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Applicants

Applying for Transfer Admission

Whether you’re looking to move from within the UW System or from another school, the following is what you’ll need to successfully apply for transfer admissions.

Step 1: The Application

The best and most convenient way to apply is through the online application. You can quickly apply to multiple UW campuses with one application.

Like to take your time? Download a paper version at apply.wisconsin.edu.

Step 2: Transcripts

High School Transcripts

High school transcripts are required unless the following circumstances apply to you. You are exempt from submitting high school transcripts if you are applying to the following institutions and meet the following requirements:

• UW-Extension and UW-Stout: If you have your bachelor’s degree.
• UW-Superior: If you have your associate degree or 60 or more transferable credits.
• UW-Green Bay: If you have 15 or more transferable credits completed at the time you do your application.
• UW-La Crosse: If you have earned 60 or more transferable credits.
• UW-River Falls: If you have 24 or more credits.
• UW-Oshkosh: If you have 30 or more transferable credits.

To request your official high school transcript, simply contact your high school or go to the high school’s website to have an official transcript sent directly to the UW System campus you want to transfer to. 

College/University Transcripts

Please have your current college/university send your official transcript to the UW System school you’re applying to. Also send official college/university transcripts from any other campuses you have attended in the past.

Step 3: Test Scores

You’ll be notified if any standardized test scores are needed to complete your application.

Step 4: Application Fee

The following UW universities charge an application fee for every application submitted: UW-Eau Claire, UW La Crosse ($25), and UW-Madison ($70).

For the other UW universities, you may submit up to three applications for free to either the main campus or branch campus. After that, you will be charged $25 per application. Note that UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater allow you to apply to both their main campuses and branch campuses. Doing so will incur the same fee as applying to any single campus within that university.

An application fee isn’t required if you’re transferring from one UW campus to another UW campus as a degree-seeking student within a 12-month time frame. Also, UW campuses will continue to accept self-reported financial needs-based application fee waivers.

For domestic applicants, if you are concerned about paying application fees, please note your financial hardship on the personal information section of the application to apply for an application fee waiver. You can also submit a UW System Application Fee Waiver Request Form to the UW you are seeking admission to.

The UW System Guaranteed Transfer Admission Program provides “guaranteed” admission to students who start at any UW university or branch campus and directly transfer to another UW university. Students must fulfill certain credit, course, and grade point average requirements of the receiving institution in order to be eligible for the Guaranteed Transfer Admission Program.

You are guaranteed admission to the UW transfer university if you:

1. Begin college as a freshman at a UW System campus
2. Earn a minimum of 24 transferable degree credits
3. Earn a minimum 2.0-grade point average [3.0 for UW-Madison]

Transfer GPAs are calculated using the formula/method of the four-year institution. Please consult the university website for more details.

The Guaranteed Transfer Program guarantees admission to the four-year institution only and not to the specific program or major. You must meet the same criteria (e.g., GPA, course requirements, etc.) for admission to specific majors/programs as continuing students at the four-year institution.

Students are encouraged to contact their receiving university for more information on the Guaranteed Transfer Admission Program as early as possible to begin planning for transfer.

Transfer Wisconsin

Thinking about transferring to a University of Wisconsin campus or the Wisconsin Technical College System? Transfer Wisconsin can help with your transition.

Under the hood is the Transfer Information System. It improves the transfer experience for Wisconsin students and includes tools like the Credit Transfer Wizards, Transfer Guides, Articulation Agreements, and Transfer Plans.

Visit Transfer Wisconsin to learn how your credits will transfer.