: Admission Requirements for Transfer Students

Please note: students who are not transferring should refer to the new student admission requirements.

Transfer students:  Students with college credit taken fall semester of the year they graduated from high school or later.  Students who took college courses during high school or the summer immediately following graduation are considered first-time freshman.

Transfer students with a minimum higher education GPA of 2.0 who do not meet college/program admission requirements below will be admitted to the UT Learning Collaborative Transition Program.  Students with a GPA below 2.0 may be admitted to the UT Learning Collaborative Gateway Program.

A completed application along with all official transcripts must be received 10 days prior to the start of the term.

Placement tests -
Based upon a student's major, students may be required to take placement tests.

College/Program Admission Standards
In the following, the GPA requirement is based upon the higher education GPA.

College of Arts and Sciences

• 2.0 GPA
  

Premedical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary programs:

• 3.0 GPA

Music program:

• Audition required (contact 419.530.2448 for an appointment)

College of Business Administration

Bachelor of Business Administration programs 

• 2.4 GPA 

Bachelor of Applied Organizational Technology program

•  2.25 GPA
• Associate degree earned from a regionally accredited institution

Applied Organizational Technology Associate Degree programs

•  2.0 GPA

Information Technology program

• 2.25 GPA

Judith Herb College of Education

 GPA requirements based on transfer hours:

College of Engineering

Transfer students applying to the College of Engineering must declare a major.

Engineering Science programs

• 2.75 GPA
• "C" or better in college calculus equivalent to MATH 1850 and general chemistry equivalent to CHEM 1230 

Students not meeting these requirements will be reviewed for the Engineering Technology programs.

Engineering Technology programs

• 2.0  GPA

Information Technology program

• 2.25  GPA

College of Health Science and Human Service

•  2.0  GPA

Selective Admission Programs

• Students are admitted into the pre-professional programs.
• There is a competitive admission process for the professional programs

College of Nursing

All BSN students admitted into pre-nursing with:

• 3.0 GPA
• Upon completion of the pre-nursing curriculum there is a competitive admission process for the professional sequence.

All RN-BSN students admitted into pre nursing with:

• 2.5 GPA-Active unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse
• Upon completion of the pre nursing curriculum there is a competitive admission process for the professional sequence

College of Pharmacy

Students are admitted into pre-pharmacy with:

• 2.7 GPA

Students who are not Ohio residents and/or have completed course work at a non-Ohio institution will be considered on an individual basis.  Such applicants with a GPA below 3.0 are rarely considered.

Students are encouraged to apply for fall semester— application materials must be received no later than May 1 for admission consideration for summer or fall semester of the same year.

University College Degree Programs
Adult Liberal Studies

• 2.0 GPA
• 25 years of age or older

Individualized Programs

• 2.0 GPA
• 20 semester hours/30 quarter hours of earned college credit

Undecided/Exploratory Students

With the exception of the College of Engineering, a transfer student who has a specific college preference but is undecided on a major within the college may apply as undecided to that college.  Students who are undecided about their college and major will be admitted into the QUEST program in the UT Learning Collaborative Gateway Program.