferred by the Institute are subject to approval by your major.
5. Georgia Institute of Technology only accepts Chinese transfer credit from partner institutions. To view this list visit the OIE website. Credit will not be evaluated or granted for any Chinese institution not on this list.

Non-GT sponsored Study Abroad Credit & International Credit

Before your studying outside of the United States, you should verify that course work will transfer to Georgia Institute of Technology. Please refer to the Transfer Equivalency Catalog. If the international institution and/or course is not listed you will be required to submit a comprehensive course-by-course assessment as well as a grade point average (GPA) equivalent evaluation with an official transcript. The evaluation must be NACES approved member, such as World Education Services or Josef Silny & Associates. Credit is dependent on the evaluation and the Registrar’s Office cannot evaluate credit prior to receiving the evaluation.

Georgia Institute of Technology does not accept credit from International Summer Programs, including but not limited to: Sichuan University, Xian Jiaotong University, Shanghai Jiao Tong, Yonsei, KAIST, Korea University. If you have questions about your international transfer institution contact dc@registrar.gatech.edu.

Credit by Exam as Transfer Credit

Credit by exam listed on a previous institution's transcript will only be awarded at the time of admission to Georgia Tech. Once a student matriculates to Georgia Tech, all test credit is subject to Georgia Tech's Credit, Tests, and Score requirements listed in the catalog.

Pathway Student or Planning to Transfer to GT in the future

1. If a course you have completed or planning to take at your transfer institution is not on the Transfer Equivalency Table, save the syllabus and course materials. These will be required during your course review process after an admission offer.
2. The Admissions Office will provide additional information if a course requires review after acceptance. 
3. GT Registrar's Office will not review courses prior to an Admission Offer. 

1. New Undergraduate Students should submit official transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admission prior to transfer credit review by the Office of the Registrar.

   • New students must request that an official transcript from all previously attended colleges be sent electronically or mailed to the Admissions Office. E-Transcripts are preferred, please follow instructions: https://admission.gatech.edu/apply/documents

     Georgia Institute of Technology
     Undergraduate Admissions Office
     Atlanta GA, 30332-0320

2. Current or previously enrolled undergraduate Georgia Tech students must have an official college transcript from each previous institution is required for application review. Send transcripts electronically from the University Registrar through an approved service (e.g. Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse, SCOIR, etc.). Select "Georgia Tech" or "Georgia Institute of Technology" as the recipient of the document. If electronic delivery is not available, please mail the transcript to our office.

   Georgia Institute of Technology
   Office of the Registrar
   Transfer Credit
   Atlanta GA, 30332-0315.

3. The basic policy regarding the acceptance of the courses by transfer is to allow credit for courses completed with satisfactory grades (C or better) in other accredited colleges provided the courses correspond in time and content to courses offered at the Georgia Institute of Technology. For courses taken pass/fail at other institutions, our assumption in awarding credit is that a Pass is equivalent to a C. Georgia Tech assumes responsibility for the academic quality of any work or credit recorded on the institution's transcript. Transfer credits will be accepted from newly-formed institutions of the University System of Georgia prior to accreditation.
4. Georgia Tech will not award credit for courses successfully completed at another institution which were previously taken at Georgia Tech.
5. A petition to the faculty must be approved to use course work more than ten years old.
6. Georgia Tech reserves the right to test the proficiency of any student in course work transferred from other institutions and to disallow credit in courses in which the student cannot demonstrate acceptable proficiency.
7. Georgia Tech does not grant credit for the College Level General Educational Development Tests, CLEP, USAFI courses, or courses completed at any United States armed services, with the exception of the military academies and schools with full accreditation.
8. Georgia Tech does not grant credit for professional certificate programs.
9. The following items are among other circumstances in which non-resident credit is not granted:
   • Courses previously completed at Georgia Tech.
   • College courses taken to meet freshman admissions requirements.
   • Remedial courses.
   • Courses basically secondary school or pre-college level.
   • Courses with essentially non-academic content.
   • Vocational courses.
   • Learning support courses.
10. Non-resident credit is not computed as a part of the student's grade point average at Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech transfers credits, not grades. Grades for courses completed at other institutions are not calculated into the Georgia Tech GPA.

Official policies regarding transfer credit are published in the Catalog.

Transfer Credit at the Undergraduate Level

Transfer Credit at the Graduate Level

The basic policy regarding the acceptance of courses by transfer is to allow credit for courses completed with satisfactory grades ("C" or better) at other accredited colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, provided the courses correspond in time and content to courses offered at Georgia Tech. The Institute will not accept credit for courses successfully completed at another institution but previously taken at Georgia Tech unless the final grade received at Georgia Tech is a "W." The student must request and file an official transcript of transfer courses before the Institute can award credit. Coursework completed at colleges and universities outside the United States and Canada will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Transfer credit is not calculated in the Georgia Tech grade-point average.

Students may attend another institution as a transient student during terms when not enrolled at Georgia Tech. Students should discuss their course selection with their academic advisor to ensure transferability and applicability toward their degree programs. With the exception of officially sanctioned cross-enrolled programs, students are not to be enrolled at Georgia Tech and another institution during the same term without the specific approval the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee or Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee, as appropriate.

Official policies regarding transfer credit are published in the Catalog.

A student may not apply for transfer credit until after matriculation at Georgia Tech. The courses to be transferred would typically be those appearing on the approved program of study form for the masters degree. A doctoral student normally does not request transfer credit. The rules relative to and the process for obtaining transfer of credit for graduate-level courses are published in the Catalog.

Within the OSCAR portal, the Transfer Credit Articulation site displays the previously established equivalent courses from the Georgia Tech transfer catalogs.

This course evaluation request website is intended for current undergraduate Georgia Tech students and applicants that need courses evaluated for credit, initial transfer, or admissibility.

Graduate students and graduate-level applicants do not use this site. Instead, consult the "Graduate Policies and Regulations" page of the Catalog and your Academic Advisor for guidance.

Graduate Policies and Regulations

Before submitting a request for an evaluation, students must review the Transfer Equivalency Table. If your courses are listed with a Georgia Tech equivalent, there is no need to request a new course evaluation.

Transfer Credit Equivalency Tables

Before logging into the transfer credit evaluation site and requesting a transfer course review you will need to have a course syllabus and/or description in electronic format for each course being evaluated. The course syllabus and description are the basis of your evaluation. Georgia Tech cannot process your request without them.

Acceptable file formats for documents are:

• pdf
• doc, docx
• xls, xlsx
• jpg, png, tif

Each syllabus must meet the following criteria to receive an evaluation:

• Must be from the term in which you enrolled in the course
• Includes the name of the professor and contact information.
• Includes textbook information (name of textbook, author, edition, year)
• Includes grading scale
• Includes a detailed schedule of weekly topics covered in the course; this is especially important for Computer Science, Engineering, Math, and Lab Science courses.

Some courses may require additional information:

• English 1101/1102 - Students submitting evaluation requests for either course must submit a 15 to 20 page writing assignment (ENGL 1101) or a 20 to 30 page writing assignment (ENGL 1102). The paper must be an assignment from the course (e.g. Literacy Analysis, Research Paper, Compare/Contrast Paper, Reflection Paper, etc.)
• Lab Science Courses - Students must submit a lab syllabus if the lab and lecture sections are not combined in a single syllabus. If the two sections are in one syllabus, you only need to upload the single document.

After you submit your request, the Registrar's Office will review the submission to determine if the documentation is sufficient for review by the academic department. If the documentation is insufficient, the Registrar's Office will return the request to you with a note indicating what is lacking in your original request and next steps for a successful submission.

With sufficient documentation, the Registrar's Office will advance the request to the academic department for review. Faculty reviewing your request on behalf of the academic department may also return the evaluation to you if additional information is required.

You may follow the progression of your request in the transfer credit evaluation site. Your request will be in one of the following five status phases:

• Registrar 1 - your request is pending initial review by the Registrar's Office
• Department - the Registrar's Office has sent your request to the academic department for review; please allow 2-4 weeks for this phase
• Registrar 2 - the academic department has reviewed your request and the Registrar's Office is processing; please allow 2-4 weeks for this phase
• Student - the Registrar's Office or academic department has returned the request to you to request additional information; you should review the notes and submit the updated request; you must click Submit to return the request to the Registrar's Office for additional review (the request will remain in Student status if you do not click Submit)
• Complete - the evaluation process is complete. Students will receive an email when the evaluation is in the complete phase.

After your evaluation is moved to Complete status, you may log in to the transfer credit equivalency site and view the final equivalency from the department. You will see one of three outcomes:

• Credit awarded (Policy) - the department awarded you the listed credit and the course will appear on the transfer equivalency table for future students
• Credit awarded (Not Policy) - the department awarded you credit under special circumstances on a one-time basis and the course will not be added to the transfer equivalency table
• ET NOGT - the department determined that the course is not equivalent to any course at Georgia Tech and cannot award credit

About Transfer Credit

1. Georgia Tech does not offer correspondence courses and does not grant credit for correspondence courses taken at other institutions. Academic units reserve the right to take such things as delivery method into consideration. For example, on-line courses and computer-instructed courses may not be accepted by some academic units for credit.
2. Georgia Tech does not grant credit for the College Level General Educational Development Tests, CLEP, USAFI courses, or courses completed at any United States armed services, with the exception of the military academies and schools with full accreditation.
3. Georgia Tech does not grant credit for professional certificate programs.
4. The following items are among other circumstances in which non-resident credit is not granted:
   • Courses previously completed at Georgia Tech.
   • College courses taken to meet freshman admissions requirements.
   • Remedial courses.
   • Courses basically secondary school or pre-college level.
   • Courses with essentially non-academic content.
   • Vocational courses.
   • Learning support courses.
5. Non-resident credit is not computed as a part of the student's grade point average at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech accepts credit for coursework as listed on the transfer equivalency table online at oscar.gatech.edu.

A student who has received an offer of admission and who wishes to request transfer credit for a course that is not listed on Georgia Tech's transfer equivalency table must submit a course evaluation request through the transfer credit evaluation website by the deadlines listed below. These requests are reviewed for approval by the appropriate academic department. It is expected students provide adequate course materials to demonstrate that course equivalency. Course materials may include the following:

• Course description
• Course syllabus
• Samples of completed assignments
• Other material the academic department may request to support course equivalency

It should be noted that review of requested transfer credit does not always result in transfer credit approval. Any questions regarding this policy should be sent to the Registrar's Office at dc@registrar.gatech.edu.

Admitted students who do not submit course materials for review by the deadlines listed below should remain aware that the decision on transferability of the course and the determination of its equivalency at Georgia Tech likely will not be completed in time to impact registration decisions for the first term of enrollment. Students are expected to plan accordingly and work with academic advisors.

The deadlines for submitting a course for transfer credit evaluation are:

Examinations:

1. Students who offer satisfactory evidence that they are qualified to do so may receive credit for a course by examination. Such an examination is called an examination for advanced standing.
2. Examinations for advanced standing require the recommendation of the department of instruction in which the course is offered, and payment of the appropriate fee via TouchNet.
3. Examinations for advanced standing will ordinarily be offered during the week of final examinations but must be arranged with each department directly. 
4. A student will not be allowed to take an examination for advanced standing in a given course more than twice.
5. Students will not be allowed to take an examination for advanced standing in a course for which the prerequisite(s) has not been met, except with the consent of the school offering the course.
6. An examination for advanced standing will be reported with an S or U grade. Neither grade will be included in the calculation of the scholastic average.
7. Advanced standing is not allowed for laboratory or studio classes, except with the consent of the school offering the course.
8. Students may not use more than 9 credits of advanced standing to meet degree requirements.

Instructions:

1. Please read all instructions/information before completing the request.

2. For institute policy, reference section XII, item b. of the Student Rules and Regulations in the General Catalog.

3. A fee of $90.00, per test, is required.

4. A student must be currently enrolled to request an Examination for Advanced Standing. Special Students are not authorized to take Examinations for Advanced Standing.

5. Use a separate request for each examination.  (Only one course may be listed on each request)

6. Complete the personal identification items requested.

7. Make a concise statement concerning why you think you are qualified to take an Examination for Advanced Standing in the specific course.

8. Take this request to the School/Department of Instruction of the course concerned and request the recommendation of the School Director/Department Head.

9. Once the recommendation is obtained, the School Director/Department Head will provide you with a link to make the exam payment through TouchNet.

10. Submit a copy of the receipt to the School Director/Department Head and schedule the examination with the School/Department of Instruction.

11. After completion of the examination, the School/Department of Instruction will report the results to the Office of the Registrar on a Non-Resident Credit Report Form. The grade will be reported as "S" or "U" (Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory). The results of all examinations must be reported whether or not the results are satisfactory.

12. Only courses with satisfactory results are recorded on the student’s academic record, and are classified as resident credit.

Bursar's Office
Advanced Standing Form
Advanced Standing Form for Courses in Modern Languages

The official policy regarding Examinations for Advanced Standing is published under Rules & Regulations XII in the Catalog.

Catalog: Rules & Regulations XII

See directions below to view AP and IB equivalencies.

Once enrolled at Georgia Tech, students are not allowed to take College Board (Advanced Placement and SAT II), International Baccalaureate, or A-Level Examinations for credit. All examinations must be completed prior the student's enrollment date. Students who offer satisfactory evidence that they are qualified to do so may receive credit for a course by examination at Georgia Tech. Such an examination is called an Examination for Advanced Standing.

Advanced Standing

See directions below to view AP and IB equivalencies.

1. Go to BuzzPort
2. Select the "Transfer Equivalencies" icon
3. Select the asterisk (*) from the pull down menu
4. Click "Continue" button
5. Select your option from the pull down menu
6. Click "Get Courses" button

Once enrolled at Georgia Tech, students are not allowed to take College Board (Advanced Placement and SAT II), International Baccalaureate, or A-Level Examinations for credit. All examinations must be completed prior the student's enrollment date. Students who offer satisfactory evidence that they are qualified to do so may receive credit for a course by examination at Georgia Tech. Such an examination is called an Examination for Advanced Standing.

Advanced Standing