Many of our students start their education at another institution of higher learning. You can often apply credits earned elsewhere to one of our degree or certificate programs.
Credits earned at an accredited college or university will be considered for acceptance no matter when taken. A course-by-course evaluation of transfer credits will be mailed shortly after you receive your admissions letter. Credits can be considered for transfer, subject to the following regulations:
All credits must have been earned at an accredited institution.
Courses must be passed with a letter grade of "C" or equivalent.
The number of credits granted for a given course cannot exceed the number on the transcript from the school where they were earned, nor can it exceed the number earned in the corresponding course in the College of General Studies.
A maximum of 90 credits may be transferred from a four-year institution and 60 credits from a two-year institution.
While the College of General Studies does not have a statute of limitations, it reserves the right to invalidate some courses for transfer in which the content is outmoded.
Students majoring in the liberal arts may transfer up to 18 credits of professional courses (e.g., business, education, engineering, nursing, etc).
If a course for which advanced standing credit has been granted is repeated, the advanced standing credit is cancelled.
All transfer credits are subject to reevaluation if a student transfers from one school to another or from one major to another within the University of Pittsburgh or becomes inactive and is subsequently readmitted.
The final 30 credits must be taken in the College of General Studies. At least half of the courses in the major or area of concentration must be completed in the College of General Studies. Transfer credits are posted on a University of Pittsburgh transcript.
