Transfer Admission Requirements

Transfer students applying to NEBRASKA must meet performance requirements and have completed a core of selected high school course for admission to NEBRASKA. Transfer students are required to submit high school and college transcripts as part of the review process. College courses can be used to satisfy the high school requirements.

Students who have completed twelve or more semester credits from a postsecondary institution are considered transfer students. If you graduated high school before 1997 visit the pre-1997 graduation admission requirements section.

Performance Requirements

Transfer student applicants must have a 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average and a 2.0 GPA in their most recent term of attendance at a post secondary institution. Many colleges have higher GPA requirements for admission to NEBRASKA. Students who do not meet college specific requirements will be admitted to General Studies.

Core Courses

There are 16 units of required academic courses required for admission. A unit is described as a Carnegie unit—one year of high school study or a semester or quarter of college coursework.

See which Nebraska High School classes count toward these core course requirements, or find information on removing core course deficiencies.

College Specific Requirements

All the colleges at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln require students to meet the minimum core course and performance admission requirements listed above. Some colleges have additional prerequisites that students must meet before they can be admitted into that college. If you are not admitted into the college you request on your application for admission, it is because you have not met the prerequisites listed below for the college you indicated.

If you are admitted to the Division of General Studies instead of the college you indicated on your application, you will be advised by General Studies until you meet these requirements. At that time, you will have the opportunity to transfer into the college you have requested.

Please note: Some University of Nebraska–Lincoln degree programs require the equivalent of four years of H.S. foreign language in the same language in order to graduate. Click to view a list.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Admissions.

College of Architecture

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Architecture you must also have successfully completed:

Application Deadlines:

February 15, 2008: Pre-Architecture Majors (Transfer Students)
Feb 15, 2008 : Pre-Landscape Architecture
May 1, 2008: Pre-Interior Design (Transfer Students)

College of Arts & Sciences

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Arts & Sciences you must also have successfully completed:

College of Business Administration

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Business Administration you must also have successfully completed:

College of Education & Human Sciences

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Education & Human Sciences you must also have successfully completed:

College of Engineering

Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, you must also have completed:

There is no special admission requirements for Art and Art History Majors.

Audition dates for the Music Major and Music Minor; Dance Major and Dance Minor:

For admission and scholarship:

• January 25, 2008 (winds, brass, voice, percussion)
• January 26, 2008 (voice, strings, keyboard, dance)
• February 22, 2008 (voice, strings, keyboard, dance)
• February 23, 2008 (winds, brass, voice, percussion)

Schedule auditions on-line: http://www.unl.edu/music/prospective/audition_info.shtml

Auditions for Theatre - Performance Emphasis:

• March 8, 2008 (Additional appointments on most Fridays through April 25, 2008.)

Theatre and Film (Emphasis in Film & New Media, or Directing and Management):
A separate application and supporting materials to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film is required.

• Early Deadline & Notification: February 1, 2008 (postmark)
• Application Deadline: March 17, 2008 (postmark)

PLEASE NOTE – VERY IMPORTANT:
Students who have been admitted to UNL, but not admitted into the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts by March 31 (Fall/Summer) and October 31 (Spring) will automatically be admitted to General Studies as an undeclared major. After being admitted to General Studies, students can change to a major in the College after the College Requirements and Additional Departmental Requirements (if applicable) have been met.

For further information, please contact the departments.

College of Journalism & Mass Communications

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Journalism & Mass Communications you must also have successfully completed:

College of Public Affairs & Community Service

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Public Affairs & Community Service you must also have successfully completed: