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Both freshmen and transfer students must have previous academic courses taken outside the U.S.evaluated by a credentials evaluation agency. For transfer students with university transcripts, youwill need to request a course-by-course evaluation with a GPA computation (see theevaluator web sites for specific instructions). At your request, the agency will send UAB anevaluation report of your previous academic work. UAB will use the report to make the admissiondecision. The minimum GPA required is a 2.00/4.00.
The following services can evaluate you university documents. This may take up to 5 weeks.Below are evaluation companies we prefer:
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. P.O Box 514070Milwaukee, WI 53203-3470Phone: 414-289-3400Fax: [email protected]@ece.org
OR
World Education Services (WES)P.O. Box 5087, Bowling Green StationNew York, NY 10274-5087Phone: 212-966-6311Fax: [email protected]@wes.org
DisclaimerApplicants may not disregard any part of their educational history, and failure to report allinstitutions previously attended will be cause for cancellation of the admissions process or fordismissal. All credentials submitted for admission to UAB become property of the university andwill not be returned or released.
International Transfer Creditsprint email
Students who have completed college level work in a country other than the United States are eligible to
receive transfer credit if the institution is officially recognized by the respective Ministry of Education or
governing educational body.
Step 1: Transcript Evaluation Step 2: Articulation Acceptable English Translations
Transfer Center
Transfer Admissions
Credit Equivalencies
Area V
Transfer UAB Day
STARS
Joint Admission
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any amendments to the UAB Student Transcript. (This may indicate that a student did not submit an
accurate report of ALL previous academic work and Admissions will decide if admission should be
denied based on their Admissions Policies.)
Gather the Necessary Information
Request that your previous international institution submit detailed course information from one of the
following lists:
Note: If English is not the native or official language of student’s home country, all credentials must be
translated to English. (See the "Acceptable English Translations" for more details.)
LIST 1: Detailed Course Syllabus to include ALL of the following:
Title of Course
Course level (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, etc.)
Any Pre-requisites required for the course
Course Description. For Example:
Course Objectives
Program of study or Course Content that was covered
Whether the course was independent study, a lecture, a seminar, a laboratory, a lecture
+ laboratory, etc.
A description of how student is evaluated for the course. For example: how the final
course grade is determined.
References utilized during the course, i.e. textbooks used to include titles and authors
NOTE: It may be helpful to provide a list of your home university’s curriculum to allow theevaluators to see exactly where the course being evaluated falls within home university’scurriculum.
OR
LIST 2: Detailed Course Description from home university academic course catalogue, or coursebulletin
Note: While course descriptions from home university’s course catalogue or bulletin may serve toarticulate a course, a detailed course syllabus as described above will provide the mostcomprehensive and accurate information to evaluators making articulation decision.
Note: All submissions coming from home university should be accompanied by a cover letter fromthe home university on the home university’s official letterhead that includes the name andcontact information of the person submitting these academic credentials directly to UAB.
All documents submitted to UAB for articulation are subject to verification, become property ofthe university, and will not be returned or released. If any document is found to be fraudulent, thestudent will be held responsible and may be subject to disciplinary action.
Note: Though not required by UAB Admissions, students may wish to request that their homeuniversity send via post, in a sealed envelope an original transcript directly to the TransferArticulation Office.
DisclaimerIn all instances, UAB reserves the right to request additional information as needed. It is thestudent’s responsibility to follow stated transfer articulation guidelines and to ensure that alldocuments submitted to UAB are complete, accurate and verifiable. Any documents submitteddirectly by students will be sent back to the issuing institution for verification purposes and maydelay the articulation process further. Additionally, the articulation process does not guaranteethat an international transfer course will be equivalent to a UAB course and satisfy a degree
For each course the student wishes to be evaluated for articulation, the student MUST requestthat the home institution submit via mail (sealed envelope) the academic credentials along with acover letter to the UAB Transfer Articulation office. Any documents submitted directly by studentswill be sent back to the issuing institution for verification purposes and may delay the articulationprocess further.
Mail Course Information To:
Transfer Articulation
UAB Smolian International House
1600 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1280 USA
Final Step: Contact Your Academic Advisor
Once these academic credentials have been submitted to the UAB Transfer Articulation Office,these documents will be forwarded to the appropriate Academic Departmentrepresentative/evaluator for evaluation of equivalency to UAB coursework.
Finally, be sure to stay in contact with your Academic Advisor as he or she will receive the finaldecision and how any articulated courses will fulfil UAB Degree Requirements.
A.) A translation from native language to English that is completed and certified by the homeuniversity. These translations must be sent along with original academic credentials in nativelanguage directly to the UAB Transfer Articulation Office. Just as with all original academiccredentials, the home university must send these documents and a cover letter on officialuniversity letterhead that includes the name and contact information of the person sending thesematerials. Any materials that arrive in an unsealed envelope or that do not come directly from thehome university will not be considered valid.
or
B.) A translation of all academic credentials that have been completed certified and sent in asealed envelope directly to UAB by an American Translators Association (ATA) certifiedtranslator. Unless issued in English directly by the academic institutions themselves, documentstranslated in English must be submitted together with the original language documents issued bythe institutions.
UAB ATA Disclaimer
Students are responsible for payment of all costs associated with the translation of academiccredentials. WES and ECE do NOT provide translation services.
Due to the general credentialing and certification standards that are required for membership totheir organization, the ATA has been listed as a resource to students should an English translationthat is certified by the home university not be accessible. However, individual ATA CertifiedTranslators or ATA member agencies are not employed by UAB, nor does UAB endorse anyparticular translator, translation agency or translation entity.
International Transfer Creditsprint email
Students who have completed college level work in a country other than the United States are eligible to
receive transfer credit if the institution is officially recognized by the respective Ministry of Education or
governing educational body.
Step 1: Transcript Evaluation Step 2: Articulation Acceptable English Translations
Transfer Center
Transfer Admissions
Credit Equivalencies
Area V
Transfer UAB Day
STARS
Joint Admission
FAQ
Contact
One Stop Admissions Academics Catalogs Paying for College Services Student Life Alumni Parents