Welcome transfer student! Our advisors look forward to working with you to help make your AUP journey an exciting intellectual and personal discovery. Depending on the number of credits you will be transferring, you will have an accelerated learning curve compared to other entering students. Our goal via the next steps is to help you best prepare for your arrival so that you can hit the ground running! Let’s begin by making sure you understand how transfer credits work.
Once you have read this entire section, which is required before you are able to register, be sure to click on the acknowledgement button at the end of the section. This will permit you to move on to register for classes.
How transfer credits work
The American University of Paris will transfer credits from regionally or nationally accredited universities. We have a vast experience dealing with international institutions.
- Transfer students receive “credit” for previously completed university courses where a grade of “C” or higher was earned
- Only credits, not grades transfer to AUP
- Students may transfer a maximum of 64 credits from all sources (i.e., advanced credit awards and transfer credits)
- Students must complete 50% of their upper-level major requirements at AUP
- Some majors have more specific rules in regard to transfer credits
- Students may apply up to 8 credits of transfer work to a minor
- The last 16 degree credits must be completed in residency at AUP
Working with your advisor
You will be assigned to a dedicated transfer advisor during your first semester at AUP in order to provide specialized support during this transition and to ensure that all your credits have been correctly transferred. Upon completion of your first semester, you will be reassigned to an advisor who matches your academic interests and needs. You will move into coursework tied to your previous academic standing and based on consultations with your advisor.
Completing the transfer credit evaluation online form
Your advisor will need to gather some information from you in order to finalize your transfer credits and tailor your course equivalencies based on your academic profile. To help our advisors complete this work, we need to gather some information from you on the school(s) you’ve attended, the number of credits you think you’ll be transferring as well as your desired major(s) and minor(s) at AUP.
We will be asking you to complete a transfer credit evaluation form. Please refer to the Advising section of the online Checklist to complete this form. It must be completed as soon as possible after you have confirmed your attendance, and is necessary to complete before you make an appointment to speak with your advisor and register for courses.
In addition, after reviewing the majors and minors available at AUP, it will be helpful to provide your major and minor preference by completing the online form on the Advising section of the Checklist.
The transferability of credit toward your intended major at AUP is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Indicating your intended major in your AUP application allows the registrar’s office to begin evaluating equivalencies prior to your arrival to campus. You’re also encouraged to familiarize yourself with requirements within your intended major, including the need for prerequisites in upper-division courses. As a transfer student, you must complete at least fifty percent of your upper-level major requirements at AUP. You may apply up to eight transfer credits toward a minor.
Eligibility for advanced standing credit
Students who have passed any of the secondary school leaving exams with certain scores qualify to receive academic credit that counts toward the 128 credits required to graduate from AUP. This is called advanced standing credit. Advanced standing credit is granted in the following cases:
- International Baccalaureate Diploma/Certificate: 32 semester credits for diploma results of 30 or above; 8 semester credits for diploma results between 24 and 29 for each HL score of 4 or above; 8 semester credits for each IB HL Certificate with a score of 4 or above. Students receiving an IB score of 33 or above are also eligible for the AUP IB Diploma Scholarship.
- Advanced Placement “AP” Tests (College Board) 8 semester credits for each AP test passed with a grade of 4 or above, not to exceed 24 credits. AUP's CEEB code is 0866.
- GCE 'A' Level Examinations: 32 semester credits for at least three subjects in which an A, B, or C was achieved; 11 semester credits for each individual subject in which an A, B, or C was achieved.
- Bulgarian Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie: 32 credits with a minimum average grade of 4.
- Danish Studentereksamen: 32 credits with a minimum average grade of 9.
- Dutch VWO (Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs): 32 semester credits a minimum average of 6.
- Finnish Ylioppilastutkinto/Studentexamensbetyg: 32 credits with a minimum average grade of 9.
- French Baccalauréat: 32 semester credits.
- German Abitur: 32 semester credits with a minimum grade of 3.
- Italian Maturita: 32 semester credits with a minimum average grade of 60.
- Lebanese Baccalauréat: 32 semester credits.
- Norwegian Vitnemål–Videregående Opplæring: 32 semester credits with a minimum average grade of 4
- Romanian Diploma de Bacalaureat: 32 semester credits with a minimum average grade of 4
- Swedish Fullständigt Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskolan: 32 credits with a minimum average grade of VG (15)
- Swiss Matura: 32 semester credits with a minimum grade of 4 (depending on grading scale)