Advanced Placement & Transfer Credit

Advanced placement credit is awarded to you if you have attained a satisfactory grade (3 or higher) on the advanced placement test. An official transcript must be submitted to RIT from the College Testing Center to receive credit for the course. The appropriate department, the College of Liberal Arts, and/or the BSI program will evaluate your transcript for applicable credit. A grade of "X" (Credit by Exam) is granted for AP courses. AP credit is not averaged into your grade point average. To view the AP Articulation Rules, visit  https://www.rit.edu/registrar/transfer-and-test-credit#ap-clep-and-ib-test-credit. 

As part of the application process, students receive a written evaluation of their transfer credit(s) on the Student Transfer Credit Evaluation form and the BSI Student Progress Report. These forms show all transfer credits for course work you have already completed and pending credit for course work in progress (IP). If these forms show pending transfer credit (PT) or (P), you must request that a final official transcript from your former college be sent directly to the RIT Registrar; see address below. Upon receipt of this transcript, another evaluation will be done. Be sure to keep copies of all forms in your blue advising folder. Discuss any pending transfer credit issues with your academic advisor.

RIT awards transfer credit for courses completed at other regionally-accredited colleges and universities only. Transfer credit at the undergraduate level will only be granted for course work completed with a grade of "C" or above. To view transfer credit equivalencies, visit  https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/registrar/transfer_test_credit.

If you plan to take a course at another college while a student at RIT, you will need to obtain a course description and then meet with your academic advisor for approval prior to taking the course. For liberal arts courses, you must obtain prior approval from the College of Liberal Arts advising office. A minimum grade of "C" is required for transfer credit. An official transcript must be sent directly from the transfer college to the Registrar's Office at RIT at the address below before transfer credit is granted.

Rochester Institute of Technology

Office of the Registrar

George Eastman Bldg.

27 Lomb Memorial Drive

Rochester, NY  14623-5603

Grades for courses transferred to RIT from another college are not calculated in your RIT grade point average.

At least 45 of the credits hours used toward a degree must be earned by successfully completing RIT courses. In addition, at least 30 of the final 45 credit hours must be earned through RIT courses.