Transfer Credit Process for Credits Earned Before Enrolling at RPI

All credits earned prior to enrolling at RPI need to be processed by May 1st of your Freshman Year.

Dual Enrollment courses:

• Request your high school principal or guidance counselor to fill out this form above certifying the course(s) you’ve completed or are completing, are not required for your high school diploma. The completed form should be submitted by your high school to transfercredit@rpi.edu.
• Request an official transcript from the University/College to be sent directly to RPI’s Registrar’s office. They are unable to accept transcripts that have been opened or forward, as these are considered unofficial. Electronic or physical transcripts should be sent to transfercredit@rpi.edu or 
  Office of the Registrar,
  Academy Hall 2000 Level, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street
  Troy, N.Y., 12180-3590.
• The Registrar's Office will submit your coursework for evaluation to the designated course department. Students may be required to submit additional course information or a syllabus.

AP credits:

• How to request AP credits

IB credits

• How to request IB credits

Transfer Credit Approval Process for Current Students

We strongly recommend that students get courses approved before they take them!

1. Find a course you wish to take outside of RPI. Use the Transfer Credit Guide to get started!*
2. Find the course name, number, and description for the class you are wanting to take.
3. Fill out the Transfer Credit Approval Form.
4. Send the filled out Transfer Credit Approval Form to the appropriate department:
   1. Math or Science Courses: email form and course description to sciencehub@rpi.edu
   2. HASS Courses: email form and course syllabus to hassinfo@rpi.edu
   3. Engineering Courses: email form and course syllabus to anderk5@rpi.edu and CC chichd@rpi.edu
   4. Management Courses: email form and course description to fletck3@rpi.edu
5. If the course is approved, students will then send the signed form to their advisor for a signature.
6. Register for the course and once the course is completed, student must order an official transcript to be sent to RPI Registrar’s Office. 

*If a course doesn’t appear in the transfer guide, it doesn’t mean we automatically reject it. The same is true in reverse, if it is in the guide it doesn’t mean we automatically accept it. Each time a student hands in a form we review the course to make sure it is still meeting the requirements of the RPI equivalent.