Each year, Carnegie Mellon admits a small number of transfer students, where space permits. The policy for transferring does vary from college to college within Carnegie Mellon; please review this page carefully. Transfer students will only be considered for one college or program within Carnegie Mellon.
Transfer Deadlines
|
Application Plan |
Application |
Supporting |
Admission Notification Date |
|
Fall Transfer |
February 15 |
March 15
|
May 15 |
|
Spring Transfer* |
October 15 |
November 1 |
December 15 or soon after |
*Spring transfers must have completed a semester of college before the application deadline in order to apply for admission
Transferring By College
Engineering, DC, IS, MCS, TPR, SCS:
- Fall transfer possible if space is available.
- Spring transfer is extremely limited due to space constraints.
- External transfers are unable to apply to the BXA programs.
Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, Music:
- Only fall transfer is available for fine arts applicants.
- Transfer applicants are considered alongside freshman applicants and are likely to be given first-year status.
- External transfers are unable to apply to the BXA programs.
- Visit our Fine Arts Admission website for further details about portfolio review or audition requirements.
Transfer Applicant Instructions
In addition to our admission requirements, please keep in mind the following:
- Transfer applicants are only considered for one college or program within Carnegie Mellon.
- Spring transfers must have completed a semester of college before the application deadline in order to apply for admission.
- All supporting documents are due by March 15th for fall transfer (please note supporting document deadline of December 1 for drama and music fall transfers and January 1 for architecture, art and design fall transfers) and November 1 for spring transfer.
- Transfer applicants must submit a college transcript in addition to a high school transcript, and email a copy of course descriptions for courses you've taken from each college/university you attended to admission@andrew.cmu.edu with the subject line, “Transfer Course Descriptions.” Please don't send an entire college course catalog.
- A recommendation from a professor or advisor should be submitted in place of a college counselor recommendation. The College Report (a Common Application form) is also required from your current academic institution. This form should be completed by your college/university registrar or appropriate dean/college official who can verify your enrollment and academic standing.
- We require official SAT or ACT Tests if you've previously taken these tests. If you haven't previously taken these tests, it's recommended but not required that you take them as you apply as a transfer student. We neither require nor recommend taking SAT Subject Tests, and we won't use those scores in the admission review process. If English isn't your native language, the results of either the TOEFL or IELTS are required, even if you didn't take either one previously, and please note our TOEFL/IELTS score requirements.
- Fine arts transfer applicants should visit the Fine Arts Admission website for further details about portfolio review or audition requirements.
- If offered admission, the college/school you're admitted to will evaluate your courses for potential transfer credit.
- If you're offered admission for the spring semester, we don't require a tuition deposit due to the short time between being offered admission and the start of the spring semester.
- University housing is not guaranteed for transfer students.