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Transfer Applicants

You should apply as a transfer if you are currently or have been enrolled as an associate's degree or bachelor's degree candidate (part-time or full-time) at a college or university anywhere in the world. You should not apply as a transfer if you are enrolled in an associate's degree program while pursuing your high school diploma. You also should not apply as a transfer if you are seeking a second Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Our most competitive applicants will have completed at least 32 credits/points of liberal arts coursework by the time you would enroll at NYU (equivalent to approximately one year of full-time study). Credits/points obtained through a certificate program or a vocational training program will not likely transfer to NYU.

You should apply as a first-year freshman applicant if you: have taken college or university courses as a non-degree student after or while enrolled in high school; or have been enrolled in a non-degree conservatory or vocational training program.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions serves only full-time, degree-seeking candidates for admission. If you are a returning adult student, looking to complete your degree part-time, or simply looking to take NYU courses on a non-degree basis, contact NYU's School of Continuing & Professional Studies.

Important Notes

  • Transfer admission for students currently in their first full-time semester of college work is highly competitive. Because in-progress coursework is unlikely to be sufficient enough to evaluate a transfer application, the focus of the evaluation will be primarily based on one's high/secondary school performance, though mid-term college/university grades will be expected.
  • Transfer applicants to the Stern School of Business and Tisch School of the Arts may apply to begin their studies in the fall semester only.
  • New transfers entering the Film and Television program in the Tisch School of the Arts are required to begin their studies in one of the two NYU summer sessions.
  • Transfer applicants to the Tisch Dance program are strongly encouraged to submit their application by February 15. Auditions for transfer students are held regionally in January and in New York City in February.
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Key Dates and Deadlines

Application Deadlines

Applicant TypeApplication Deadline
Spring transfer (all programs except Stern School of Business and Tisch School of the Arts) November 1

Summer and Fall external transfers

(The only NYU program that offers summer transfer admission is the Film and Television program in the Tisch School of the Arts. Students admitted to this program must begin their studies in one of the two NYU summer sessions.)

 April 1

Fall transfer for Tisch School of Arts – dance program only

(Transfer applicants to the Tisch Dance program are strongly encouraged – though not required – to submit their applications by February 15. Auditions are held regionally in January and in New York City in February.)

 February 15 (encouraged)
Summer and Fall internal transfers March 1
Second Bachelor's Degree in Nursing application deadlines can be found here.  

Financial Aid Application Dates

Applicant TypeDate
Spring transfer November 1
Summer and Fall transfer April 1

Notification Dates

Applicant TypeDate
Spring transfer Beginning mid-November
Summer and Fall transfer Throughout the month of May
Fall transfer for College of Nursing Second Bachelor's Degree Program Beginning in April

Response Dates

Applicant TypeDate
Spring transfer Three weeks after the offer of admission
Summer and Fall transfer Three weeks after the offer of admission

Instructions for Transfer Applicants

International Transfer Applicants

Transfer Credits

Internal Transfer Applicants

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