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Students who have taken college-level courses can transfer select course credits to CU Boulder. Learn about Transferology and how the transfer credit process works at our university.

Transfer Credit Process

Create a Transferology Account

Transferology can help you assess which of your credits will transfer, how those courses may apply to your desired major and can help you pick out transferable courses at your current school to take before coming to CU Boulder.

How to use Transferology

Create a free user account.
Select the See what courses transfer button to see how your credits will transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder. (Watch the Will My Courses Transfer how-to video on their homepage for help)
1. Enter all the courses you have taken or are planning to take at your current school, then click Search for Matches. You will see the results for the University of Colorado Boulder.
2. To request advising or ask a question, select the Request Information button on the University of Colorado Boulder information page. Check desired fields, add a message with your major of interest included and submit your request. A CU Boulder transfer credit specialist will get back to you.
Select the Find a Replacement Course button if you are not planning on leaving your current institution but need to take a course somewhere else for credit at your current school. (Watch the Find a Replacement Course how-to video on their homepage for help)

Watch our tutorials below for step-by-step instructions to get started with Transferology.

Transfer Credit

Knowing what is required to transfer can help you map an appropriate academic schedule for your remaining terms at your current school. Credits must be academic in nature and completed at a C- or higher.

Learn more about transfer credit

The goal of this process is to recognize previous work that you have completed that meet our standards for academic content and rigor. Our policies and procedures for transfer and applicability of course credits to a CU Boulder degree incorporate these basic principles:

We expect to verify whether or not the student's experience at the other institution is appropriately commensurate with the experience of students in similar courses offered by CU Boulder with respect to content, academic level, scope and relevance.
Can that experience of reasonable comparability and applicability be documented in some manner, (e.g. coming from a fully accredited college or university)?
Can that experience of reasonable comparability and applicability be documented by the student via other means such as textbooks, syllabi, exams, papers, projects, etc?

Review Our Transfer Credit Policy

Watch our tutorial video below to learn how to read your transfer credit evaluation.

Higher Education Admission Recommendations

Transfer students applying to undergraduate programs are strongly encouraged to meet the following Higher Education Admission Recommendations (HEAR).
Students may be admitted to CU Boulder even though they have not completed all of the HEAR courses. There are no consequences if HEAR is not met. However, not completing HEAR might result in taking additional courses to meet the CU Boulder graduation requirements of individual majors.

Articulation Agreements

Statewide articulation agreements allow you to graduate from a Colorado community college with a 60-credit Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree and complete the bachelor’s degree in no more than an additional 60 credits. Institutional transfer pathways are available for the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering and Applied Science for majors that do not have a statewide articulation agreement.

Contact a Pre-Transfer Advisor

Schedule a one hour, one-on-one virtual appointment with a pre-transfer advisor to discuss CU Boulder degree requirements, how your transfer credit will apply towards a specific degree and to get help choosing courses to facilitate your transfer.

Transfer Credit & Transferology How-to Videos

How to Read Your Transfer Credit Evaluation

Transferology Tutorial 1: Getting Started

Transferology Tutorial 2: Requesting Information

Transferology Tutorial 3: Applying Courses to My Program

Transferology Tutorial 4: Finding a Replacement Course

International Students

International students with four or fewer semesters of U.S. schooling should refer to their country's specific requirements.

Review Requirements by Country

International Transfer Credit Evaluations

We offer two types of transfer credit evaluations for international students, both of which are completed after a student has been admitted to CU Boulder.

A Full Transfer Credit Evaluation is an in-depth review of all course-work previously completed at recognized colleges and/or universities for applicability toward CU Boulder degree and graduation requirements. In order to complete a Full Transfer Credit Evaluation for courses taken outside of the United States, we require full and complete official course descriptions of each course taken, which should include each course’s specific academic content. If these course descriptions are not in English, you must provide a Certified English Translation (see below for details). It is strongly recommended that you submit full and complete course descriptions with all other required application materials. Information submitted should be in PDF format for each course and should be sent to TCHelp@colorado.edu. Please include your full name.
If we do not receive full and complete course descriptions, you will receive a Preliminary Transfer Credit Evaluation. This preliminary evaluation is a general review of how course-work previously completed at recognized colleges and/or universities might transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder. A Preliminary Credit Evaluation will identify those courses that appear to be academic in nature and are transferable, but will likely not provide information on how those courses will count toward degree completion and/or graduation requirements.

A Special Note on Certified English Translations

If a course description is not in English, you will need to get a literal, certified (or official) English translation. It should not be interpretive. A certified (or official) translation will be different depending on what is considered an official translation in your country. In some countries, official translations are only issued by the school. In other countries, official government translators issue official translations. Some countries do not offer translations through a government network, and the student must find a private translation service to issue the translation. We also suggest that you visit or consult with your local Education USA office to see if it offers translations, or can refer you to a service.

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First-Year Applicants

First-year applicants are in high school, or have graduated from high school but have not taken any college courses after graduating or earning a GED.

Transfer Applicants

Transfer applicants have attended another college or university since earning their high school diploma or GED. Transfer applicants are looking to complete a bachelor’s degree at CU Boulder.

International Applicants

Undergraduate international applicants are students who need a visa to be in the U.S. Apply as a domestic student if you have a U.S. passport or green card.

Readmit Applicants

Veteran Applicants

Undocumented Applicants

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Transfer Credit Process

Create a Transferology Account

Transfer Credit

Higher Education Admission Recommendations

Articulation Agreements

Contact a Pre-Transfer Advisor

Transfer Credit & Transferology How-to Videos

How to Read Your Transfer Credit Evaluation

Transferology Tutorial 1: Getting Started

Transferology Tutorial 2: Requesting Information

Transferology Tutorial 3: Applying Courses to My Program

Transferology Tutorial 4: Finding a Replacement Course

International Students

International Transfer Credit Evaluations

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Transfer Credit Process

Create a Transferology Account

Transfer Credit

Higher Education Admission Recommendations

Articulation Agreements

Contact a Pre-Transfer Advisor

Transfer Credit & Transferology How-to Videos

How to Read Your Transfer Credit Evaluation

Transferology Tutorial 1: Getting Started

Transferology Tutorial 2: Requesting Information

Transferology Tutorial 3: Applying Courses to My Program

Transferology Tutorial 4: Finding a Replacement Course

International Students

International Transfer Credit Evaluations

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