Transfer students Transfer credit

Once you've sent Ohio State official transcripts from the other institutions you've attended, we'll evaluate your course work and issue your Transfer Credit Report.

If you have questions about your Transfer Credit Report, contact Undergraduate Admissions at 614-292-3980.

Additional evaluation of credit

As much as possible, credit for courses you took elsewhere will be matched to an equivalent course at Ohio State. Sometimes, however, the transfer credit evaluator cannot identify an exact course equivalent for your credit.

In these instances, you may see credit on your Transfer Credit Report designated in one of these ways:

• General (G000): General credit is awarded when there may be an equivalent course at Ohio State, but the Transfer Credit Evaluator could not make that determination.
• Special (S000): Special credit is awarded when there is no specific course equivalent at Ohio State.
  
• Technical (T000): Technical credit is awarded for technical course work with no specific course equivalent at Ohio State.

We recommend that you have any General credit evaluated further before your orientation program. Further evaluation of credit helps ensure you take courses for which you're well prepared and avoid retaking courses that you've completed elsewhere.

Major-specific recommendations

Some majors have specific credit evaluation requirements and recommendations. Select your college or school below for a list of subjects in which you should (or must) request further evaluation and other information on credit evaluation.

* Further evaluation of credit required before orientation

Knowlton School of Architecture

College of Arts and Sciences

(includes majors in Humanities, Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the School of Communication)

The college office will apply your Special credit to a Degree Audit Report, which you will receive before orientation.

Fisher College of Business*

Accounting
Business
Computer science and engineering
Economics
Math
Statistics

College of Education and Human Ecology

Biology
Chemistry
Computer science and engineering
Math
Statistics

College of Engineering*

Biology
Chemistry
Computer science and engineering
Engineering graphics
Introductory engineering courses
Mechanical engineering
English
Math
Physics

School of Environment and Natural Resources

Biology
Chemistry
Math
Zoology

College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Biology
Chemistry
Math
Physics

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Anatomy
Biology
Chemistry
Math
Physics
Physiology
Statistics

Math and science majors*

Math and science courses

All other programs not listed

Math and science courses

Requesting further evaluation

To request further evaluation of your General credit, you'll need to contact the appropriate Transfer Credit Coordinator for your program. Find a list of coordinators and additional instructions.

Transferology

You can get an idea of how the credit you've earned at other institutions will transfer to Ohio State using transferology.com. Remember, however, that the credit evaluation Transferology provides is not official. You'll be able to see your Transfer Credit Report, the official record of how your previous course work transferred to Ohio State, after we receive your college transcripts.

Learn more

Learn more about transfer credit and find instructions for sending transcripts.