If you have completed college-level work in a country other than the United States, then you are eligible to receive transfer credit if the institution is officially recognized by the ministry of education or governing educational body.

Admitted or enrolled students who have questions about transfer credit equivalencies can contact their academic advisor or a transfer articulation specialist at TransferCredit@uab.edu. Prospective students should contact their transfer admissions counselor.

Transcript Evaluation

UAB credential evaluators will review the transcripts of all students who have taken university-level coursework outside of the United States. You must submit all transcripts and mark sheets and any degree certificates, diplomas, or provisional certificates for all universities you have attended. After the evaluation is completed, UAB will use the evaluated grade point average (GPA) to make an admission decision. The minimum GPA required is a 2.00 out of 4.00.

Please allow five to 10 business days for evaluations to be completed after all required documents have been submitted. Contact the Office of International Admissions at intladmin@uab.edu if you have questions.

Disclaimer

Applicants may not disregard any part of their educational history, and failure to report all institutions previously attended will be cause for cancellation of the admissions process or for dismissal. All credentials submitted for admission to UAB become property of the university and will not be returned or released.

Matching Your Courses to UAB Courses: Articulation

There is an additional process to allow those previously completed credits to count toward the completion of your UAB degree: Articulation. The articulation process is used by UAB to determine whether or not academic coursework completed at another academic institution is equivalent to UAB coursework.

If you want your previously earned credit to count toward your UAB degree, you need to have the individual courses matched with UAB courses through the articulation process. To learn how to do this, please follow these steps carefully:

Certified English Translations

Certified English translations are available in two forms:

  1. The first option is a translation from native language to English that is completed and certified by your home university. These translations must be sent along with original academic credentials in native language directly to the UAB Transfer Articulation Office. As with all of your original academic credentials, your home university must send these documents and a cover letter on official university letterhead that includes the name and contact information of the person sending the materials. Any materials that arrive in an unsealed envelope or that do not come directly from your home university will not be considered valid.
  2. The second option is a translation of all academic credentials that have been completed, certified, and sent in a sealed envelope directly to UAB by an American Translators Association (ATA)-certified translator. Documents translated in English must be submitted with the original language documents issued by the academic institutions, unless they have been issued in English directly by the institutions themselves.

UAB ATA Disclaimer

Students are responsible for payment of all costs associated with the translation of academic credentials.

Due to the general credentialing and certification standards required for membership, the ATA is listed as a resource for students if an English translation certified by their home university is not accessible. However, individual ATA-certified translators or ATA member agencies are not employed by UAB, nor does UAB endorse any particular translator, translation agency, or translation entity.

Mailing Address

Transcripts must be sent directly to UAB from the institution to be considered official. For transcripts sent through a secured transcript service (like Parchment, eScrip, or National Student Clearinghouse), please select University of Alabama at Birmingham from the vendor’s dropdown menu.

Mailing Address

UAB Office of Undergraduate Admissions
BOX 99
1720 2nd Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35294-2936

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