How to Apply as a Transfer Student

Submit your non-refundable application fee of $70 or fee waiver for eligible students.

If you have not yet successfully completed 24 credits of college coursework, you must submit:

• An official high school transcript. If you have not completed high school, you must submit a copy of the General Educational Development (G.E.D.) and school transcripts of all high school course work attempted. A high school transcript may be requested of any applicant.

If you have attended a U.S. college or university, you must submit:

• Official college transcripts, from all colleges attended, sent directly from the Registrar’s office to UMass Lowell.
• Courses shown as transfer credit on another school's transcript will not be considered official. All official transcripts from each school must be submitted by the school for appropriate evaluation.

If you have attended an international college or university, you are also required to submit the following materials:

• Official transcripts from all international colleges/universities attended, sent directly to UMass Lowell from the institution(s).
• A course-by-course evaluation of all international college/university coursework from World Education Services (WES) sent directly to UMass Lowell from WES.
• Course descriptions are required for all of your international undergraduate coursework. All course descriptions in languages other than English must be translated by a professional agency and notarized by a United States notary public.

Additional information for international applicants can be found on the Undergraduate Application Requirements page on the International applicants website.

Information for admitted international students (for example: visa information) can be found on the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) website.

If English is not your first language and/or the language of instruction at your prior institution was not English:

• Official results from an English language equivalency exam (Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Pearson Test of English, ASC English or Duolingo) are required. Acceptable minimum scores can be found on the Undergraduate Application Requirements page on the International applicants website.
• Students who have completed the equivalent of UMass Lowell College Writing I and College Writing II with a C- or better need not submit English language exam results.

Applicants may be required to provide mid-semester grades. If requested, please use the following form to submit mid-semester grades to UMass Lowell.

• The Transfer College Report is a student conduct records form that prior institution(s) will send to Undergraduate Admissions. This document must be completed by a college official who is responsible for maintaining student disciplinary records and will indicate whether or not there have been any disciplinary infractions at your college or university. Clicking on the Transfer College Report will bring you to an e-document that will allow you to send the form directly to this college official.
• A Transfer College Report must be completed for all domestic four-year residential colleges or universities you have attended in the last 10 years, prior to attending a community college.
• Exceptions for the Transfer College Report requirement include second-degree seeking students, non-matriculated coursework students (including dual enrollment), and institutions a student attended more than 10 years ago.
• The Undergraduate Admissions Office may use discretion to require additional Transfer College Reports for transfer applicants

• Music: You must complete an entrance audition with the music department.
• Art and Design: You must submit a portfolio. 
• Nursing: UMass Lowell is no longer accepting applications for transfer to the nursing program. If you have taken college/university classes, you are considered a transfer student and cannot apply as a first-year student.