Transfer to the University of Illinois at Springfield
The University of Illinois Springfield has been dedicated to transfer students since it opened! We are experts at transferring your credit to UIS and make considerable effort to ensure that you have the best chance of transferring all of your credit hours. Visit u.select to help plan your transfer. This free service will show you how your credits will transfer to UIS.
- For more information transferring to UIS, please see our overview below.
- Feel free to contact our helpful Admissions Staff who are eager to answer any of your questions.
- If you already know that you want to transfer, apply for admission today!
- When you apply, you are automatically eligible for various Merit Scholarships.
- More Scholarship Opportunities are available at the Office of Financial Aid website.
- We have 2+2 and Joint Agreements in place with various schools across Illinois
- Need help transferring from your current community college? Our transfer guides list specific classes that should be taken while at your Illinois community college.
Overview of Transferring to UIS
Any applicant who holds one of the following degrees from an Illinois regionally accredited college or university is admissible as a junior and is considered to have met the UIS general education requirements:
- Associate in Arts, or
- Associate in Science, or
- Associate in Arts and Sciences
More information:
- Students with less than 30 hours of transfer credit should apply as a freshman and must meet freshman admissions requirements. They must also submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.
- Students with 30 or more hours of college credit can be admitted if they have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Admission to the junior year at UIS is granted to applicants who have completed 60 semester (90 quarter) hours of credit with a “C” average or better from a regionally accredited Illinois college or university. Students who graduated with an associate in arts or associate in science degree from an Illinois community college will be considered a junior and have all general education met.
- We know that individuals learn in different ways. They bring experience that may have been acquired outside the classroom. Let our Credit for Prior Learning staff demonstrate how to turn prior experiences into academic credit.
- Our military veterans may be eligible to receive credit for military training. UIS follows ACE recommendations for awarding academic credit. Veterans can also receive an application fee waiver by submitting their DD-214 with their application for admission.
