An option that allows students to take pre-approved courses at other institutions and transfer credit hours back to Virginia Tech to count toward their degree.
Policy on Current Student Transfer Course Requests
Student's on academic or disciplinary suspension are not eligible to transfer courses
Grades do not transfer only credit hours
Only courses with a "C" or better will transfer
Authorization to Take Courses Elsewhere Form must be submitted and approved before credits will transfer.
Student's completing a double degree (more than one diploma) cannot transfer any courses back to complete the second degree once the first degree has been awarded
A student must take 27 of their last 45 hours at Virginia Tech, so only 18 hours of the last 45 hours will transfer
Requesting to take courses elsewhere process
Prior to filling out the authorization form preliminary transfer equivalencies can be viewed on