Transfer Requirements

Below are the admission requirements for transfer students. See information for:

Definition of a Transfer Student

The University of Oregon classifies transfer students as those who have attempted any college coursework after graduating from high school.

  • If you have already graduated from high school and enrolled in college after your graduation date, you are considered a transfer applicant.
  • If you have not yet graduated from high school, you are a first-year (freshman) applicant, even if you earned college credits while in high school (don’t worry, though—these will still be evaluated as transferrable credits later in the process).

Transfer Admission Minimum Requirements

  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. Have the minimum cumulative GPA:
    • 2.25 if you are an Oregon resident
    • 2.50 if you are a nonresident
  4. Demonstrate 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)

For information on GPA calculation, grades, and transfer credits, including unofficial transfer credit evaluation, visit our transfer credits page. If you're ready to apply, use this step-by-step guide to applying as a transfer student.

Required Application Materials

In order to be considered for admission as a transfer student, you will need to submit the following (in addition to your Oregon application and application fee/application fee waiver):

  • Official transcript(s) from all college/universities you have attended and any that you are currently attending. These need to be requested directly from the institution you attended, and sent directly to the University of Oregon.
  • If you have not yet completed 24 semester credits/36 quarter credits of college coursework, you will also be required to submit an official final high school transcript. 

Application Review

  • Applicants who have completed 35 or fewer quarter credits (or 23 or fewer semester credits) by the time of expected enrollment at the UO must meet both freshman admission requirements and the transfer admission requirements listed below.
  • For applicants who have completed 36 or more quarter credits (or 24 or more semester credits) by the time of expected enrollment at the UO, admission will be based only on the transfer admission requirements.

To be considered for admission as a transfer student, you must be in good standing at your most recent institution and eligible to return to any previously attended institution.

Transfer applications can be reviewed when a transfer applicant has no more than one term in progress at their most recent institution. This shows us the applicant’s most recent grade trend and allows us to verify that most, if not all, of their transfer course requirements, have been met. 

To illustrate this, transfer students applying for fall quarter, will have their application for admission reviewed after they submit the transcript from their previous fall semester (if attending a semester school) or winter quarter (if attending a quarter school).