Transfer Credit Guidelines

We must have official transcripts with final grades to award credit (not copied, scanned, faxed or sent from a personal email). Transcripts must be provided by the college or university that administered the coursework. Also, we cannot use high school transcripts to award credit for dual/concurrent credit courses. Coursework taken at a Purdue regional campus or as part of Purdue’s dual credit program is already on your student record; there is no need to submit a transcript. 

Be sure to request or send transcripts at least two weeks before the application deadline. Transcripts must be submitted using one of the following methods: 

• Deliver through an electronic transcript service (contact your institution’s registrar office). This is the quickest and most efficient method. Submit to admissions@purdue.edu for e-transcript services that require an email address. Do not use a Purdue staff member’s individual email address. 
• Mail to Purdue at the following address from the institution that administered the course:
  Purdue University Office of Admissions
  2550 Northwestern Ave., Suite 1900
  West Lafayette, IN 47906 
• Deliver in person to the Office of Admissions in a sealed envelope on the institution’s stationery. 

Do not send duplicate copies via different methods. 

Our transfer credit course equivalency guide allows you to look up courses individually to determine how they may transfer to Purdue. You should use this tool along with the plan of study for your desired major to assess how previous college credit may apply to the major. Courses taken at a Purdue regional campus are Purdue credit; this tool is not needed to evaluate. 

There are multiple ways you may earn Purdue credit based on scores from testing services: 

College Board Advanced Placement program (AP): Tests taken as part of high school AP courses

• For information about AP credit Purdue accepts and the scores necessary to earn credit, visit our College Board Advanced Placement Credit page. 

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP): Tests based on knowledge acquired through experience or independent study

• CLEP exams may not be used in place of coursework required for admission to Purdue. Purdue Testing Services offers CLEP exams to current Purdue students by appointment. For a listing of CLEP exams, required scores and available Purdue credits, visit our College-Level Examination Program page.   

International Baccalaureate (IB): Tests taken as part of the IB program

• For information about IB credit available at Purdue and the scores required, visit our International Baccalaureate page. 

A-level exams: Tests taken as part of Cambridge International’s A-level program

• For A-level exams listed by course and scores required, visit our A-Level Credit page.   

DSST program: Tests based on knowledge students acquired through experience or independent study

• For detailed information on credit awarded based on exams, visit our DSST Exams page.  

National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL): Proficiency-based language assessment

• For a listing of credit available for select language exams, visit our National Examinations in World Languages page.  

Purdue-specific tests: Purdue departmental proficiency examinations

• Purdue Testing Services administers a variety of tests. For a full list, along with costs and details on scheduling, visit the Purdue Testing Services page. 

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE): Credit awarded through examination

• Contact admissions@purdue.edu for information about how this credit transfers. 

UExcel exams: As of August 2022, these exams are no longer offered by Excelsior University (formerly known as Excelsior College).

Purdue participates in statewide transfer initiatives coordinated by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. In addition, the university has articulation (transfer) agreements for specific majors. 

• Purdue core curriculum is a set of common learning outcomes required of all Purdue undergraduate students. In some cases, transfer courses may be used to satisfy specific learning outcomes. 
• Indiana Core Transfer Library (CTL) includes a list of courses that transfer among all Indiana public colleges and universities. 
• Indiana College Core (formerly STGEC) provides core student competencies and outcomes required at public institutions in Indiana. Students who have successfully completed the core requirement at one Indiana institution will not be required to complete it at another institution if they transfer. A variety of courses may satisfy a specific core requirement and whether a requirement is satisfied may be independent of courses a student still must complete at Purdue. 
• Purdue Articulation (Transfer) Agreements are transfer agreements Purdue has with other institutions. 
• Indiana Transfer Single Articulation Pathway (TSAP) is a program in which students in selected majors may complete an associate’s degree at an Indiana community college and transfer into a related field at a four-year public university in Indiana where credits earned for the associate’s degree will apply toward the bachelor’s degree.