FGCU Office of Admissions - Prospective Students

Transfer Admission Requirements

All applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible – up to twelve months before the requested entry date. The application and all official supporting documents must be submitted by the posted deadlines below for the requested entry term. Applications received or completed after the posted deadlines may not be processed for admission into the requested term due to space or time limitations and may be offered admission in the next available term.

Florida Gulf Coast University aims to promptly notify students of their admission status. Students are typically notified within three to four weeks, from the time that their application for admissions is completed. (All portions of application form completed and submitted with fee, all official transcripts and official test scores received) Students interested in applying for Financial Aid and Housing should also be aware of priority deadlines that exist. Transcripts and test scores received and opened by the university may not be transferred to a third party or the applicant and become the sole property of FGCU.

Florida Gulf Coast University separates transfer student types into 2 different categories due to the difference in admission criteria. Those 2 types are Lower Level Transfer and Upper Level Transfer applicants. The differences are noted below. Please read each category to help you decide which application process you should follow. Failure to provide the required documents may slow down the application review process.

Lower Level Transfer Admission Requirements (under 60 semester hours of transferable credit)

Students who are Lower Level Transfer applicants (those with fewer than 60 semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must meet all requirements of incoming first-time-in-college applicants.  The high school and ACT/SAT requirements for first-time-in-college applicants and Lower Level Transfer applicants can be found here.

These students must also have a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in all previous college work and be eligible to return as a degree-seeking student in good standing (with at least a 2.0 GPA) to the last institution attended.

A Lower Level Transfer applicant who meets the State University System Minimum Freshman Eligibility Index for Admission Consideration is not guaranteed admission to the University, even though everything possible will be done to admit all qualified applicants who apply by posted admission deadlines. However, if the number of qualified Lower Level Transfer applicants exceeds the number the University is permitted to enroll in a given term, admission will be on a selective basis.

Foreign Language Requirement

All students admitted must satisfy or meet exemption qualifications from the state foreign language admission requirement. American Sign Language satisfies the criteria of a foreign language for the purposes of this requirement. Students who do not meet this requirement may be admitted with the condition that they fulfill the requirement by completing a two-semester sequence of a foreign language prior to graduation from FGCU.

Students satisfy the requirement by having completed two (2) years of a foreign language sequence in high school or eight (8) or more semester hours of a foreign language sequence in a previously attended college or university. They can demonstrate equivalent foreign language competence through credit awarded on the basis of scores on the foreign language subject matter examinations in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), which must be equivalent to 8 to 10 semester hours of college-level work. Acceptable scores for awarding CLEP credit can be found in the Transferring Credit section of the catalog.

Upper Level Transfer Admission Requirements (at least 60 semester hours of transferable credit)

Students are considered Upper Level Transfer applicants if they have at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions.  If the student's grade point average is at least a cumulative 2.0 on all previous college coursework and the applicant is in good standing at the last institution attended, and meets the College Level Academic Skills (CLAS) requirement, the applicant is admissible to FGCU. 

Students can meet the CLAS requirement by completing the Associate of Arts degree from a public Florida Community College, or by meeting the CLAS alternatives.  Students wil need to have at minimum two English Composition courses AND two college level Mathematics courses, such as Algebra, Statistics, Liberal Arts Mathematics, or Finite Mathematics. A grade point average of 2.5 or higher is required in the two English courses, as well as the two Mathematics courses. Students who have attended a non-Florida college or university or a private Florida college or university should submit ACT or SAT test scores to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.  If a student has not been determined to meet CLAS through one of the alternatives listed, they may not be admitted to the university.  Additionally, test scores may be required for admission to specific limited access programs.

*Applicants who have received an Associate of Arts degree from a public Florida Community College (which includes meeting the College Level Academic Skills (CLAS) requirement) immediately prior to transferring to FGCU and have applied for a non-limited access program will be admitted. The admission of students transferring from a public Florida community college and holding an Associate in Arts degree is governed by the Articulation Agreement between state universities and public community colleges in Florida.  Admission is not guaranteed to programs designated as limited access.

*FGCU has entered into articulation agreements with several public Florida Community Colleges for the purpose of facilitating transfer into FGCU degree programs. Applicants who have received an Associate of Science degree immediately prior to transferring to FGCU will be admitted IF AND ONLY IF the AS degree is in one of the approved disciplines listed below AND from an approved public Florida Community College listed below AND the applicant has applied for the corresponding FGCU degree program listed below. However, transfer applicants with an Associate of Science degree who matriculate to an institution of higher learning and fail to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in additional courses, will not be eligible to transfer to Florida Gulf Coast University. Admission is not guaranteed to programs designated as limited access.

 FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY
AS to BS ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS
PUBLIC FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE	APPROVED FLORIDA INSTITUTIONS	FGCU DEGREE
Business
Business Administration	Statewide Articulation Agreement - All Public Institutions	BS Management
Education
Early Childhood Education	Edison State College	BS Child Development
Health Professions
*Nursing	All Public Community Colleges in Florida	BS Nursing
Cardiovascular Technician	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Dental	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
EMT	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Respiratory Care	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Radiology Technician	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Health Sciences	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Physical Therapy	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Occupational Therapy	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and St. Petersburg College	BS Health Science
Professional Studies
Paralegal Studies/Legal Assisting	Broward College, Edison State College, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Florida Keys Community College, Hillsborough Community College, Miami Dade College, Palm Beach Community College, Pensacola Junior College, Santa Fe College, St. Petersburg College, and Tallahassee Community College	BS Legal Studies
Criminal Justice	Edison State College, Indian River State College, Palm Beach Community College, St. Petersburg College, South Florida Community College, and Tallahassee Community College	BS Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Technology	All Public Community Colleges in Florida	BS Criminal Justice

 

Foreign Language Requirement

All students admitted must satisfy or meet exemption qualifications from the state foreign language admission requirement. American Sign Language satisfies the criteria of a foreign language for the purposes of this requirement. Students who do not meet this requirement may be admitted with the condition that they fulfill the requirement by completing a two-semester sequence of a foreign language prior to graduation from FGCU.

Students satisfy the requirement by having completed two (2) years of a foreign language sequence in high school or eight (8) or more semester hours of a foreign language sequence in a previously attended college or university. Upper Level Transfer applicants may submit an official high school transcript showing they have completed 2 years of foreign language sequence in high school.  They can demonstrate equivalent foreign language competence through credit awarded on the basis of scores on the foreign language subject matter examinations in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), which must be equivalent to 8 to 10 semester hours of college-level work. Acceptable scores for awarding CLEP credit can be found in the Transferring Credit section of the catalog.

Students are exempt from the foreign language requirement if one or more of the following conditions are met:

• The student received an Associate of Arts degree from a Florida public community college prior to September 1, 1989.
• The student enrolled in a program of study leading to an Associate of Arts degree at a Florida public community college prior to August 1989 and who maintained continuous enrollment until admission to and enrollment in Florida Gulf Coast University.