Students who have completed graduate work at other schools may petition their graduate program director for transfer of credits earned elsewhere to be applied towards a master’s or doctoral degree at the University of Cincinnati. This petition is evaluated by the program that has been petitioned. Normally, the number of credit hours transferred from a course taken at another institution into a program at the University of Cincinnati cannot exceed the number of credit hours given for a University of Cincinnati course which covers equivalent material. (When converting semester hours to quarter hours, 3 semester credit hours are equal to 4½ quarter credit hours; 1 semester hour equals 1½ quarter credit hours.)
A University of Cincinnati graduate program can accept or reject transfer credits at its own discretion, regardless of the graduate degree program or discipline in which they were earned.
Normally, credits are not transferred if they were earned more than five years prior to the date of the student’s application into the University of Cincinnati program accepting the transferred credits.
Master’s Degree, Allowable Transfer Credits
The number of transferable and acceptable credits is determined by the faculty in the program to which students have applied. Eligibility for graduation requires a minimum of 45 graduate credits, at least 50 percent of which must be completed while in residence at the University of Cincinnati. Many programs require more credits for the degree, and students should confer with their individual programs to ascertain program requirements. In no case may the final 50 percent of a University of Cincinnati’s program requirements be satisfied by transfer from another institution. Students who wish to transfer credits taken outside of the university after they were matriculated into a program must obtain approval from their program for those transfer credits in advance of taking the outside courses.
Doctoral Degree, Allowable Transfer Credits
Doctoral degrees are conferred on the basis of sustained study and high scholarly attainment in a special field of learning. In no case will the degree be granted for less than three years of full-time graduate study or its equivalent, of which the last year must be in residence in the University of Cincinnati or under the university’s direction. The number of transferable and acceptable credits is determined by the faculty in the program to which students have applied. Eligibility for graduation requires either a minimum of 135 graduate credits or 90 graduate credits beyond a master’s degree. The last 45 must be completed under the direction of University of Cincinnati faculty.
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