Admission as a Transfer Student

To transfer from an accredited college, including another unit at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, applicants should contact the College of Engineering's Office of Recruitment and Admissions, 1108 Lurie Engineering Center, 1221 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2102, (734) 647-7101. The online application is available at https://apply.embark.com/ugrad/umich/eng/. Applicants are required to submit official transcripts of both secondary school and college course work. Applicants from another school or college on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus are not required to submit U-M transcripts.

Application Deadlines

Applications for admission should be submitted before March 1 for the fall term and prior to October 1 for winter term. Applications received after the deadline dates will be accepted only if space is available.

General Admission Requirements and Information

For admission consideration, an applicant must provide transcripts for all courses taken after completion of secondary education. The official college transcript(s) must list the subjects elected, the number of credit hours and grades earned in each subject, and the basis upon which grades were assigned. Results of any aptitude tests that were taken in high school or college are helpful but not required.

The academic background of an applicant must demonstrate his or her ability to meet the requirements of the College of Engineering for graduation. The grades earned in subjects related to the program elected by the applicant are of critical significance and will be important in making the admission decision. An overall scholastic average that is satisfactory for good standing at the previous institution(s) may not in itself be sufficient. Admission standards are based on departmental guidelines to specific programs that include meeting the departmental grade point average (GPA) requirements as well as overall cumulative GPA. Transfer guidelines are available on our web site.

Prerequisite and Basic Courses Taken at Another Institution

Most programs require the same basic pre-engineering courses for transfer admission. These include mathematics, chemistry, physics, English composition, and a computer programming course with "C++" as the preferred language.  The preference and acceptance of programming languages by department can be found at http://www.engin.umich.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/external/.  Generally, such courses are offered as a complete two-year program to meet the requirements for study in many engineering colleges (e.g., a mathematics sequence requiring four semesters or six quarters). Also, students are encouraged  to satisfy the required courses in humanities and social sciences prior to admission.  Engineering coursework is subject to review by department faculty and is not guaranteed  to transfer.

Prospective transfer students should carefully examine the program that he or she plans to elect at the College of Engineering and arrange the course selections accordingly. Many course equivalencies can be found at the following Web site: http://www.engin.umich.edu/transferdatabase/index.jsp

Combined Programs with Other U.S. Institutions

The College of Engineering cooperates with other institutions in providing an opportunity to earn two bachelor's degrees (A.B. or B.S. and B.S.E.) in a total of five to five-and-one-half years by satisfying the requirements for both degrees. Representative institutions providing this opportunity are:

• Adrian College
• Albion College
• Alma College
• Atlanta University Center Dual Degree in Engineering Program: (Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College)
• Beloit College
• Hope College
• Kalamazoo College
• Lawrence University (Wisconsin)
• Virginia Union University
• University of Michigan - Flint

An interested student would enroll at one of these institutions for the first three years and include in the elections a pre-engineering program that, under conditions of satisfactory performance, will transfer as substantially equivalent to two or two-and-one-half years of the requirements of the College of Engineering.

Transfer Credit

An evaluation of the previous record from the transfer institution will be made, at the time of application review, to indicate tentatively the credit that will be transferred toward a bachelor's degree in the program specified by the applicant. This appraisal is subject to review by representatives of the departments involved and by the student's intended program advisor. The transfer credit may be revised if the academic progress of the student indicates that the student is unable to continue successfully because of an inadequate preparation.

Credits are granted only for transferable courses in which a grade of "C" or better is earned. A "C-" will be accepted only if earned on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Campus for courses other than math, science, engineering, or other prerequisites for admission. Classification level is determined by the number of hours transferred.  Most transfer students enroll with approximately 60-65 credit hours.

The U-M transcript of transfer students will not reflect grades earned while enrolled in another college. The transfer student's GPA is determined solely by the grades earned while enrolled in the College of Engineering. This does not apply to students transferring from other academic units located on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, or students transferring from U-M Dearborn or Flint campuses.  If, at any time, a transfer student has questions regarding the transfer of credit, the Office of Recruitment and Admissions should be consulted.

Cross-Campus Transfer Re-Registration Policy (Previously titled Residency Policy)

Admitted cross-campus transfer students to the CoE are held accountable to the following policy:

1. Admitted cross-campus students must re-register under their Engineering program status. The re- registration of courses must be done no later than 3 weeks after the first day of classes of the admitted term:

• Students who do not re-register their classes will have their enrollment discontinued from the College of Engineering.
  
• Once a student is discontinued they will then have to reapply to the College of Engineering, which may involve being held accountable to new admission standards.
  
• A student who reapplies after being discontinued and is admitted must be reinstated to the original term of the College of Engineering admission. This will involve having all of the student's classes re-registered to that original term of admission and the student being billed for the differences in tuition and College of Engineering fees accordingly.

2. Students who want to be admitted to the College of Engineering who are near graduation and receive approval from an engineering department are held to the following:

• The engineering department will determine under which past term the student should have been admitted. The student's classes will then be re-registered back to that term for admission and the student will be billed for the differences in tuition and College of Engineering fees accordingly.
  
• A department will have the authority to go back as many past terms as they deem appropriate for the student's admission.