The following policies and procedures apply to all on-admission transfer credit students at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
General Eligibility Requirements:
All courses eligible for transfer credit are subjected to the guidelines of the individual departmental and program areas.
May be eligible for transfer credit consideration at U of T Mississauga
- Diploma or degree level courses taken at a post-secondary institution recognized by the University of Toronto.
- Secondary school students in a dual enrolment program who are concurrently taking post-secondary courses at an accredited post-secondary institution may be eligible for a maximum of 3.0 transfer credit. Offers holders can contact transfer.utm@utoronto.ca to determine their eligibility.
- Secondary school students taking courses in an eligible curriculum. Please visit High School & Secondary Curriculum for more details.
Not eligible for transfer credit consideration at U of T Mississauga
- Business-related courses completed at an institution that is not a member of Universities Canada are not eligible for transfer credit at U of T Mississauga.
- Courses completed at a recognized post-secondary institution must be completed at the institution in order to be eligible for credit. U of T Mississauga will not recognize courses earned by: challenge for credit, PLAR (Prior Learning And Recognition), or received transfer credits (i.e. from a curriculum or institution U of T does not deem eligible/accredited).
- U of T Mississauga does not grant transfer credits for courses that are practical, clinical, internship, or pedagogical in nature or for courses that are more appropriate for programs taught in other Faculties of the University (e.g., Graduate Studies, Education, Engineering, Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Law).
- U of T Mississauga does not grant transfer credits for Graduate or professional level courses.
- Credits completed at private colleges are not eligible for transfer credit consideration at U of T Mississauga.
- Courses offered through third-party affiliations will not be eligible for transfer credit assessment. Transfer credits from other institutions, including online or distance courses, are granted at the sole discretion of the University of Toronto Mississauga.
- Courses offered through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), professional training certificates or career level learning are not eligible for transfer credit as they are not degree or diploma level courses (i.e. edX, Coursera, Google Certificates etc.)
Maximum Credits
There are limits to the number of transfer credits a student may receive.
To find out how many transfer credits you may be eligible for, please select the type of institution you are transferring from on the Transfer Credits page.
How are Equivalencies Determined?
The Transfer Credit team collects and organizes your documentation (transcripts, course outlines, syllabi, etc.). We determine transfer credit eligibility by performing a preliminary assessment of your documentation. Once you have submitted detailed course outlines for review, we will forward these to our Subject Matter Experts (SME) within the various academic departments at U of T Mississauga. These SME's then determine whether the course covered content that is sufficient for specified or unspecified credits within their respective departments. The assessment of each course, therefore, is subject to the guidelines and standards of the department reviewing the course curriculum.
The following are some considerations we review:
Content and Level
Credit Weight
Academic Structure
Textbook Used
Grading and Assessment Type
Grade Achieved (equivalent of 60% minimum)
Exception: CEGEP 65%
There are 3 types of transfer credits that can be awarded:
Specified
Specified credits are awarded for courses that have significant overlap with a course offered at U of T Mississauga – for example BIO152H5 or PSY100Y5.
Specified credits can be used to satisfy degree, distribution, and program requirements.
Unspecified
Unspecified credits are awarded for courses that have content that is appropriate within a program area at U of T Mississauga, but the content, credit weight, and/or level does not have significant overlap to warrant a specified credit – for example HIS1**H5 or SOC2**H5.
Unspecified credits can be awarded with or without exclusions.
Unspecified credits can be used to satisfy degree and distribution requirements. These credits typically cannot be used to satisfy program requirements.
Generic
Generic credits are awarded for courses that do not fit within a specific program area or discipline, and for courses completed within the Ontario College system.
Generic credits can be used to satisfy degree and distribution requirements only. They cannot be used towards satisfying program requirements.
Generic credits are awarded using the following course designators:
- HUM for the distribution requirement in Humanities
- SCI for the distribution requirement in Sciences
- SSc for the distribution requirement in Social Sciences
Grade Requirements
For students transferring from the Faculty of Arts and Science, U of T Scarborough and/or the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, all courses and grades completed there will be retained to your U of T Mississauga academic record.
For all other institutions and U of T divisions (Faculty of Music, Kinesiology, and Applied Sciences and Engineering), previous grades will not be transferred to a student’s U of T Mississauga record.
The minimum grade requirement for transfer credit consideration is a 60% (or “C-” where 50% or “D-” is the passing grade). Students with previous CEGEP studies may be eligible to receive transfer credit for academic courses where a minimum grade of 65% is achieved. For institutions that have a different grading scale, we require a full letter grade or 10% higher than the minimum passing grade (i.e. comparable to a “C-” grade at U of T Mississauga). Courses graded as a Pass/Fail or with narrative/qualitative evaluations are not eligible for transfer credit. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we may accept courses graded on a Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit scale for transfer credit review if completed during the Winter 2020 academic term only. Exceptions to this rule apply.
Remember: All transfer credits are assessed on a case-by-case basis and there is no guarantee that you will receive transfer credit. The purpose of the transfer credit assessment process is to determine what transfer credit, if any, you are entitled to.
Program Requirements
Admitted students who receive 4.0 transfer credits or more are permitted to select Subject POSts on ACORN. Please note that you may be restricted from selecting Type 2 or Type 3 Subject POSts depending on the transfer credits you received, your current grades, and/or the time of year. Once you have received your final, official transfer credit assessment, we recommend speaking with the academic department of the program(s) you are interested in as well as a member of the Advising team in the Office of the Registrar.
It is important to note that admission to U of T Mississauga does not guarantee enrolment in any specific courses or programs. You will still have to enrol in a program and complete the program requirements.
If you are pursuing a second degree at U of T Mississauga, you may be able to use previous studies (not necessarily transferred) to meet prerequisite or program requirement at the discretion of the department/program area concerned.
A note on some programs:
Biology
Cumulative GPA for enrolment in any Biology Program of Study (POSt) is calculated based on a minimum of 4.0 credits completed at UTM with final percentage grades (i.e. CR/ NCR courses do not factor into this calculation).
Commerce and Management
Students with transfer credits should consult directly with the Department of Management as they may wish to retake certain program prerequisites if awarded equivalencies.
On-Admission Transfer Credit Appeals
You have until the end of your first term (December 31) at U of T Mississauga to request changes to your assessment. Changes may include: submission of outstanding course outlines for review, departmental interviews (if applicable), reassessment or credit adjustment requests, and requesting generic and unspecified credits without exclusions be marked as "extra".
How can I appeal my transfer credit assessment?
If you wish to have a credit re-evaluated, you must submit your request for an appeal via our online inquiry form for Transfer Students. Please ensure you include your U of T student number in the form, and the following information in the inquiry:
Your full name and U of T Student Number;
The specific course(s) you would like reassessed;
Your rationale for wanting the course(s) reassessed; and
Documentation to support your appeal - i.e. a sufficiently detailed course outline that U of T Mississauga did not have when the original assessment was made. We cannot request a department reassess a course using the same information they used to make their initial assessment.
Please note: Your appealed assessment is your final assessment. You cannot revert back to your original assessment after you have had an appeal.
Transfer credit appeals are typically processed in August/September when initial transfer credit assessments for newly-admitted students have been completed.
Marking Transfer Credit As Extra
You can request to have eligible generic and unspecified transfer credits without exclusions marked as “Extra” on your academic record. Transfer credits can not be forfeited. More information can be found at the following pages:
Request to Mark Post-Secondary Transfer Credit as Extra
Request to Mark Secondary School Transfer Credit as Extra
Degree Requirements
At least 13.0 credits at the 200+ level (including a minimum of 6.0 credits at the 300/400 level) are required to successfully complete your degree.
While students may receive more than one full-credit equivalency at the 300/400 level, only one (1.0) such credit may be used to fulfill the 300/400-level degree requirement. Please consult the Academic Calendar for more information.
Required Documentation
Course Outlines and Syllabi
If you attended a Canadian university, you can review Transfer Explorer for previously assessed equivalencies. Should any of your previous courses not appear in this database, you will be required to submit detailed course outlines (i.e. syllabi) for us to have the course(s) assessed.
NOTE: If you attended an Ontario college belonging to the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs), you do not need to submit syllabi for your courses.
All course outlines can be uploaded when submitting your transfer credit application. Files containing course outlines should be uploaded as PDF or Word documents, one file per course.
Official English translations must accompany transcripts and course outlines that are issued in a language other than English.
NOTE: Failure to provide sufficiently detailed course outlines or syllabi will delay the processing of your transfer credit assessment.
Official Final Transcripts
Please refer to your JOIN U of T “Terms and Conditions of your Admission” and “Your Admission Checklist” for instructions on what official documents are required and how they should be submitted to U of T Mississauga.
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