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Transfer Application Process

What are we looking for?

St. Thomas admits transfer students on a rolling basis for both the fall and spring semesters.

We review applications throughout the year until the beginning of each semester, so there is no specific application deadline. Just complete your application and we'll have a decision for you within two weeks.

Guaranteed Admission

For students who have completed an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC), admission is guaranteed, given students have met all the eligibility criteria. 

To receive guaranteed admission, a student must:

• Complete the application process
• Have a cumulative college GPA of 3.0 (at least 1.7 per course)
• Submit official transcripts for all previous post-secondary institutions
• AA degree and MnTC must be noted on the final official transcript

How to Apply

Apply online (for free) using our application for transfer students:

• Contact Admissions

Parts of the Application

Transcript(s)

Essay

Other Materials

Transcripts (Required)

High school and college transcripts are required from ALL schools and institutions you've attempted credits from – including PSEO or dual-enrollment credits and/or your from the military.

A high school transcript is only required from transfer students if you have completed fewer than 24 transferable college-level semester (36 quarter) credits.

Transcripts must be mailed, faxed, emailed or sent electronically to us directly from the school.

Please note transfer students who enroll at the university are required to provide all final official transcripts, including high school transcript if required, prior to registering for courses in their second semester of enrollment. 

Essay (Recommended)

Though you aren't technically required to answer our essay questions, we highly recommend that you do. We want to learn a little about you as a person and this is our way of doing it.

We accept an essay based on our prompts or a paper you have written for class. Here are the current essay prompts:

1. Discuss a meaningful contribution you have made through involvement in school, church or community activities.
2. Describe an event, a person or an educational experience that has had a major impact on your life and why.
3. Share additional information about your personal story that would be beneficial to the application review process. What do you want the readers to know about you apart from courses, grades and test scores?

We recommend that your essay be one to two pages long.

We also ask a second essay question about your experience with diversity and inclusion. This essay is also optional, but will give you a chance to reflect and speak from your heart.

Other Materials (Optional)

Letters of Recommendation and Test Scores (Optional)

You're welcome to submit any letters of recommendation, official (school code: 2102) or (school code: 6110) test scores or any other materials you think will enhance your application.

Contact your admissions counselor for advice on what to submit.

Code of Conduct (Subject to Future Request)

The University of St. Thomas may require you to submit a Code of Conduct form. The Office of Admissions will contact you directly after an initial application review is completed if this form is needed. The form requests information about a student's disciplinary history. Most commonly, it should be completed by you and your most recently attended U.S. college/university. 

If admitted, you will also be asked to complete a prior delinquency/criminal history review. Admitted students will be contacted about this review after an offer of admission is extended. All offers of admission are contingent on successful clearance of the prior disciplinary and delinquency/criminal history review, as determined solely by St. Thomas.

To fill out the form electronically, please use the "Fill & Sign" option in Adobe Acrobat.

Transcript(s)

Transcripts (Required)

High school and college transcripts are required from ALL schools and institutions you've attempted credits from – including PSEO or dual-enrollment credits and/or your from the military.

A high school transcript is only required from transfer students if you have completed fewer than 24 transferable college-level semester (36 quarter) credits.

Transcripts must be mailed, faxed, emailed or sent electronically to us directly from the school.

Please note transfer students who enroll at the university are required to provide all final official transcripts, including high school transcript if required, prior to registering for courses in their second semester of enrollment. 

Essay

Essay (Recommended)

Though you aren't technically required to answer our essay questions, we highly recommend that you do. We want to learn a little about you as a person and this is our way of doing it.

We accept an essay based on our prompts or a paper you have written for class. Here are the current essay prompts:

1. Discuss a meaningful contribution you have made through involvement in school, church or community activities.
2. Describe an event, a person or an educational experience that has had a major impact on your life and why.
3. Share additional information about your personal story that would be beneficial to the application review process. What do you want the readers to know about you apart from courses, grades and test scores?

We recommend that your essay be one to two pages long.

We also ask a second essay question about your experience with diversity and inclusion. This essay is also optional, but will give you a chance to reflect and speak from your heart.

Other Materials

Other Materials (Optional)

Letters of Recommendation and Test Scores (Optional)

You're welcome to submit any letters of recommendation, official (school code: 2102) or (school code: 6110) test scores or any other materials you think will enhance your application.

Contact your admissions counselor for advice on what to submit.

Code of Conduct (Subject to Future Request)

The University of St. Thomas may require you to submit a Code of Conduct form. The Office of Admissions will contact you directly after an initial application review is completed if this form is needed. The form requests information about a student's disciplinary history. Most commonly, it should be completed by you and your most recently attended U.S. college/university. 

If admitted, you will also be asked to complete a prior delinquency/criminal history review. Admitted students will be contacted about this review after an offer of admission is extended. All offers of admission are contingent on successful clearance of the prior disciplinary and delinquency/criminal history review, as determined solely by St. Thomas.

To fill out the form electronically, please use the "Fill & Sign" option in Adobe Acrobat.