Transfer Credit

A registered regular student who wishes to receive credit for work done at another college must:

Submit a Request for Additional Credit Form, approved by the appropriate MIT Transfer Credit Examiner. The completed form should be submitted to the MIT Registrar's Office, 5-119.

Arrange for an official transcript to be sent directly to the MIT Registrar's Office, 5-119, showing the work and final grade(s).

If the transcript is in a language other than English, a translation must be provided to the MIT Registrar's Office. This can be done by a licensed translator or the student may translate it and have a faculty member in the MIT Foreign Languages and Literatures department sign it to certify it as a true translation.

The student should consult the Transfer Credit Examiner before registering at another college to ensure the subject is suitable for transfer credit and to check if a minimum grade is required.

The examiner may award credit for a particular MIT subject or, if there is no equivalent subject, may award elective credit.

A subject used to fulfill a requirement for a degree awarded at another institution will not be accepted for credit at MIT.

Transfer credit will appear on the student's academic record with a grade of S. This grade is not used in computing the student's term or cumulative rating (GPA) but the credit will count toward Institute requirements.

Special procedures apply to incoming firstyear undergraduates and to transfer students. See the First Year and Transfer Student websites for details.