Transfer Requests

Transfer Credit for Use in Your Engineering Major

Transfer Credit Petitions: Departmental and School of Engineering

It is not necessary to petition to use AP, IB, or A-Level credit for your engineering program; you can check how it has been applied to your major by looking at your MAP page: To check on AP or IB math or science test credit: 

Log in using your SUID# and click the “Create New Audit” button on the righthand side to see your own academic record. Here you will see your Stanford history, including sections for general and major requirements, with grades and units for courses already completed, plus test credit.

Go first to the + sign on the far right of the top field (that includes your name and ID #) and click the +. That expands all the fields below. If you want to look only at the major program, close the General Education section using the minus sign adjacent to that banner. Scroll down to the Bachelor of Science banner and, within that requirement set, to the Mathematics and/or Science sections. Here you will see your AP or other test units recorded as fulfilling a requirement (if applicable). If you think there is an error, please submit a MAP help request. This MAP help ticket link is also offered under the Resources tab on the Home page of the MAP site.

Transfers for courses taken in person or for undeclared students: You can use the Course-to-Course process for getting your general ed, math, physics, biology, and introductory CS transfer credit equivalences evaluated; it is a Registrar's Office process and you will find the option on the Student Services Transfer page. Once approved, these transfers will be added to your MAP record directly by the Registrar; there is no need to also petition via the SoE process.

Declared as a major in the SoE: For SoE breadth courses taken online, for engineering at the level of ENGR Fundamentals, or for math courses not given credit via the Course-to-Course process mentioned above, you may try the School of Engineering transfer process by submitting the  School of Engineering Petition to Transfer Credit . We will coordinate the evaluation process, and track/ensure accuracy of the credit in your program. Once these transfers are pre-approved for use in the major, you have completed them, and you have sent your official transfer transcript to the Stanford Registrar: Notify the Dean’s office so they can request confirmation that the transfer has been approved there. After that process is complete, the units will be manually added to your MAP record. This can take time, so please be patient.

For Transfer Pre-Approval: Fill out the SoE petition above and check the Preapproval box in the upper right corner of the form. Preapproval is recommended for any course you propose to take for your SoE major to ensure the course is equivalent to the requirement you want to replace.

Departmental Transfers: Use this SoE Departmental Transfer form if you wish to use transfer credit to fulfill a depth/core/depth elective course in the major.

GERs: Information regarding courses that have been certified to fulfill the General Education Requirements, and regarding a student's status in meeting these requirements, is available at the Student Services Center. Course planning and advising questions related to the General Education Requirements should be directed to Undergraduate Advising and Research.

Note that relying on transfer credit taken during your final quarter can present problems of timing: It is very common for transfer transcripts to arrive too late to be processed in time for conferral deadlines, meaning graduation can be delayed. If this is your situation, confer with the Office of Student Affairs in 135 Huang for advice.