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Audition and Portfolio Requirements

International Transfer Applicants

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The Transfer Admission Process

Internal Transfers

Internal Transfers

Important Information for Internal Transfer Candidates

You should use this application if you currently attend New York University and you wish to be considered for transfer to another school or college at NYU. If you wish to change programs within your current school or college please contact your school advising office directly for information on interdepartmental transfers. You may submit only one application for internal transfer at a time. To be eligible for internal transfer you must be in at least your second semester of consecutive full-time study at your current NYU school or college. Students who have previously applied for an internal transfer and been denied admission must wait one full academic year before becoming eligible to re-apply for an internal transfer to any NYU school or college. Students who have already completed an internal transfer must wait one full academic year before becoming eligible to re-apply for another internal transfer.

There is no application fee for internal transfers. You may submit only one application for internal transfer at a time. Applications submitted after the internal transfer application deadline will be considered only on a space-available basis.

To apply, you must log into NYU Albert. Under the "Admissions" heading please click the link to the "Application Center" and follow the online instructions.

Note: Former NYU students who wish to re-enter the University in a different school or college than the one they attended should use this application only if they did not attend another college or university since leaving NYU. Students who attended another college or university since leaving NYU must file the regular Application for Admission to Undergraduate Study. With the exception of Tisch School of the Arts students, former students who wish to re-enter the same school, college or division they once attended and who did not attend another college or university since attending NYU should complete the Application for Readmission and Special Student Admission. Former Tisch School of the Arts students seeking readmission to Tisch should file the Tisch Readmission Application, available through their department.

Special Admissions Requirements

College of Nursing

Students who received a bachelor's degree from New York University must submit the full “Application for Undergraduate Admission” not the “Application for Internal Transfer” if they are interested in pursuing a second bachelor's degree at the College of Nursing.

You can find the application for admission here.

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Internal transfer students will be eligible to receive a maximum of 64 credits of advanced standing upon their matriculation at the Gallatin School.

The maximum number of credits that a Gallatin student can apply to their degree from the Stern School of Business is 32, including those earned before entering Gallatin. Internal transfers may not participate in study abroad during the first semester of matriculation at Gallatin.

Silver School of Social Work

An interview with a faculty member is usually required for transfer students with more than 48 credits.

For complete information visit the School of Social Work website.

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Music, Studio Art, and Educational Theatre students must complete an artistic review.

Studio Art – A portfolio, including artist statement, is required of all applicants to the Studio Art Program. Detailed portfolio submission requirements can be found at the department’s Web site at www.steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/portfolios. Please submit your portfolio by the deadline indicated on the Web site.Portfolios should be submitted directly to the department, not to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Note also that portfolios will not be reviewed until you have submitted all of the necessary credentials and your application for admission is complete.

Music – An audition is required of all applicants to the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions. Detailed audition requirements, including deadlines, can be found at www.steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/auditions.

Stern School of Business

The Leonard N. Stern School of Business will not consider for internal transfer admission students who have entered NYU by transferring into another NYU school or college.

The Stern School of Business considers transfer students for the fall semester only. As a result, competition is significant and the transfer admission process is highly selective. Students who are most competitive typically present extraordinary records of achievement on both the undergraduate and secondary school levels.

To be considered for transfer admission to the Stern School of Business, you must have completed (or be in the process of completing) one year and 30– 32 semester hours at your current college or university. This does not include credit awarded by examination or earned at a previous school. If you do not meet this requirement you will not be considered for admission. Please note that all degree candidates in Stern must complete at least 64 consecutive points of course work in residence at Stern immediately preceding the date of graduation.

Click here for complete information.

Tisch School of the Arts

An artistic review is required for admission to ALL Tisch School of the Arts programs. All departments require a portfolio review with the exception of the Dance and Drama departments which require an in-person audition. All departments requiring portfolios ask that you submit them as far in advance of the application deadline directly to the department, NOT to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Deadlines for all artistic reviews are strictly enforced. Departmental contact information is detailed below.

Cinema Studies: 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6807; (212) 998-1600; www.cinema.tisch.nyu.edu. A two-part portfolio is required.
Dance: 111 Second Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003- 8382; (212) 998-1980; www.dance.tisch.nyu.edu. An audition is required. The Department of Dance will provide instructions via e-mail for scheduling your audition, after the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has received your application.
Drama: 721 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003-6807; (212) 998-1870; www.drama.tisch.nyu.edu. It is the student’s responsibility to make an appointment for the required artistic review.
Dramatic Writing: 721 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6807; (212) 998-1940. www.ddw.tisch.nyu.edu. You must provide a nonreturnable portfolio of ten to twenty-five pages.
Film and Television: 721 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6807; (212) 998-1702; www.filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu. Please do not send postage or original materials; creative portfolios cannot be returned. All materials (this is a 3-part portfolio) should be sent in a single packet to the address above.
Photography and Imaging: 721 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003- 6807; (212) 998-1930; www.photo.tisch.nyu.edu. A portfolio of ten to fifteen photo-based images submitted online is required.
Recorded Music: 194 Mercer Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10012-1502. 212-992-8400, www.clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu. A five-part portfolio is required.

Transfers from the Liberal Studies Program

If you are seeking transfer to a school other than the one you applied to as a freshman, your application will be considered first for admission to the school you indicate on this internal transfer application.

If you are not offered admission to that school, you will automatically be considered for admission to the school to which you applied originally.

Access the online internal transfer application via NYU Albert.

NOTE: Once you log into Albert, navigate to Application Center, located at the bottom right of your screen under Admissions.

Deadlines

Priority application deadlines have been established to enable as many internal transfers as possible to pre-register in their new school or college. Applications submitted after the internal transfer application deadline will be considered only on a space available basis. It is your responsibility to submit an application for programs with enrollment ceilings in a timely fashion. Please note, the Tisch School of the Arts and the Stern School of Business do not consider applicants for the spring semester.

Financial Aid

If you receive financial aid, please note that, with few exceptions, your current standard financial aid package is automatically transferred to your new school or college. Please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 212/998-4444 with any questions once you are admitted to a new undergraduate college.

Notification

Notification for internal transfer applicants is on a rolling basis following the application deadline. In most cases, applicants can anticipate receiving a decision before the end of the academic semester in which they apply. Please see the “Registration” section below to learn more about planning for an internal transfer while you wait for our official response.

Registration

Until receiving an official acceptance letter from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, internal transfer applicants should proceed with registering at their current school or college for the following semester. If you are accepted for internal transfer after you have pre-registered in your current NYU program, you must change your registration to your new school. You should contact your new school or college to secure a new registration date as well as more detailed instructions about the registration process. Please note that while the admissions office will make every attempt to provide the admissions decision in a timely fashion, it may not be possible to provide the decision in time to complete early registration in your new school or college.