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Transfer Credit Policies

General Eligibility Requirements

  • Transfer courses must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university.
  • Transfer courses must be completed with a grade of C- or higher.
  • An official transcript sent directly from the institution where the transfer course was completed is required. 

Exclusions

  • Courses completed on a Pass/Fail or Credit/Fail grading basis; except labs associated with a lecture course.
  • Elementary-level foreign language courses, if two or more years of the same language have already been completed in high school.
  • Mathematics courses that are below the College Algebra level.
  • Remedial or developmental courses.
  • Non-credit certificate courses.
  • UNH students whose status is suspended due to academic performance may not transfer credits earned during the period of required separation from the University.
  • UNH students whose status is suspended due to a conduct violation may not transfer credits earned during the first semester of the suspension from the University. 

Grades and GPA

  • Transfer courses must be completed with a grade of C- or higher.
  • Transfer credit is not calculated into the UNH GPA (grade point average).
  • Transfer course grades are not shown on the UNH transcript, except for courses awarded study away transfer credit. 

Discovery Program Requirements 

To apply transfer credit toward UNH’s Discovery Program requirements:

  • Courses must be completed with a minimum of 2.5 or more semester credits.
  • The Inquiry (INQ) requirement must be completed at UNH. 

AP Scores and CLEP Exams 

To receive transfer credit for Advanced Placement or College Level Examinations:

  • Official scores must be sent directly from the College Board to UNH.
  • The Registrar’s Office will review transfer credit eligibility and apply credit to the student’s academic record.
  • A notification will be sent to the student’s UNH email account when completed.

Approved AP Exam Scores & UNH Equivalency Guides

  • Students admitted before Fall 2025 [link]
  • Students admitted Fall 2025 and after [link]

Credit Conversion

Courses completed at other institutions are transferred to UNH based on semester hour credits:

  • A course completed at another institution for 3 credits will be converted to 3 semester hour credits at UNH.
  • Courses measured in quarter hours, term hours, or units will be converted to semester hour credits during the transfer credit evaluation process.

Maximum Credit Limit

Durham & Manchester Undergraduate Degree Programs

  • 48 credits toward an associate degree
  • 96 credits toward a bachelor's degree.
  • 72 credits from associate-level coursework toward a bachelor's degree.*
    *Not applicable to Manchester or Thompson School of Applied Science students.

CPS Online Undergraduate Degree Programs

  • 44 credits toward an associate degree.
  • 90 credits toward a bachelor’s degree.
  • In Bachelor’s Completion programs, the earned associate degree transfers in full.

Additional information about transfer credit policies for CPS Online students.

Leaves of Absence

Students on an approved leave of absence must be eligible to return to UNH when they take a course at another institution. If a student is not eligible to return at the time the course is completed, the credit will not be considered for transfer.

World Language Courses

Depending on a student’s prior language study and the level of the coursework, transfer credits may be considered to fulfill the Bachelor of Arts World Language Proficiency Requirement or may count as general elective credit toward the total credits required for the degree program.

Bachelor of Arts – World Language Proficiency Requirement Credit

Elementary-level language courses may be considered to fulfill this requirement:

  • If the coursework is in a different language than the student studied for two or more years in high school.
  • If the student completed the coursework in high school through an approved college dual enrollment/credit program (e.g. Running Start, Early College, etc.).
  • If two or more years of an elementary-level language have been completed in high school and the student later completes elementary-level coursework in the same language at a college or university, the transfer coursework must be completed at least five years after the student last studied the same language in high school.
  • If two or more years of an elementary-level world language have been completed in high school within the previous five years, transfer credit coursework in the same language must be completed at the intermediate level or higher.

Some majors may accept American Sign Language (ASL) courses to fulfill the BA World Language Proficiency Requirement. Refer to the program requirements in the academic catalog to determine if ASL courses are accepted for a specific major. ASL courses follow the same elementary and intermediate-level course requirements as any other world language course.

General Elective Credit

Effective Fall 2025, students that have completed two or more years of a language in high school may be eligible for general elective credit for transfer credit in the same language. Transfer credit will count toward the total credits required for the degree program. 

Transfer Credit Prior Approval

Current undergraduate students at UNH Durham or UNH College of Professional Studies, Manchester must request a transfer credit prior approval before enrollment in a course at another institution.

Requesting a transfer credit prior approval allows students to plan future transfer coursework and ensures the course is eligible for transfer to UNH. Additionally, the evaluation determines whether a course will fulfill any specific program requirements, such as major, minor, Discovery, or elective credits.

UNH College of Professional Studies, Online students should visit the CPS Transfer Credit Evaluation webpage for details on how to request a transfer credit evaluation.

Prospective or incoming UNH transfer students should visit the Office of Admissions transfer webpage for details on how to request a transfer credit evaluation.

Transferring Completed Coursework

Learn how to transfer completed coursework from another institution to UNH, submit offical transcripts, and navigate the transfer credit process. More information and a step-by-step guide are available on the Office of the Registrar’s website.