{"id":3457,"date":"2026-02-10T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=3457"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:55:07","slug":"graduate-transfer-credit","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/graduate-transfer-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Transfer Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--4\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-policy\">Policy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>The Graduate School allows&nbsp;students&nbsp;to transfer credits for&nbsp;previous&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;coursework under the conditions detailed below. Any prior coursework accepted&nbsp;for transfer&nbsp;must meet the expectations of graduate work for the&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;degree (master\u2019s or doctoral degree) or academic product (certificate or&nbsp;microcredential, see Faculty Documents 3206R3 or 3393R1, respectively).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit toward a graduate degree does not transfer automatically.&nbsp;Individual programs&nbsp;may&nbsp;apply more stringent requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A form for Graduate&nbsp;Transfer&nbsp;Credit Evaluation is available at the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School website.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--upper-alpha\">\n<li><strong>Transfer credit eligibility.<\/strong><br>To qualify for transfer, graduate credits must meet the following&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;criteria:*\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coursework&nbsp;must have been&nbsp;completed at&nbsp;a&nbsp;nationally-&nbsp;or internationally-&nbsp;accredited&nbsp;institution.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coursework must appear on an official transcript.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coursework&nbsp;must fulfill a requirement for the&nbsp;student\u2019s&nbsp;UW-Milwaukee graduate degree.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coursework must be at the&nbsp;graduate-level.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer credits must have been earned within&nbsp;five&nbsp;years of admission to the UW-Milwaukee&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;degree.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grade of&nbsp;B or better&nbsp;for&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;courses completed at external universities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grade of C-&nbsp;or better for&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;courses completed at UW-Milwaukee.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students must be in good standing at UW-Milwaukee and at the institutions at which the&nbsp;transferable&nbsp;credits were earned.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coursework must be approved by the student\u2019s UW-Milwaukee&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;program.&nbsp;<br><br>*&nbsp;NOTE:&nbsp; Individual programs&nbsp;have the autonomy to apply&nbsp;more stringent requirements.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Limitations or restrictions on use of graduate credit(s) toward a UW-Milwaukee graduate degree.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coursework cannot&nbsp;have been&nbsp;used&nbsp;toward&nbsp;another master\u2019s or doctoral degree.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit\/no-credit or Pass\/Fail or Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory grades are not eligible&nbsp;for transfer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thesis\/research hours from another institution are not eligible for transfer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grades from external transfer credits will NOT count towards the graduate career GPA.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer credits cannot be used to satisfy any residency requirements.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some programs may require more rigorous credit requirements than the Graduate School\u2019s&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;requirements, which may&nbsp;impact&nbsp;transferability of credits.&nbsp;(Students should contact their graduate program representative&nbsp;for further information.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credits from external institutions do NOT count toward a UW-Milwaukee&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;microcredential.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--upper-alpha\">\n<li><strong>Transfer&nbsp;credit&nbsp;maximums.<\/strong><br>The number of transfer credit hours that may be transferred is&nbsp;determined&nbsp;on an individual basis, up to the limits identified.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Individual programs may apply more stringent requirements;&nbsp;transfer credits are not guaranteed<\/strong>.<br><br>The total\/sum of (transfer credits + prior learning credits) cannot exceed the limit for transfer credits as&nbsp;identified&nbsp;below.&nbsp;The use of&nbsp;Prior&nbsp;Learning&nbsp;Credits,&nbsp;will thus reduce the number of transfer credits allowable.&nbsp;See&nbsp;policy for&nbsp;Prior Learning Assessment (Fac Doc 3320).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left size-h5\" id=\"h-transfer-credits-to\">Transfer Credits To<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-table uwm-c-table--stripe\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Transfer Credits From<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Master&#8217;s Degree<\/td><td>Doctoral Degree<\/td><td>Graduate Certificate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Undergraduate Degree<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Up&nbsp;to 6&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;credits&nbsp;from courses taken for Graduate credit while the student was an&nbsp;undergraduate&nbsp;[with program approval].&nbsp;<\/td><td>N\/A&nbsp;for students with a&nbsp;master\u2019s&nbsp;degree (see Section F below).&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>For students moving to a doctoral program directly&nbsp;from an undergraduate program,&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>up to 6 graduate-level credits from courses taken for&nbsp;graduate credit while the student was an&nbsp;undergraduate &nbsp;[with program approval].<\/td><td>Allowable&nbsp;in combination with a&nbsp;master\u2019s degree (eg,&nbsp;Accelerated&nbsp;Graduate Degree&nbsp;or with an articulation between the 51ÁÔÆæ graduate certificate and 51ÁÔÆæ graduate degree).&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Graduate Certificate<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No more than&nbsp;40% of required degree credits&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>(See Fac Doc 3206R3<\/td><td>No more than&nbsp;40% of required degree credits&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>(See Fac Doc 3206R3)&nbsp;<\/td><td>(See Fac Doc 3206R3)&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Non-Degree Status<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No more than 20% of required degree credits<\/td><td>Non-degree credits cannot&nbsp;transfer&nbsp;to a doctoral degree.<\/td><td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other graduate degree or external institution*<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Up to 40% of required degree credits<\/td><td>Up to 50% of required degree credits<\/td><td>Using no more than 20% of degree credits.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>(For a multi-institutional certificate, 50% of credits&nbsp;have to&nbsp;be taken at&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>UW-Milwaukee).&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">*Credits cannot count toward more than one&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;degree.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--upper-alpha\">\n<li><strong>Required documentation&nbsp;for&nbsp;evaluation of&nbsp;transfer credits.<\/strong>&nbsp;\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--upper-roman\">\n<li>UW-Milwaukee coursework\/credits do NOT require transcript&nbsp;submission.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coursework\/credits&nbsp;from external&nbsp;institutions&nbsp;DO require&nbsp;an official&nbsp;transcript(s). Applicants&nbsp;should&nbsp;arrange to have these&nbsp;sent&nbsp;directly to&nbsp;the&nbsp;UW-Milwaukee Graduate School.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unofficial transcripts are&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;accepted.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credits earned more&nbsp;than five&nbsp;years prior to admission to a master\u2019s degree or doctoral degree are not&nbsp;eligible for transfer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Graduate-level&nbsp;credits that&nbsp;DO&nbsp;require&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;for transfer.<\/strong>&nbsp;\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--upper-roman\">\n<li>Graduate credits earned as a UW-Milwaukee graduate degree student.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned&nbsp;with non-degree status at UW-Milwaukee.\u202f<br>If approved, these&nbsp;credits&nbsp;will be&nbsp;noted on&nbsp;the&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;transcript as transfer credits,&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;courses&nbsp;remain&nbsp;as non-degree status.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned through&nbsp;a UW-Milwaukee certificate&nbsp;(not completed&nbsp;concurrent with the graduate degree).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned through&nbsp;a UW-Milwaukee&nbsp;microcredential&nbsp;(not completed concurrent with the graduate degree).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned at&nbsp;external,&nbsp;nationally-accredited&nbsp;institutions.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned\u00a0for formal military service school graduate-level courses that have received positive recommendation by the Commission on Accreditation for Service Experiences of the American Council on Education as\u00a0stated\u00a0in the ACE\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/news-room\/Pages\/Military-Guide-Online.aspx\">\u201cGuide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Transfer of military coursework must meet all other criteria for\u00a0transfer\u00a0credit, and\u00a0are reviewed similarly to credit from external universities.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate credits earned at an&nbsp;accredited&nbsp;international university.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Undergraduate credits earned at&nbsp;UW-Milwaukee or at&nbsp;other institutions.\u202f<br>A student\u2019s&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;program may decide to transfer up to&nbsp;six&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;credits&nbsp;that were&nbsp;completed&nbsp;as an undergraduate student&nbsp;at UW\u2013Milwaukee or an external,&nbsp;nationally-accredited&nbsp;institution.&nbsp;Transfer credits&nbsp;from external institutions&nbsp;must be equivalent to the rigor of&nbsp;graduate-level&nbsp;UW-Milwaukee&nbsp;courses. The credits are noted on the transcript in the graduate career as transfer credits, but the courses&nbsp;remain&nbsp;on&nbsp;the undergraduate&nbsp;transcript&nbsp;if taken at UW-Milwaukee.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Graduate-level&nbsp;credits that do NOT&nbsp;require&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;for transfer.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>For students&nbsp;admitted to a PhD program&nbsp;with a master&#8217;s degree, graduate credits&nbsp;achieved&nbsp;as part of the master&#8217;s degree program may be counted toward the doctoral program&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;approval of the doctoral program.&nbsp;These credits are not transferred to the student\u2019s&nbsp;UW-Milwaukee\u202fgraduate transcript.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[17,50],"topic":[22],"class_list":["post-3457","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry","category-faculty","category-faculty-general","topic-academics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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