Transfer Admission

The Chemical Engineering Department welcomes transfer students. Almost one-half of the University of Florida chemical engineering graduates have transferred into the chemical engineering program from another institution. Your first step is to contact the University of Florida Office of Admissions and fill out an application. The process and procedures involved in the acceptance of transfer students is set by the University of Florida Admissions Office and the College of Engineering. 

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The UF's Transfer Undergraduate Admissions site provides application information and forms for admissions:

Transfers From Community and Junior Colleges

A student in a community or junior college who has completed the Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has satisfactorily completed the required engineering technical foundation courses in calculus, differential equations, chemistry and physics with calculus is eligible to apply for transferring directly into the College of Engineering. 

The University of Florida College of Engineering has established articulation agreements with most of the Florida Community Colleges.  These agreements provide admission for those who satisfy the admission criteria.

The AA degree is also important for satisfying the social science and humanities general education requirement of the University of Florida. A student having an AA degree from a community college in Florida will be considered to have satisfied this requirement if at least 15 credits have been earned in the social science and humanities areas. A student who has not passed the CLAST must provide a statement from the community college that an AA degree is being granted with a waiver of the CLAST. Completion of the Associate of Arts degree may not be sufficient to be admitted to the Department. The Department will consider the student's progress in the critical tracking courses, technical courses, and overall GPA. 

Students should begin the technical foundation course sequences as early as possible at the junior or community college level.  These courses, including calculus, differential equations, chemistry and physics with calculus, are prerequisites to most engineering courses, and their completion prior to entering an engineering program facilitates scheduling of reasonable course loads after transferring the University of Florida. The Department will consider an applicant's list of planned courses that is given on the application as a contract that is to be met.  Applicants are expected to register for the listed courses, and complete them with acceptable grades.

Students may transfer 60 semester credit hours from a community college as a part of the hours needed for their UF degrees. If the number of credits earned is greater than 60 semester hours, the best 60 credits will be selected. These are not necessarily the first 60 credits earned. Associate of Arts degree recipients from Florida community colleges who continue enrollment at the school that awarded the AA may be granted additional transfer credit for one or more courses that satisfy their UF degree requirements. (See the UF Undergraduate Catalog for details)

Transfers From Four-Year Institutions

All students who transfer from four-year institutions must meet the general admission requirements of the university, including completion of CLAST or its approved alternative. In addition, students must meet the College of Engineering’s admission requirements to transfer directly into an engineering program. An AA degree is not required for students transferring from four year institutions.

Students transferring from four-year institutions must have completed the engineering foundation courses with a GPA of 2.5 or higher in each of the areas.  Although credits earned may be accepted by the University of Florida, some may not be allowed towards satisfying degree requirements. 

Students are advised to seek a transfer as soon as the critical tracking courses are completed. There is a limit to the number of upper division courses that may be applied to the UF degree. Each student should consult with his/her advisor to determine the number of transfer credits that can be accepted by the UF Registrar and the Department.

All Transfers

With good planning, transferring does not have to be a curriculum breaker. Poor planning can result in a student having to take extra courses that sometimes add up to extra semesters. If you are unsure whether a course will transfer, find out before you register for the course. Check with the University of Florida Admissions Office for answers to any questions about the acceptance of courses for university credits as well as about general education course options. Contact the Chemical Engineering Academic Advisement Office for specific advice about pre-professional and chemical engineering course requirements. 

Transcript/Course Evaluation

Your transcripts will be assessed to determine your status with regard to the Chemical Engineering program. In general, transfer students must:

• Satisfy requirements of all sections of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST).
• Satisfy the university admissions foreign language requirement. 
• Comply with the tracking criteria in accordance with College of Engineering requirements for overall grade point average.
• Complete the technical foundation courses in calculus, differential equations, chemistry and physics with calculus with a GPA of 2.50 or better in each of these areas.

If you have earned an AA degree from a community or junior college or another institution, your transcript will be reviewed to determine that the pre-professional and general education requirements have been met and that these credits do not include performance or skills courses as they are not allowed by the University of Florida and by ABET. If these conditions have not been met, additional courses must be taken to meet these requirements. 

Students who have taken any courses that are to be used for the degree program at a college/university other than a Florida public institution, will need to submit course equivalency forms.  These forms should be submitted to the Chemical Engineering Academic Advisement Office as early as possible. Note in the instructions for these forms that supporting documentation (catalog description, syllabus, example homework, etc.) of the courses taken must be provided.  

The physics sequence in all engineering curricula must be calculus-based. Thus, transfer students who have not taken such a sequence will be required to complete the sophomore physics sequence at the University of Florida (PHY 2048 and PHY 2049).

All students transferring to the University of Florida must complete a minimum of 60 hours of acceptable 3-4000 level engineering course work to receive a degree from the University of Florida College of Engineering.  Unless arrangements have been made for course certification by faculty of the College of Engineering, only engineering courses taken in programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET will be considered for transfer to the Chemical Engineering Department.

Transfer Orientation/Initial Registration

Once admitted, a student should confer with the Chemical Engineering Academic Advisement Office for an appropriate degree course schedule in the department.

Prior to initial registration at UF all transfer students must first meet with their faculty advisor. This should be done during the orientation program for transfer students. The student's course schedule for the first semester of residence is planned at this time. As an aid for this purpose, a program of study course guide will be provided to each student. Sometime during the first month after entering the University of Florida, all students should schedule a conference with their faculty advisor.

Course Loads

Students whose previous academic backgrounds differ substantially from that of the University of Florida are advised to consider lightened academic loads, e.g., 12-14 hours, during the first semester at the University of Florida. See Academic Loads for considerations for planning how many courses to take each term.

Conditional Admission

Students may be given conditional admission to ascertain their ability to pursue a BSCHE degree successfully where previous grade records are on the borderline of acceptability.  Students granted conditional admission will be notified of the conditions under which they are admitted.  Failure to meet the conditions set for admission will result in dismissal from the program.