Transfer Credit
Transfer credit can be awarded for coursework completed at an accredited college or university, as listed below. Once admitted, UF will evaluate your transfer credits and you’ll have the opportunity to review this information with your academic advisor.
Will my credits transfer?
Credit is awarded for college-level coursework completed at a US institution of higher education accredited by agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or its equivalent from a foreign institution. Foreign institutions must be recognized by the Ministry of Education in that country. Applicants with international coursework should review our international webpage to understand the required information we will need to evaluate international transfer coursework.
Students who have earned an AA degree from a Florida public community or state college can expect to receive 60 transfer credits. The maximum number of transfer credit from a two-year college is 60 credits.
For information regarding credit for military experience and coursework, please visit the UF Online Military page.
Please note: Transfer credit does not expire.
UF Course Equivalents: Courses must be similar in nature and content to courses in the UF undergraduate curriculum to be transferred.
Elective Credit: Academic courses that do not have UF course equivalents can transfer as elective credits within the appropriate academic department. Some degree requirements can be substituted with similar elective credit, but it is the prerogative of the student’s UF college to determine how transfer credits apply to a degree.
Nontransferable Courses: Courses that are remedial, technical, vocational, or doctrinal in nature are not transferable to an undergraduate degree at the University of Florida.
Will my credits transfer?
Use Transferology to check previously earned credit. Learn more below.
How to Use Transferology
Transferology allows prospective and current students to enter information about the courses they’ve taken (or plan to take) to determine if they will transfer to the University of Florida. Simply create a free account with Transferology to get started! Once admitted to UF Online, your academic advisor will help you understand how your transfer credits satisfy your specific degree requirements.
- Once logged in, select the “Will my Courses Transfer?” button.
- Enter the school name where you have taken or plan to take course(s).
- Enter the term and year of when the course was taken or will be taken.
- Enter the course prefix and select the course you have taken or plan to take.
- After you have entered all of your courses, click the “Search for Matches” button.
If any “Maybe” courses appear, click “Contact the school for more information” to request a
course evaluation or more information about the school. If you have questions about your
transfer credits, please call our Admissions team at (855)-994-2867.
- Once logged in, click the “Find a Replacement Course” button.
- Enter University of Florida and the term in which you wish to take the course(s).
- Enter the courses prefix and select the desired course(s)
Click “Search for Matches” button. If you have questions about your transfer credits, please contact
your academic advisor.
College Credit by Exam
There are several credit-by-examination programs that earn credit toward a UF degree.
Award of Incoming Credits
- Credit will be awarded only once for the same course, whether from credit by examination,
dual enrollment, transfer credit or UF course credit. - UF course credit takes precedence over all other forms of credit for the same course.
- Credit awarded for acceptable dual enrollment or transfer courses takes precedence over
credit by examination. - If duplicate credit exists among AICE, AP, CLEP or IB, the exam yielding the most credit will
be awarded.
Guidelines for Credit
Awarded by AICE, AP, CLEP, DLPT, DSST, IB or UEXCEL Examinations
- A maximum of 45 semester hours may be granted by combining all types of test credit.
- Students beginning in the fall or spring term must have taken the exams and have their scores reported to the university before enrolling or, at the latest, before the end of the first term of enrollment at UF.
- Students who begin in the summer must have taken the exam(s) and had the scores reported before the end of their first fall term.
- If a student submits appropriate scores, UF will grant credit and post the UF course equivalencies to a student’s transcript for the UF course(s) that most closely match the content of the exam as determined by the state of Florida. The transcript will reflect the course(s) with grades of P (for Pass). “P” grades will not be calculated into a student’s GPA.
- Equivalent courses earned by examination fulfill the same requirements that the UF course fulfills.
- For more information on each exam, refer to the UF academic catalog.
Credit will be awarded if the scores submitted meet minimum requirements.
Students completing approved AP examinations with scores of three or higher will earn UF credit.
Scores of 3 or higher on AP foreign language exams fulfill the foreign language proficiency requirement of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Journalism and B.A. programs in the College of Fine Arts.
Scores of 4 or higher on both higher-level and standard-level examinations may receive UF credit.
The amount of credit earned varies by score for each subject.
Scores of 4 or higher on IB foreign language exams fulfill the foreign language requirement of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Journalism and B.A. programs in the College of the Arts.
CLEP exams cover material that is taught in introductory-level courses at many colleges and
universities.
The amount of credit earned varies by subject.
DLPT Exams cover material that is taught as part of the Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The amount of credit earned varies by score for each subject.
DSST (formerly DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) are credit-by-examination tests originated by
the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support
(DANTES) program.DSST Exams cover material that is the United States Department of Defense’s
Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program.
The amount of credit earned varies by subject.
