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Transfer Admission Requirements

Admission is to a particular college or program, each of which has its own admissions requirements. All applicants, however, need to have successfully completed our high school preparation requirements.

If you are transferring from one degree program to another on the Twin Cities campus, or if you are transferring from the University of Minnesota coordinate campuses of Crookston, Duluth, or Morris, you must complete a Change of College form.

If you are returning to a degree program from an absence of one year or longer, you must complete an Application for Readmission.

University of Minnesota transfer admission criteria

Applicants may be admitted if they meet the entrance requirements of the college or program to which they have applied, and of the major they wish to enter.

All students are considered for admission based on an individual review of their application by the college to which they are applying. Individual college and programs review each application using the primary and secondary review factors listed below, in addition to the criteria described in the next section that is specific to the program students are applying to. These criteria include the specific prerequisite course and credit requirements for the individual college or program. Please review also the academic profile of the fall 2008 admitted transfer students.

Primary review factors

Grade point average - cumulative, and in specific courses related to the student's intended major.
An especially challenging pattern of coursework, especially in courses related to the student's intended major.

For transfer applicants with fewer than 26 college credits complete, the following factors are also reviewed:

Successful completion of the high school course requirements (see below).
High school rank percentile (students from non-ranking schools and those with GED or other high school equivalency are given full consideration).
ACT or SAT scores.
Rigor of the high school curriculum.

Secondary review factors

Evidence of exceptional achievement, aptitude, or personal accomplishment not reflected in the academic record.
A pattern of steady improvement in academic performance.
Participation in extracurricular programs related to your intended major.
Non-academic experience in a field related to your intended major.
Evidence of exceptional talent or ability in artistic, scholarly, leadership, or athletic performance.
Evidence that enrollment would enhance the cultural, gender, age, economic, racial, or geographic diversity of the student body.
Outstanding high school, college, or community involvement.
Work experience, paid or unpaid.
Evidence of having overcome social, economic, or physical barriers to educational achievement.
Extenuating circumstances.

Additional conditions for admission

In addition to meeting specific college admission requirements, transfer students must be eligible to return to their previous colleges or universities. If you believe there were special circumstances that led to your previous ineligibility, please provide an explanation on a separate sheet to accompany your application.

The University of Minnesota reserves the right to deny admission to an otherwise admissible applicant if the University determines that the applicant's enrollment would not be in the applicant's and/or the University's best interest.

Specific College Requirements

College of Biological Sciences
College of Continuing Education
- Inter-College Program
- Program for Individualized Learning
- Bachelor of Applied Science
College of Design
College of Education and Human Development
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
Carlson School of Management
Institute of Technology
Health Science Undergraduate Programs
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Dental Hygiene
- Mortuary Science
- School of Nursing

High School Course Preparation Requirements

Transfer applicants to any college or program who graduated from high school during 1987 or later must meet the high school preparation requirements listed below. Some programs may admit students with missing high school preparation requirements. Applicants who did not complete this coursework during high school may submit equivalent college coursework. Students who are admitted but who lack preparation requirements must complete all deficiencies early in their program. Several programs have course requirements that coincide with the high school preparation requirements.

High School preparation requirements

four years of English, with emphasis on writing, including instruction in reading and speaking skills and in literary understanding and appreciation;
three years of mathematics, including one year each of elementary algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra;
three years of science, including one year each of biological and physical science and including laboratory experience;
three years of social studies, including one year each of U.S. history and geography (or a course that includes a geography component such as world history, western civilization, or global studies);
two years of a single second language; and
one year of visual and/or performing arts, including instruction in the history and interpretation of the art form (e.g., theater arts, music, band, chorus, orchestra, drawing, painting, photography, graphic design, media production, theater production.).

Change of College

Students transferring from one degree program to another on the Twin Cities campus, or students transferring from the University of Minnesota coordinate campuses of Crookston, Duluth, or Morris, must complete a Change of College form. This form is available from the Office of the Registrar, either on the Twin Cities campus or at your home campus. You may also download a copy of the form from the web. This form, along with any transcripts from schools outside the University system, must be turned in to the Office of the Registrar at the address given on the Change of College instruction sheet.

Readmission

Students who have not been granted a formal "leave of absence" or who do not register for two consecutive semesters (excluding summer session) shall be place on "inactive" status. When returning from "inactive" status, you must fill out the Application for Readmission and submit the completed form to your college office. This form is available from your college office, or you may download a copy of the form from the web. You must also submit any official transcript(s) of any outside course work since your last attendance at the University of Minnesota to the Office of Admissions, 240 Williamson Hall, 231 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.