Prospective transfer applicants must have completed or have in progress a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework, and be one full year removed from high school graduation or the receipt of a high school equivalency by the time they will enter the University to be eligible for consideration.

High school or home-schooled students are not eligible for transfer and MUST apply as first-year applicants even if they are dual-enrolled and will have their associate's degree by the time they earn their high school diploma.

Students who have at any time completed three or more years of study at another four-year college or university are not eligible for transfer admission to the College of Arts & Sciences. This also applies to students who have attempted a full junior year at a four-year institution after transferring from a community college or another four-year institution.

Students who already hold bachelor's degrees are not eligible to apply for a second undergraduate degree for any program outside of the School of Engineering. The School of Engineering prioritizes candidates who have not already earned bachelor's degrees, but will rarely admit individuals who already hold bachelor's degrees that are not in engineering or physics.

Successful applicants ordinarily will have earned a cumulative grade point average of B or better at thier previous colleges; they also will have completed, or come close to completing, the specific transfer course requirements for the school and program they wish to enter. Please refer to the Transfer Course Requirements page for more detailed information for the required courses and expectations for each school of enrollment.

We employ a holistic admission process; while a student's successful performance across the transfer course requirements is an essential component of our transfer review, we are also looking to enroll students that demonstrate the potential to live lives of purpose, impact, and service to others, and who demonstrate a determination to succeed. For more information, please refer to the Characteristics and Qualities of Competitive Applicants.

Admission is granted to individual schools within the University; the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences do not admit directly to major. Please review coursework that should be completed prior to matriculation to each school. 

Transfer candidates are ordinarily admitted only to begin each fall semester. A very limited number of transfer students are admitted to only the College of Arts and Sciences for the spring semester, and students interested in spring admission must have a minimum of 24 credits hours earned and completed by the end of the fall semester preceding the desired spring semester. Students in their first semester of college are not eligible for Spring Admission.

Deadlines:

Fall Admission: March 1

Spring Admission (College of Arts and Sciences only): October 1

Required Documents:

• ALL previous college and high school transcripts (see mailing address below)
• Completed Common Application Transfer Application and UVA supplement

Optional Documents:

• SAT/ACT Scores
• AP/IB/AICE examinations (strongly encouraged for students who wish to receive credit for these scores, please view the advanced examination credit section to see how external examinations will transfer)
• English Proficiency testing (strongly encouraged for international applicants whose first language is not English, more information can be found on the International Student page)
• Letter of Recommendation
• Mid-Semester grade report

• The Transfer Credit Analyzer contains data on how courses have transferred historically to the College of Arts and Sciences. Courses that no student has attempted to transfer to UVA in the past will have to be evaluated for credit upon matriculation. The School of Engineering maintains a credit equivalency page as well.
• Please refer to the Transfer Events page for upcoming transfer specific events.
• The Transfer Blog is updated throughout the year with information about our current admission cycle.