Transfer
Students who have completed one year or more of college level classes (30 semester credits or 45 quarter credits).
Important Deadlines
For more information: Admissions Office uas.admissions@alaska.edu or call (907) 796-6100 / Toll Free: 1-877-465‑4827
Common FAQs
Typically, the Admissions Office processes new applications in one to two business days. You will receive an email notifying you we have received your application and of any remaining requirements.
UAS offers a free application for non-degree seeking students or community members who simply want to take a class. Non-degree Seeking Students
Students may also complete a Course Registration form at the Juneau, Ketchikan, or Sitka campuses.
The Admissions Office has a limited number of fee waivers and evaluates requests on a case by case basis. Applicants are required to submit the Application for Admission Fee Waiver Request form.
UAS considers a transcript to be official if it has been sent directly by the issuing high school or college. Transcripts may be submitted electronically to uas.admissions@alaska.edu, or by mail to:
UAS Admissions Office
11066 Auke Lake Way
Juneau, AK 99801
Please note that faxed transcripts are not official.
If you have a transcript from your high school or previous college in the original sealed envelope, you can bring it directly to the front counter of the Juneau, Ketchikan, or Sitka campus.
If you are unable to attend the semester you are admitted, you may postpone your application for up to one year. Please contact the Admissions Office at 907-796-6100 or by email uas.admissions@alaska.edu.
If you decide not to attend the University of Alaska Southeast, please contact the Admissions Office at 907-796-6100 or by email at uas.admissions@alaska.edu as soon as possible so that we may inactivate your file.
In order to receive credit for prior courses completed at another institution, you must first apply for admission and submit official transcripts from the previous college or university you attended.
When you are admitted, the UAS Credentials Evaluator will review and evaluate your prior credits. This process generally takes 2-4 weeks.
UAS will transfer only college level credit from institutions that are accredited by one of the following regional accrediting agencies:
- Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
- North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
- New England Association of Colleges and Schools
- Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges
In order to receive credit from institutions outside the University of Alaska system, a grade of "C-" (1.7) or higher must be earned.
Grades of a 'D-" (0.7) or above are transferable only within the University of Alaska system, however they may not be acceptable to satisfy academic major requirements.
Yes. Students are required to send in transcripts for any school where they have an academic record - even if they never attended and withdrew from all classes.
Failure to disclose and send in official copies of all transcripts may result in your application being denied.
No, to be officially admitted we require official copies of all transcripts. We strongly encourage students to work out a payment plan for any balances they have with any prior institutions.
Students can take classes as a non-degree seeking student without submitting transcripts. However, they will not be eligible for financial aid.
University of Alaska Southeast automatically converts credits accepted from other institutions to semester hours. The standard formula for quarter hour conversion is, quarter hours x 0.667.
Example: 5 quarter hours x 0.667 = 3.34 semester hours
Transfer credit equivalents vary among semester, unit and quarter universities.
Courses equated to UAS courses that are short 1.00 credit or less, will meet UAS course requirements without requiring a petition and you would simply make up that credit elsewhere in your degree program (such as in your electives).
If you are short more than 1.00 credit for a particular requirement, please contact your advisor.
Transfer credits are not included in your UAS grade point average (GPA) computation, except to determine eligibility for graduation with honors.
Courses below a 100 level are not transferable to UAS.
This does not necessarily mean that your courses will not transfer. It may be that the courses are not yet part of our database, which is always growing.
Please contact the UAS Credentials Evaluator at uas.transfer@alaska.edu.