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• Official final transcripts must arrive in the original, unopened envelope as issued by the originating institution.
• Course descriptions and syllabus can help with course articulation.

• Credit will be posted to your IU Fort Wayne academic record as undistributed or as articulated by IU Fort Wayne faculty.
• An email will be sent to you once your official credit has been posted to your student account.

• At orientation, you will meet with your academic advisor. During this meeting, your academic advisor will advise you on:
  • How your undistributed credits could possibly be changed into specific IU Fort Wayne courses and count towards your degree requirements.
  • How to work with departments outside your major to have courses articulated
  • The classes you register for will depend upon your placement test results and whether or not you can get your transfer credit to count for specific IU Fort Wayne courses.
• Bring to the meeting:
  • A copy of your transcripts
  • Course descriptions as they would appear in a university prospectus or bulletin (mandatory)
  • Course syllabus (very helpful)
  • Textbook title(s) and assigned chapters (very helpful)
  • Table of contents from textbooks (helpful)
  • The more documentation you can provide to your advisor and the department, the easier it will be to review your previous credits for transfer.
• Upon review of the information you provide, each department will send a completed Transfer Credit Distribution Form to our office stating whether the course can be distributed. Then we will post the course to your academic record. The evaluation can take several weeks, so start early if you need the IU Indianapolis course posted before registration.
• Courses that do not have IU Fort Wayne equivalents will remain as undistributed credits and can sometimes be used to fulfill degree electives (courses outside your major). Check back with your academic advisor to see if they may be able to fulfill any elective requirements towards your degree.

When IU Fort Wayne receives your official transcript from each college or university you’ve attended, your prior coursework is evaluated to determine whether it will transfer to IU Fort Wayne. There are several factors that affect what coursework will transfer.

Accreditation status of the school where you earned the credit

IU Fort Wayne is accredited by the  and awards credit for coursework completed at a college or university that holds accreditation from a regional accrediting organization recognized by the .

Whether a course is equivalent to an IU or Purdue course

IU Fort Wayne evaluates coursework from other institutions to determine whether there is an equivalent IU or Purdue course. Coursework that is transferable to IU Fort Wayne but does not have an equivalent IU or Purdue course (as determined by an academic department) will be transferred as undistributed credit.

The grade you received for the course

You must receive a grade of C or better in a course to receive credit for it at IU Fort Wayne. No courses with grades of C– or lower will transfer to IU Fort Wayne.

None of your grades from transferred courses will count in your IU Fort Wayne GPA; however, some IU Fort Wayne academic units may consider those grades for admission or other academic purposes.

How long it’s been since you completed the course

Courses that were completed 10 or more years ago (and in some cases more recently) may not be accepted in some programs of study and must be approved by the IU Fort Wayne school and/or department that houses your degree program.

IU Fort Wayne will not award transfer credit for:

• Courses in which you received a C– or lower.
• Courses and/or credits awarded by another institution for placement examinations or credit by exam, such as Advanced Placement exams or the International Baccalaureate.
• Courses taken at nationally accredited institutions.
• Life and work experience, unless you plan to earn a degree in general studies.
• Remedial, college preparatory, or personal development courses.
• Graduate courses.

As part of your application for admission, you must have official transcripts sent to IU Fort Wayne from each college or university you’ve attended, including:

• Transcripts from any college or university at which you were enrolled but did not complete any classes
• Transcripts from any dual-credit courses or college courses completed while you were in high school

You must contact each school and request that your official transcript be sent to IU Fort Wayne. Transcripts should be mailed to:

We also can accept official transcripts sent electronically from colleges and universities. However, we do not accept emailed PDFs of transcripts; your transcript must be electronically generated from an official system.

Electronic transcripts can be sent to iufw.transcripts@iu.edu. If your school will be sending limited-time credentials that allow us to access their system, be sure to make your request during regular business hours.

If you’re admitted to IU Fort Wayne, you will be able to view your Transfer Credit Report in  about two to three weeks after we notify you of your acceptance. Your Transfer Credit Report will show:

• All the courses you’ve taken at other institutions
• Whether each course will transfer
• If applicable, the equivalent course at IU Fort Wayne for which you will receive credit

The grades you received for coursework taken at other institutions do not transfer to IU Fort Wayne, and they are not included in your GPA unless you are transferring from an IU campus.