Office of Admissions

Transfer Admission Requirements

If you have completed 35 or fewer transferable quarter credits (23 semester credits), admission will be based on both your high school and your college work. You must meet admission requirements for both freshmen and transfer students. If you have completed 36 or more quarter credits (24 of which must be graded), your admission will be based only on your college-level course work.

For information on GPA calculation, grades, and transfer credits, including unofficial transfer credit evaluation, visit our transfer credits page.

To be considered for admission as a transfer student, you must be eligible to return to your most recent institution and have:

  1. Completed one college-level composition course with a grade of C- or better, P (pass), or S (satisfactory).
  2. Completed one college-level mathematics course with a grade of C- or better, P, or S.
  3. Earned a minimum GPA of 2.25 if you are an Oregon resident, 2.50 if you are a nonresident.
  4. Second-language proficiency. If you graduated from high school in spring 1997 or later, or if you took the GED in June 1997 or later, you must demonstrate second-language proficiency to be admitted to the UO. To do so, submit a transcript or score report verifying one of the following:
    • Two years of the same second language in high school, with a grade of C- or better, P (pass), or S (satisfactory), or
    • Two college terms of the same second language with a grade of C- or better, or
    • Proficiency test (for example, SAT Subject Tests or BYU Foreign Language Assessment)

Learn more about options for meeting the second-language requirement, including American Sign Language. If you are admitted to the UO with an exception to the second-language requirement, you will be required to complete two college terms of the same second language before graduating from the UO.

Completing your application

Before we can make a decision regarding your admission, we must receive the following:

  • Your UO Application for Undergraduate Admission
  • A $50 nonrefundable application fee, or a fee deferral form
  • Official college transcripts (except for the current term) reporting all of your transfer work from every college and university you attended
  • If you have completed fewer than 36 quarter credits (24 semester credits) by the time you apply, submit your official high school transcripts and SAT Reasoning Test or ACT scores
  • If you are an architecture or interior architecture transfer applicant, submit SAT or ACT scores regardless of class status
  • Second-language proficiency—required for students who graduated from high school in spring 1997 or later. Explore the options for demonstrating second-language proficiency

After you complete your application

You will receive important information regarding transfer credits, housing, financial aid, first-year programs and more. Please view our transfer student timeline for more information on the application process.

International students

Learn about international transfer information