Knowledge Transfer

We Support Transfer Students in Dozens of Ways

Did you know, nearly half of UMass Lowell graduates are transfer students? So you’re in great company!

A lot goes into transferring, and we’re here to help guide you throughout the transfer process — all the way to graduation. See for yourself all the ways we’ll support you to make the process as smooth as possible!

“One of the transfer admissions advisors held my hand throughout the process, so that made it a lot less stressful.”

- Mechanical and Computer Engineering student Pablo Ruiz '21,'23

Pablo Ruiz earned his first bachelor’s degree at UMass Amherst in sustainable agriculture. He took some engineering classes, as well.

He got his second bachelor’s degree at UMass Lowell in mechanical engineering, after a couple of years spent working on a farm. When Ruiz decided to go back to school for engineering, he started by taking some classes at Middlesex Community College.

Then, he enrolled in the “2 to 4 MCC Transfer Bridge" program, which helps community college students go on to earn four-year degrees at UMass Lowell in science, technology, engineering and math. Ruiz and 20 other students were able to take one of three UML science and engineering classes during summer 2019, tuition-free, and meet with transfer advisors so that they’d be ready to start full-time classes in the fall.

“The bridge program was really helpful,” Ruiz says. “One of the transfer admissions advisors held my hand throughout the process, so that made it a lot less stressful.”

Once here, Ruiz was invited to join the Honors College and will spend an additional year studying for his master’s degree in computer engineering.

“The Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Program is really cool. It’s one of the biggest benefits of coming to UMass Lowell, because it’s such a streamlined process,” he says.

Resources for Transfer Students

Transfer Dictionary

See how the credits you earned at other institutions transfer to UMass Lowell
MassTransfer Program

Get guaranteed admission if you earned an associate’s from a Massachusetts community college, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.
Scholarships for Transfers

Apply for aid as an undergraduate student transferring to UMass Lowell for the first time

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Events Just for You

Our Transfer Admissions team hosts specific sessions just for Transfer students designed to make the process as smooth as possible.

Info Sessions
Application Help Sessions
One-on-One Appointments
On-the-Spot Decision Appointments

Meet More Transfer Students

Nicholas Ewing

Business (International Business Concentration)

Transfer student Nicholas Ewing ’24 got through some “tough moments” and became a storyteller at UML.
Nicole Cruz Merced

Psychology & Community Social Psychology

When Nicole Cruz Merced overcame her shyness and reached out to a professor, it changed her life.
Flore Stécie Norcéide

Computer Engineering

Flore Stécie Norcéide won an Oprah Winfrey Scholarship to study computer engineering here.
Jared Socolow

Psychology

Jared Socolow turned his own struggles into a research project that he will present at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science.
Mike Carpenter

Accounting

Mike Carpenter ’97 is busier than ever after retiring from a successful network security sales career.
Thomas Baldwin

History

Thomas Baldwin is pursuing a history degree while planning a career in law.