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Transfer up to 64 Credits
At Brandeis, your path is built around where you’re going. Whether you arrive with 24 credits or 64, you can leverage the full range of academic offerings to deepen your expertise or explore something new.
40+ Academic Pathways
With over 40 majors and minors, you’re free to pursue interdisciplinary interests and even a double major, just like nearly half of all Brandeis students.
Built-in Career Preparation
From day one, you’ll engage in career preparation — internships, research, study abroad — with personalized academic and career advising throughout.
Access to Faculty Who Invest in You
With an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, you’ll work alongside award-winning faculty in research labs, as a teaching assistant and as a mentee.
Transfer up to 64 Credits
At Brandeis, your path is built around where you’re going. Whether you arrive with 24 credits or 64, you can leverage the full range of academic offerings to deepen your expertise or explore something new.
40+ Academic Pathways
With over 40 majors and minors, you’re free to pursue interdisciplinary interests and even a double major, just like nearly half of all Brandeis students.
Built-in Career Preparation
From day one, you’ll engage in career preparation — internships, research, study abroad — with personalized academic and career advising throughout.
Access to Faculty Who Invest in You
With an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, you’ll work alongside award-winning faculty in research labs, as a teaching assistant and as a mentee.
Your Credits Have a Place Here
The credits you’ve already earned represent real effort and real learning, and our transfer credit evaluation process is designed to honor that. We carefully review your prior coursework and award transfer credit where appropriate, allowing you to build on the foundation you’ve already established as you begin the Brandeis experience.
Step 1: Apply as a Transfer Student
Submit your transfer application and transcripts from your previous institution(s).
Step 2: Receive Transfer Credit Evaluation
You’ll receive your credit evaluation alongside your admissions decision, which will help you understand your path toward your degree.
Step 3: Plan Your Academic Path
You’ll work with academic advising and your department to determine how previous coursework fits your major or minor requirements.
Step 4: Continue Your Degree at Brandeis
Complete your remaining credits through coursework, study abroad, research or approved academic experiences.
Step 1: Apply as a Transfer Student
Submit your transfer application and transcripts from your previous institution(s).
Step 2: Receive Transfer Credit Evaluation
You’ll receive your credit evaluation alongside your admissions decision, which will help you understand your path toward your degree.
Step 3: Plan Your Academic Path
You’ll work with academic advising and your department to determine how previous coursework fits your major or minor requirements.
Step 4: Continue Your Degree at Brandeis
Complete your remaining credits through coursework, study abroad, research or approved academic experiences.
Redefine What Your Degree Can Do
Transferring to Brandeis means stepping into a career ecosystem built to work for you. Like all Brandeis students, you’ll have access to powerful applied learning opportunities that connect academic interests with relevant career skills.
- A liberal arts education built for what’s next: We blend academic rigor with career preparation, so you graduate with intellectual depth and a readiness for today’s and future marketplace demands.
- Experiential learning opportunities: You’ll gain hands-on, career-ready experience through research, applied projects and other learning experiences connected to coursework.
- Career advising and professional development: You’ll receive guidance tailored to your interests on career exploration, networking and preparing for internships or post-graduate opportunities.
- Second transcript and microcredentials: You will graduate with verified career-applicable skills and competencies that demonstrate your career readiness to employers.
Class of 2025 Outcomes
98.3%
Where Belonging Comes Naturally
At Brandeis, the close-knit campus environment means you won’t get lost in the crowd — and for transfer students, that matters. With over 200 student organizations, vibrant campus events and a culture that truly welcomes new members, finding your people and your place happens naturally and quickly. Here, becoming part of the community isn’t something you have to work hard to make happen.
Diverse and Global Community
40.9% of our undergraduates are students of color and 15.8% are international students, reflecting a genuinely and intentionally diverse campus community.
Orientation and Campus Events
At Brandeis, transfer students receive dedicated orientation programming and a full calendar of campus events, all designed to help you settle in, find your people, and start feeling at home and like a Brandeisian from the moment you arrive.
Student Clubs and Organizations
Hundreds of student organizations provide opportunities for you to pursue interests and meet like-minded students. From cultural groups and performing arts to academic clubs and community service, there’s something here for everyone.
Campus Traditions and Gatherings
Students connect through campus traditions and gatherings throughout the year. For transfer students, this ongoing calendar of celebrations is a gift: there’s always something happening that makes it easy to become part of the community.
Diverse and Global Community
40.9% of our undergraduates are students of color and 15.8% are international students, reflecting a genuinely and intentionally diverse campus community.
Orientation and Campus Events
At Brandeis, transfer students receive dedicated orientation programming and a full calendar of campus events, all designed to help you settle in, find your people, and start feeling at home and like a Brandeisian from the moment you arrive.
Student Clubs and Organizations
Hundreds of student organizations provide opportunities for you to pursue interests and meet like-minded students. From cultural groups and performing arts to academic clubs and community service, there’s something here for everyone.
Campus Traditions and Gatherings
Students connect through campus traditions and gatherings throughout the year. For transfer students, this ongoing calendar of celebrations is a gift: there’s always something happening that makes it easy to become part of the community.
Frequently Asked Questions
A transfer applicant is any student who, upon matriculation to Brandeis, will have completed the equivalent of a US secondary school education and earned at least one semester of credit (12 credits) at an accredited college or university.
Students taking college-level coursework as part of their high school programs or to satisfy high school diploma requirements should apply as first-year students.
No, but competitive transfer applicants typically have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
SAT and/or ACT scores are not required for transfer students, though they will be reviewed with your application if submitted. International transfer candidates who are not native speakers of English must submit scores from the TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test.
Transfer applicants who are admitted and plan to matriculate to Brandeis must have final transcripts and official AP/IB scores sent prior to the entering semester. The college registrar will evaluate your courses and award transfer credit where appropriate.
Admitted transfer students will receive a preliminary credit evaluation shortly after their offer of admission, though this will not include courses in progress. In general, courses accepted for transfer credit must be comparable to courses taught at Brandeis. Students may transfer a maximum of 64 credits earned over four full-time semesters.
Transfer students must complete a minimum of 64 credits (16 courses) in a minimum of four full-time fall or spring semesters at Brandeis. The average course load is 16 credits (four courses) per semester.
Yes. Brandeis meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students, including international transfer students. If your family income is under $75,000, you’ll receive full tuition coverage; and if it is under $200,000, you’ll receive half tuition coverage.
In order to be evaluated for aid, you must submit the FAFSA and CSS Profile, plus any additional documentation requested by Student Financial Services. International students are only required to submit the CSS profile as well as supporting financial documentation demonstrating the funds that the family can contribute to your education for the first year of study. Examples of statements of earnings from employers, certification of finances from banks or other financial institutions, or tax returns, if available. Please be advised that applications for financial aid that are completed after the stated deadlines will only be considered if funds remain available.
Housing availability for transfer students varies from year to year. In recent years, we have been able to offer housing to all interested students.
Yes, transfer students attend Orientation and are also invited to transfer-specific activities and events.
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