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Undergraduate Admission
Full-Time Transfer Admission for Domestic Students
Application as a Transfer Student
The Office of Undergraduate Admission is responsible for
admission decisions for full-time transfer students except
ITM and MTM majors. Full-time status requires that students
enroll in a minimum of 12 credit hours each semester.
Transfer students may apply for the fall or spring
term in all majors except architecture, which is a fallentry
program only. IIT admits transfer students on a
Obtaining an Application
The transfer application may be obtained by contacting
the Office of Undergraduate Admission
or by downloading the online application from:
www.iit.edu/~apply.
Requirements for Transfer
Transfer applicants must be in good academic standing
at their previous colleges to be considered for admission
to IIT. Admission is based upon a cumulative GPA and
individual grades in all classes that apply to the major
selected. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is expected
for transfer consideration. Students on academic probation,
or who have been dismissed for academic or other
reasons, will not be considered for transfer. Students
must also be in good financial standing at all previous
colleges attended.
Transfer Credit
Official credit evaluations are completed only after a student
is admitted to IIT.
Courses may be acceptable for transfer from accredited
colleges and universities, provided they are comparable in
nature, content and level to those offered at IIT. Credit
may also be accepted, based on appropriate documentation,
test scores and agency recommendations for CLEP
(see page 219), Dantes, and military experience. IIT,
however, does not grant credit for vocational courses or
life/work experience. In addition, technology courses
will not be accepted in any engineering program.
A maximum of 68 applicable semester hours of transfer
credit is permitted from a two-year college. There is no
maximum number of hours of transfer credit from a four-
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rolling basis. The deadline to apply for the fall term
(beginning late August) is July 1; for the spring term
(beginning mid-January), the deadline is November 1.
Earlier deadlines apply to international students and
are listed online at www.iit.edu/~apply.
Students must submit the IIT Transfer Application,
application fee or fee waiver, transcripts from all
colleges and universities attended, a personal statement,
and a letter of recommendation to the IIT Office of
Undergraduate Admission.
Transfer applicants with less than 30 hours of transferable
graded college coursework must submit high school
transcripts and SAT1/Reasoning or ACT scores as
part of their application.
year college; however, the final 45 semester hours of any
degree program must be completed at IIT. (See page 222)
Transfer credit will be accepted for courses completed
with the equivalent of a grade “C” or better. A grade of
“C-” is not acceptable for transfer credit. In certain
instances, the academic department must approve transfer
credit if a long period of time has elapsed since the
course was completed.
Transfer articulation agreements that list course equivalents
are available for most two-year Chicago-area colleges
from the Office of Educational Services and online
at www.iit.edu/~edserve/guidelines.html.