Transfer applicants should be aware that additional requirements are necessary for some colleges and majors. The minimum University requirements are listed below. Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission.
Transfer credit is awarded to admitted students who submit official transcripts from regionally accredited institutions.
Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission. Applicants who are not selected for their chosen term of entry may appeal the admissions decision through the Faculty Committee on Student Admission process.
Applicants should present a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher on all attempted college work.
Applicants must be in good academic standing at their last attended institution.
Beginning Fall 1991, all transfer applicants must have completed eight to ten credit hours of sequential foreign language or its equivalent in quarter hours prior to enrollment at Florida Atlantic University.*
Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission. Applicants who are not selected for their chosen term of entry may appeal the admissions decision through the Faculty Committee on Student Admission process.
* This requirement may be satisfied by presenting proof that two units of a sequential foreign language were completed in high school or by passing a CLEP or other designated examination of proficiency. If the foreign language admission requirement is not met at the time of transfer, then it becomes a graduation requirement.
Transferring with an Associate of Arts Degree from a Florida Public State or Community College:
Students awarded an Associate of Arts degree from any Florida public community college are admissible to Florida Atlantic University.
As stated above, admission to the School of Architecture, Honors College and Nursing is limited access. All applicants must meet the specific course and grade point average requirements for direct admission to those colleges.
College of Business, Engineering & Computer Science, and Music majors are selective and have additional requirements.
Students applying for a second baccalaureate degree must have received their first bachelor degree from a regionally accredited institution and achieved a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
If you are a former degree-seeking FAU student, but not currently enrolled, your eligibility to return will depend on several factors. If you have not attended for at least three consecutive semesters, you must re-apply for admission and pay a $30 non-refundable application fee. Click here for more information.
Applicants who completed part or all of their postsecondary (college or university) work at an institution not in the U.S. are required to have their foreign credential evaluated by an accredited independent evaluation service. Click here www.fau.edu/admissions/EvalAgencies.php for the list of evaluation agencies.
Official TOEFL results are required of all applicants whose native language is not English. Please visit the Undergraduate International Admissions link for more information regarding the TOEFL exam. Currently under www.fau.edu/admissions/IntlTReq.php
The University may award up to 10 credits of Military Service School credits toward admission, as evaluated and recommended in the American Council on Education publication, Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services. Acceptability of such credit will be determined by the individual college. Alternatively, up to 8 credits of the maximum 10 may be granted for ROTC credit. Credit earned for ROTC courses will be acceptable for advance standing or degree credit and such credit will be considered free electives. To apply for such credit, military veterans or active duty service members should submit one of the following forms of documentation, and evidence of appropriate test scores on the DSST Examination Program (formerly DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) in college and technical subjects. See DSST exams and scores below in the Required Documentation details.
Admission to Florida Atlantic University does not guarantee entrance to selective admissions majors in the College of Business. Your status is considered as a preliminary business major (pre-business). Please refer to the college's website at http://business.fau.edu/ugradadmissionsfor their undergraduate admissions policy and a list of business major programs.
If you have satisfied this criteria, you must submit an Application to Upper-Division to the College of Business to declare one of the selective admissions majors. Click here to view the online application. Please note: The Economics (ECON) major, a social science program, is excluded from the above requirements.
Admission to Florida Atlantic University does not guarantee admission to the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. Your status is considered a prerequisite to the nursing major (Pre-nursing). Nursing is a limited access program; therefore, you must submit an application to the College of Nursing. Applications to the College of Nursingshould be completed by November 30th of the preceding year. The application can be found on-line at http://nursing.fau.edu/. As a Pre-nursing student, you must receive advisement in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing before registering.
Admission to Florida Atlantic University does not guarantee admission to the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. You must submit a supplemental application with additional requirements. Please visit http://honorscollege.fau.edufor more information about the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.
Applications to the School of Architecture: Any prospective architecture student who is interested in applying for the lower division sequence (Architectural Design 1) or upper division sequence (Architectural Design 5-9) will need to fill out an additional application for the School of Architecture. Students must apply first to FAU using the Undergraduate admission application. Please note that the School of Architecture has separate deadlines from Admissions to submit their application. Refer to their webpage for details /arch/applications.html.
Admission to Florida Atlantic University does not guarantee admission to the College of Engineering and Computer Science, therefore your status is as a preliminary engineering major (pre-engineering). Please refer to the college's website at http://www.eng.fau.edu for detailed information on the admissions criteria.
All students interested in the Bachelor of Arts with Major in Communication Studies or the Bachelor of Arts with Major in Multimedia Studies must first apply to the corresponding pre- major. Specific requirements must be met before admission to the major. Please go to http://www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/catalogRevs/artsandletters.php#communication for additional information.
Please note that an audition on your principal instrument is required prior to admission into the Department of Music. For details regarding specific audition requirements for each instrument or for voice, please visitwww.fau.edu/music/aa_auditions.php. To schedule an audition, please send an email to music@fau.edu be sure to specify your instrument and the degree program in which you are interested.
**All other Colleges and majors, except for those described above, fall under the Undergraduate Admissions standard requirements for admission**
FAU is going Green Many of our communications, including notification of the admission decision, are sent electronically. If you update your email or mailing address, please notify us at admissions@fau.edu. To ensure receipt of our emails, include admissions@fau.edu in your address book.
Admission Decisions An official, written notification will be mailed to admitted students only. Students deferred for updated test scores or students not offered admission will be notified through our regular online status check only and not through the mail. To check your application status online please go to www.fau.edu/admissions and click on Check your Status".
Responses to questions on the application related to disciplinary and criminal history are required for all applicants. Students with past misconduct must submit a full statement of relevant facts plus additional information if deemed necessary. Each application will be reviewed on its individual merits. The University reserves the right to deny admission to an applicant when it determines that admission of the student represents a safety risk to the University community. Appeals may be made to the Admissions Review Board within two weeks from the receipt of the denial. Withholding information or giving false information may make you ineligible for admission.
Admissions Appeal The Faculty Committee on Student Admissions responds to admissions appeals. For an appeal to have merit, it must bring to light new compelling academic and/or personal information that was not addressed in the initial application. While all appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, the rate of a decision being reversed based on an appeal has historically been very low.
New test scores and/or an updated transcript do not require an appeal. Please contact the Office of Admissions when submitting the new, updated information.
Email Your email address will be used as the primary method of communication during the admission process. You will be getting notifications in your email regarding admissions decison. Please notify us at admissions@fau.edu with updates to your email or mailing address.
LINK Program We encourage those students not offered admissions to condisder the LINK to FAU program. Please visit www.fau.edu/admissions/link for more information.
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