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Criteria for Transfer Credit

We know students work hard in other colleges and universities around the world prior to arriving at Virginia Tech. The following information is provided to help you on your transfer journey.

Transfer credit is awarded in the Office of the University Registrar for all students. Official transcripts may either be presented electronically, via paper copy through the postal system, or hand-delivered. If hand-delivered, the transcripts must be in the original sealed envelope from the sending college. New, incoming students are responsible for providing official transcripts to Undergraduate Admissions at the following address:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions Virginia Tech
925 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg VA 24061

Transcripts for continuing, previously enrolled VT students, should be provided to the Registrar at the following address:

Office of the University Registrar
Mail Code 0134
Student Services Building Suite 250
800 Washington Street SW
Blacksburg VA 24061
transfercredit@vt.edu

Transcripts may not be emailed from a student, parent, or any source other than the transferring college or university. If hand-delivered, transcripts must be in the original sealed envelope from the sending college.

Students earning an associate degree at a Virginia Community College should request the transcript be held until the degree is annotated on the transcript.

The following criteria will assist you in understanding your transfer credit evaluation:

  • Virginia Tech accepts transferrable courses from U.S. colleges or universities accredited by one of the regional accrediting agencies listed below:
    • Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges
    • Higher Learning Commission
    • Middle States Commission of Higher Education
    • New England Commission of Higher Education
    • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
    • Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission on Colleges
    • Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission
  • International universities must be recognized by that country's Ministry of Education.
  • No more than half of the credit hours required for a Virginia Tech degree may be transferred from community colleges.
  • A grade of “C” or better must be earned to be considered for transfer. Pass/Fail grades are not considered for transfer. Developmental courses, and career and technical courses, do not transfer.
  • Students who did not earn the necessary grade in a course at Virginia Tech should consult their advisors if they wish to transfer the course. A Virginia Tech course with a grade of D- or higher will not be replaced with transfer credit. Academic advisors can inform students about the departmental policy for meeting course grade requirements with transfer credit. Regardless of the grade required at Virginia Tech, the transferred course must be a C or better. A grade of C- will not transfer.
  • Course credit hours from institutions operating on the quarter system are converted to the semester system by multiplying the quarter hours by two thirds.
  • Courses taken elsewhere while a student is on suspension will not transfer to Virginia Tech.
  • To view the status of your transfer credit, log into Hokie Spa, select Grades, then Transfer and Other Additional Credit.
  • Transfer courses without a final grade presented on the official transcript will display on the Hokie Spa transfer credit screen as “In Progress.” A final transcript with grades must be submitted for courses to be considered for transfer.

For information on how your transfer credit applies toward your degree, please contact your academic advisor. Additionally, continuing students wishing to take courses elsewhere should consult their acdemic advisor. A preauthorization form and/or syllabus may be required.

The Office of the University Registrar requires additional documentation from students in order to process transfer credit from International institutions. To be considered for college transfer credit, the student must provide the following:

  • An official transcript sent directly from the nationally recognized institution. If the transcripts are not in English, an English translation must accompany the transcript.
  • A course syllabus (not a course description) might be required. Please see your Hokie Spa transfer credit to determine whether a syllabus is necessary. A syllabus should be in English and include the title of the textbook used, and a breakdown of chapters and subjects studied.  
  • International transfer credit will not be awarded until all required documentation has been received by the Office of the University Registrar.
  • A certified course-by-course international credit evaluation performed by a recognized evaluator. The following professional agencies are among those recognized by Virginia Tech:

Global Credential Evaluators
3515-B Longmire Drive PMB 323
College Station, TX 77845 USA
Phone: 800-707-0979
International Phone: 301-421-4581
Web: www.gceus.com
Email: gce@gceus.com

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE)
101 W. Pleasant St., Suite 200
Milwaukee, WI 53212-3963 
Contact ECE via the chat option on their website
Web: www.ece.org

World Education Services (WES)1
ATTN: Documentation Center
Bowling Green Station
P.O. Box 5087
New York, NY 10274-5087 USA
Phone: (212) 966-6311
Fax: (212) 739-6100
Web: www.wes.org1

1 WES evaluations do not adhere to the standard conversion for ECTS credits of 2:1; therefore, the credit conversion for these evaluations will be disregarded.

Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI) 
Contact ACEI via the form on their website
Web: www.acei-global.org

Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
7101 SW 102 Avenue
Miami, FL 33173 USA
Phone: 305-273-1616
Fax: 305-273-1338
Web: www.jsilny.com Email: info@jsilny.com

Please contact these agencies for applications and fees.

Universities around the world use different systems for calculating credit hours. This table serves as a guide for students and advisors to calculate Virginia Tech credit earned through international study.

Country Name of School International Credit System Conversion Multiplier Example
Argentina Univ of Belgrano Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Argentina Univ of Salvador Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Argentina University Torcuato Di Tella Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT credit
Argentina University of Palermo Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Australia Adelaide University Units 1 1 Unit = 1 VT Credit
Australia Australian National Univ Units 1 1 Unit = 1 VT Credit
Australia Bond University Credit Points 0.375 10 Credits= 3.75 VT Credits
Australia Central Queensland Univ Credit Points 0.375 10 Credits= 3.75 VT Credits
Australia Charles Darwin Univ Credit Points 0.375 10 Credits =3.75 VT Credits
Australia Charles Stuart Univ Credit Points 0.5 2 Credits = 1 VT Credit
Australia Curtin Univ Tech Credit Points 0.016 25 Credits= 4 VT Credits
Australia Deakin Univ Credit Points 3.75 1 Credit= 3.75 VT Credits
Australia Edith Cowan Univ Credit Points 0.25 4 Credits=1 VT Credit
Australia Griffith University Credit Points 0.3 10 credits=3 VT Credits
Australia James Cook Univ Credits 1 1 Credit Point =1VT Credit
Australia La Trobe University Credits 0.25 4 Credits=1 VT Credit
Australia Macquarie University Credits Points 1 1Credit Point 1VT Credit
Australia Monash University Credit Points Unique 6 Credits = 4 VT Credits
Australia Queensland University of Tech Credits Points 0.3 10 Credits = 3 VT Credits
Australia RMIT University Units 0.25 4 Units= 1 VT Credit
Australia The University of Newcastle Units 0.375 10 Units = 3.75 VT Credits
Australia University of Melbourne Credit Points 0.3 12.5 Credit Points = 3.75 VT Credits
Australia Univ Queensland Local Credit 1.5 2 Credits=3 VT Credits
Australia Univ of Canberra Credit Points 1 3 Credits Points= 3 VT Credits
Australia Univ of New South Wales Local Credits Unique 6 Credits = 3.75 VT Credits
Australia University of Sydney Credit Points 0.667 6 Credits = 4 VT Credits
Australia Univ of Tech Sydney Credit Points 0.6667 6 Credits = 4 VT Credits
Austria Univ Salzburg Local Credits 1 1 Credit = I VT Credit
Austria Univ of Vienna Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Belgium Catholic Univ Leuven Credits 0.05 6 Credits = 3 VT Credits
Belgium Vesalius College Credits 0.05 6 credits = 3 VT Credits
Belgium Ghent University Credits 0.05 6 Credits = 3 VT Credits
Belgium Vesalius College Credits 0.05 6 Credits = 3 VT Credits
Brazil Univ of Pontificia Catolica Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credi
Chile Univ of Catolica De Valparaiso Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Chile Universidad Vina Del Mar Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours=1 VT Credit
China Chengdu University Technology Local Credits 1 1Credit= 1 VT Credit
China Chinese Univ Of Hong Kong Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Fudan University Credits 1 1 Credit =1 VT Credit
China Tsinghua University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1VT Credit
China Huazhong Univ Sci & Tech Credits 1 1 Credit =1 VT Credit
China Jilin Agricultural Univ Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Peking University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Shanghai Univ of Sci & Tech Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Univ of Elec Sci & Tech Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Univ of Hong Kong Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Xiamen University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
China Zhengzhou University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Costa Rica Universidad Veritas Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Czech Republic Anglo American Unversity ECTS Credit 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Czech Republic Charles University in Prague US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Czech Republic University of Economics Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Ecuador Casa Grande University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Ecuador Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Ecuador Universidad San Fransciso de Quito 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Egypt American Univ of Cairo Credits 1 1 Credit =1 VT Credit
Finland Univ of Turku ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits= 1 VT Credit
France The American Univ of Paris Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
France Kedge Business School ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
France Univ of Picardie Jules Verne ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits= 1 VT Credit
Germany Hamburg Univ Applied Sciences ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Germany Karlsruhe Inst of Tech ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Germany RUHR University Bochum ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Germany Tech University of Munich ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Greece American Coll of Thessaloniki Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Hong Kong University of Hing Kong Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
India Manipal Academy Higher Educ Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
India NMIMS Deemed University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Indonesia Islamic Azad University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Ireland National Univ of Ireland-Galway ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 VT Credit
Ireland Univ College Dublin ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 VT Credit
Ireland University of Limerick ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Israel Tel Aviv University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Italy American Univ of Rome Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Italy Bocconi Univ ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Italy John Cabot University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Japan Sophia University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Japan Tokyo International Univ Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Japan Chukyo University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Japan Chuo University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Japan Kansai Gaidai University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Jordan Al-Ahliyya Amman Univ Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Gachon University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Hanyang Unversity Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Kangwon National Univ Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Korea University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Seo Kyeong University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Seoul National University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Sungkonghoe University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea University of Seoul Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Yonsei University Credit 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Latvia Daugavpils University ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Lebanon Lebanese American University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Malaysia University of Technology MARA Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Malaysia INTI Int'l College Penang Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Mexico Institute Tech Monterrey Local Credits Unique 8 Credits = 3 VT Credits
Nepal Kathmandu University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Netherlands Erasmus University ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Netherlands Rotterdam Univ of Appl Sci ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Netherlands Univ of Amsterdam ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Netherlands Universiteit Utrecht ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
New Zealand The University of Auckland Points 0.25 15 Points = 3.75 VT Credits
New Zealand Auckland Univ of Technology Credit Points 0.25 15 Points = 3.75 VT Credits
New Zealand Massey University Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 VT Credit
New Zealand University of Otago Local Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 VT Credit
Peru Univ of the Pacific Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Peru Univ San Martin de Porres Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Peru Universidad Peruana De Ciencias Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Russia Moscow State University Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 VT Credit
Russia St. Petersburg State Univ ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Saudi Arabia Alfaisal University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Saudi Arabia King Saud University Credits 0.91 3 Credits = 1 VT Credit
South Africa University of Cape Town Credits 0.2 18 Credits = 3.6 VT Credits
South Africa Stellenbosch University Local Credit 0.25 4 Credits = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Chonnam National University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Yonsei University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Soongsil University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
South Korea Hanyang University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Spain Universidad de Oviedo ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Switzerland Univ of Zurich ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit
Switzerland Franklin University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
Thailand Mahidol University Local Credits 0.75 4 Credits = 3 VT Credit
Turkey Bogazici University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
UAE American University Sharjah Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
UAE American College of Dubai Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
UAE American University of Dubai Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 VT Credit
UK Loughborough University Credits 0.25 20 Credits = 5 VT Credits
UK University of Edinburgh Credits 0.25 20 Credits = 5 VT Credits
UK University of Kent ECTS Credits 0.5 2 ECTS Credits = 1 VT Credit