The University of California Campuses

The University of California has nine campus; Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. All except Berkeley and Merced are on a quarter system. While all campuses have similar general lower division requirements and will accept a maximum of seventy semester units of transfer work, there are some significant differences among them.

UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720

(510) 642-6000 www.berkeley.edu

UC Davis

One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-5011 www.ucdavis.edu

UC Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697

(949) 824-5011 www.uci.edu

UC Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA 90095

(310) 825-4321 www.ucla.edu

UC Merced

5200 N. Lake Road

Merced, CA 95343

(209) 228-4400 www.ucmerced.edu

UC Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521

(951) 827-1012 www.ucr.edu

UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093

(858) 534-2230 www.ucsd.edu

UC Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

(805) 893-8000 www.ucsb.edu

UC Santa Cruz

1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(831) 459-0111 www.ucsc.edu

Minimum Admission Requirements for Transfer Applicants

A transfer applicant, according to the University, is a student who has enrolled in a regular session at another college or university after high school. A student who meets this definition cannot disregard his or her college record and apply as a freshman.

California Residents

To qualify for admission to the University as a transfer student, a student must meet one of the three sets of requirements described below. The pathway the student follows depends upon whether he/she was eligible for admission to the University when he/she graduated from high school.

California residents must have at least a “C” (2.0) average in all transferable college coursework. The Subject, Scholarship and Examination Requirements referred to below can be explained by a counselor.

1. Students who were eligible for admission to the University when they graduated from high school -- meaning they satisfied the Subject, Scholarship and Examination Requirements -- are eligible to transfer if they have a “C” (2.0) average in transferable coursework.
2. Students who met the Scholarship Requirement but not the Subject Requirement must take transferable college courses in the missing subjects, earn a “C” or better in each required course and have an overall 2.00 GPA in all transferable coursework to be eligible to transfer.
3. Students who wish to transfer to the university at the junior level must fulfill both of the following criteria:
   1. Complete 60 semester units of transferable college credit with a grade point average of at least 2.4 (no more than 14 semester units may be taken Credit/No Credit) and,
   2. Complete the following seven course pattern, earning a grade of “C” or better in each course:
      • Two transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) in English composition; and
      • One transferable college course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) in mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning; and
      • Four transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) chosen from at least two of the following subject areas: the arts and humanities, the social and behavioral sciences and the physical and biological sciences.

(Students who satisfy the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) prior to transferring to UC will satisfy section 3b above of the transfer admission requirements.) Visit www.assist.org for a list of UC-transferable courses at Crafton Hills College.

Nonresidents

The minimum admission requirements for nonresident transfer applicants are the same as those for residents, except that non-residents must have a grade point average of 2.8 or higher in all transferable college coursework.