UC Davis
Source: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/international-records Parent: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/international
How to transfer with international records
Transfer applicants are considered using the same admission requirements and are included in the same selection process as first-year applicants. If you attended both international and U.S. colleges or universities, both your international and U.S. courses and grades are considered. You also may need to demonstrate English proficiency.
International academic records
When you apply, you must report all post-secondary international coursework as it appears on your international academic records. Find out how to report international education in your application.
How to meet English composition coursework requirements
One of the admission requirements for all transfer students is completion of two transferable courses in English composition with letter grades of C or better. If you apply to transfer directly from an international college or university where English is not the language of instruction, it is very unlikely that any of your English courses will transfer to UC Davis. However, we strongly encourage you to take as much English as your curriculum will allow. You need to demonstrate your English proficiency with an approved exam, if English is not the primary language of instruction at your school. Visit the exams and visas page for more information.
How to determine course transferability
- Check to see if your school is recognized by your country's Ministry of Education (or other appropriate government agency) or a U.S. regional accrediting agency as a degree-granting institution. We only consider transferable credit from officially recognized schools. You must report all post-secondary institutions, coursework and grades whether transferable or not.\
- Transferable courses need to come from university-level academic degree programs that align with a U.S. associate or bachelor's degree. Terminal vocational or technical programs are often not eligible for transferable credit to UC Davis, even if taken at recognized institutions.\
- Determine if your subjects are similar to any subjects offered at UC Davis. Use the descriptions in the UC Davis General Catalog. We only consider transfer credit for subjects that are similar to those offered in the UC system.\
- Look in the catalogs of other UC campuses, if you cannot find a comparable course at UC Davis. UC courses from other campuses sometimes qualify as transferable. Remedial academic subjects, such as English taught as a second language and high school level math, are not transferable. Although there are some remedial subjects offered at UC Davis, you will notice in our catalog they are not worth credit toward a degree.\
Whether or not you believe your coursework is transferable, you are required to report ALL post-secondary coursework undertaken in your application. No final decisions on transfer credit are made until you officially apply and enroll at UC Davis.
Transferable secondary school credit
The University of California does not regularly grant credit for secondary school level benchmark exams. We do grant credit for some Advanced Placement, or AP, and International Baccalaureate, or IB, and Advanced-Level exams.
International junior colleges and diploma programs
You are required to report ALL post-secondary coursework. This includes any junior and community college or diploma program courses, grades, units earned and attempted. However, UC Davis generally does not transfer credit from junior and community college programs that are technical or vocational in nature, or that do not lead to advanced standing in a bachelor’s level program at university.