FAQ

The Transfer Credit Unit confirms your transfer credit eligibility, the accreditation of your institutions and the accuracy of your grades. Then they route your application to the appropriate teaching department for review. A subject area expert from the teaching department will assess your course outline and determine equivalency.

Your professor or program department can't issue transfer credits. Follow the process for how to apply for transfer credits.

We don't recommend that you drop a course before official transfer credit results are available. Check your Transfer Credit Report regularly.

It’s best to adjust your schedule immediately after getting your official transfer credit results. Refer to the significant dates section of the undergraduate calendar and contact your academic advisor for help.

If you’ve studied at a college or university in Canada, you can apply for transfer credits after you apply for admission to a TMU program. If you’ve attended post-secondary studies at an accredited institution outside of Canada, you’ll need to accept an Offer of Admission to TMU before we can assess your courses for transfer credits.

Yes, you can apply for transfer credit, however course content is subject to change over time. In order to meet current curriculum, accreditation and learning outcome requirements, some courses completed 10 years ago or more may not be recognized for transfer credit (e.g. Computer Science, Nursing, Media Studies, etc.).

Submit your request via email to tcredits@torontomu.ca. You must reference your TMU Student Number and name, and indicate the transfer credit you want removed from your record.

Once your application has been processed, you can’t edit your IP grades. Please arrange for the submission of an updated transcript and we’ll update the IP marks within two weeks of receiving it.

If your course only covers the subject matter of one TMU course, you may receive a single credit. If you feel that an additional credit may have been overlooked, submit a Transfer Credit Reassessment Form to have your application reconsidered.

As long as you received a successful upload message, your application and course outline was received. You’ll receive an email once we begin processing your application. If you’ve been newly admitted and will be starting your program in the fall, processing will begin in May.

Use the lookup tool on the application to access a list of courses we’ve evaluated. If your course isn’t there, it will be displayed in red. To have it added to our database, email tcredits@torontomu.ca with the following information: 

1. Name of the institution 
2. Course code and course title as it appears on your transcript
3. Year the course was taken
4. Grade received
5. Your TMU Student Number

The course will then be added to our database and you can continue with your application.

Yes, you can submit a Transfer Credit Reassessment Form to have your application reconsidered.

If you're applying for a liberal studies transfer credit, the course content needs to be related and meet the strict writing requirement in the liberal studies policy. 

Writing courses aren't eligible for liberal studies. The following assignment types don't qualify for the writing requirement:

To receive a specific credit, your course must be equivalent. When equivalency can’t be established, sometimes a generic transfer credit is provided.

All courses must meet the writing requirement to be considered for a liberal studies credit.

Unfortunately these credits don’t meet the requirements of a liberal studies credit. Please refer to the "My transfer credits and TMU curriculum" section on the My Results page for more information.

We highly recommend attending your program’s orientation session for information. You can also contact your program advisor. They can help you determine if any of the non-applicable courses shown in your Advisement Report can be directed toward your program requirements.