Transferring Credit

Determine how your credits may transfer to Illinois.

Estimate Credits with Transferology

You can use Transferology to see how your college courses may transfer to Illinois. Transferology gives you a strong estimate, but Illinois makes the final decision after we review your official transcripts.

Explore Transferology

Creating a Transferology Account

Create a Transferology account
Add the classes you have taken or plan to take
Select “Search for Matches”
Choose “University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign”

Your results will show:

Direct matches to Illinois courses
Elective credit if there is no exact match
Courses not yet reviewed (which may need more information later)

If you see a course listed as 1‑‑ or 2‑‑, it means the class transfers as elective credit in that subject because Illinois does not offer an exact equivalent.

Find a Replacement Course

Transferology can also help you find:

Courses that meet required or recommended admission courses
Courses that meet General Education requirements

To do this:

Search for a specific Illinois course (example: PSYC 100), or
Search by requirement category (example: Quantitative Reasoning I)
Select your college to see which of your school’s courses fill that requirement

If a Course Isn’t Listed

Some classes have not been reviewed yet.

Save your syllabus, course description, and outline.
If you apply to Illinois, we may ask you to upload these materials so we can determine how the course transfers.

Credit Limits & Requirements

Illinois does not cap how many credits you can transfer. However, minimum or maximum credit hours transferred may impact competitiveness for admission for particular programs.

Regardless of credit hours transferred, all students must complete the campus residency requirement:

45 credit hours at Illinois, and
21 of those hours at the 300‑ or 400‑level.

Your Illinois GPA

Per the Student Code, students are required to send transcripts for all coursework completed.

Students with transfer coursework will see:

An Illinois GPA (only Illinois classes)
A transfer GPA (only transfer classes)
An overall GPA (all classes)

We do not use grade replacement or forgiveness from other schools. All transferable grades count toward your GPAs.

Other Ways to Earn Credit

AP exams
IB exams
A‑Level courses
Dual‑enrollment courses

Explore These Options

Transfer Credit Policies

You can read our full transfer admissions policies for credit from other colleges, international schools, and nontraditional sources.