Welcome to the Transfer Student Page (for admitted transfer students)

Quickly identifying and connecting with campus resources is essential for transfer students. This page features information you need to make the most of your academic experience at Stanford.

What You Need to Know Now

Join Mailing Lists to Receive Info About Opportunities that Interest You

Undergraduate Advising and Research maintains email lists to share information relevant to the following opportunities:

• Business School
• Education (graduate school and teaching)
• Health professions (nursing, pre-med, pre-dental, pre-vet, etc.)
• National fellowships (undergraduate and post-graduate)
• Law School
• Research

If you would like to be added to any of the above lists, send an email to [email protected] specifying which list(s) you'd like to join.

The Transfer “Must Do” list

• Become familiar with the Stanford Libraries
• Check out tutoring and academic support resources
• Go to a professor’s office hours
• Learn about the places, spaces, and services that will help you get settled into life on the Farm
• Meet with Sally Mentzer, Coordinator of Transfer Advising
• Meet with your Pre-Major Advisor on regular basis - a quarterly check-in with your PMA is required until you declare a major
• Review Approaching Stanford
• Visit the Hume Writing Center
• Visit your Class Page
  • Sophomores
  • Juniors

What you need to know about transferring credits

Students need 180 units to graduate from Stanford. In addition, students must satisfy requirements in their chosen major. Each department has different major requirements. Units toward your major at another institution are not necessarily transferable as units toward a Stanford major. To understand more about your department’s major requirements and transferring credit:

• Meet with the Student Services Administrator in the department(s) you are considering
• Review the Registrar’s policy on credit transfer
• See the university requirements for graduation
• Visit academic departments/programs

Declaring a Major

Stanford students are encouraged to declare a major by the end of their sophomore year. Students are required to declare a major by the end of the first quarter of their junior year. Transfer students may take until the end of their junior year to declare, but are encouraged to declare earlier.

• Brief advice on choosing majors
• Learn about major requirements

Financial Aid for a Fifth Year

Financial aid in the form of university scholarships is available for a fifth year to finish a first major. A petition needs to be filed with the Financial Aid office. For more information, see the Financial Aid webpage.

Sophomore Seminars and Dialogues

Transfer students are eligible to apply for Sophomore Seminars and Sophomore Dialogues. For more information see the Introductory Seminars page.

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Undergraduate Advising & Research

Undergraduate Advising & Research welcomes and integrates freshmen and transfers into the Stanford family by coordinating the Approaching Stanford process and New Student Orientation and providing programs throughout the academic year. It does so by addressing students' individual transitional needs, connecting students to resources and opportunities, and cultivating an understanding of Stanford's history and traditions.

• Make an advising appointment
• Email us at [email protected]
• Call our front desk at (650) 723-2426
• Visit us on the first floor of Sweet Hall

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