Undergraduates who want to take courses at another college or university and apply those courses toward their Stanford degree should follow the Stanford University transfer credit policies which state that work completed at another institution can be considered for credit if all of the following conditions are met:
Effective Autumn 2015, pre-approval is required for requests to fulfill a Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing (Ways) requirement in transfer, and must be submitted by the quarterly deadline (see below). The pre-approval deadline is the eighth week of the term prior to the planned term in transfer. Courses that have not been pre-approved prior to enrollment at the non-Stanford institution will not fulfill the Ways requirement.
Ways transfer requests must be submitted by the following pre-approval quarter* term deadlines to be considered for review of fulfilling the Ways requirement:
*These deadlines are for students planning to take a Ways course in transfer at a non-Stanford institution on the quarter system.
Ways transfer requests must be submitted by the following pre-approval semester* term deadlines to be considered for review of fulfilling the Ways requirement:
*These deadlines are for students planning to take a Ways course in transfer at a non-Stanford institution on the semester system.
In addition, the following standards apply to all students:
Visit the Transfer Credit Procedures page for more information on Ways transfer requests.
A full statement of transfer credit policies is available in the Stanford Bulletin.