Transfer applicants for admission are students who have earned college credit elsewhere at regionally accredited collegiate institutions and wish to transfer to KSU with all acceptable credits to continue their collegiate studies.

KSU's Office of the Registrar conducts transfer evaluations and accepts transfer credit only from such accredited institutions, only in courses comparable to KSU courses or in subject fields appropriate for KSU degrees, only when the grades earned are sufficiently high for the transfer courses to meet KSU degree requirements, and only when the grades on all acceptable credit for transfer average 2.0 or better. Coursework completed more than 10 years prior to admission to Kennesaw State University may not be accepted for transfer unless its currency is validated by the appropriate university officials.

Students planning to transfer from another college must make arrangements for each college previously attended to forward a complete official transcript to the Office of Admissions at Kennesaw State University. Official transcripts are required, regardless of the applicant's wishes concerning transfer credit, and must be mailed directly from the sending institution to the Office of University Admissions.

Transfer students' records will be evaluated in the same manner as Kennesaw State University resident students. If admitted, transfer applicants who are eligible to re-enroll at their last college or university attended and have cumulative grade point averages less than 2.0 will be placed automatically on academic probation at KSU. Transfer students admitted on academic probation must complete 12 quarter hours at KSU with at least a 2.0 grade point average before probationary status is removed. Failure to maintain a 2.0 average in any quarter while on academic probation will result in academic dismissal from the University.

Transfer applicants who have been academically dismissed from their previous institution may not enter Kennesaw State until they are fully eligible to return to their former institution and/or have been out of school an amount of time equal to that of a Kennesaw State student in a similar dismissal status.

Students transferring from another institution in the University System of Georgia must have satisfied any and all developmental studies requirements before being admitted to KSU.

All admission application deadlines cited earlier apply to transfer applicants. All of the documents cited earlier and required for a complete application file apply to transfer applicants with the following exceptions:

a) High school transcripts are not required for applicants with 45 or more quarter hours of acceptable transfer credit. (All college and university transcripts are required, however.)
b) SAT I or ACT scores are not required for applicants with 45 or more quarter hours of acceptable transfer credit.
c) Freshman transfer applicants may be required to take the College Placement Examinations (CPE) or COMPASS in English and/or math depending upon SAT/ACT scores.

Transfer Freshman Admission Standards
Applicants with fewer than 45 quarter hours (or 30 semester hours) of acceptable transfer credit must meet the same admissions requirements identified earlier for freshmen admitted from high school. However, freshman transfer applicants who graduated from high school prior to 1988 are not subject to the completion of the University System's College Preparatory Curriculum requirements. Freshman transfer applicants may be required to take the College Placement Examinations (CPE) or COMPASS in English and/or math depending upon SAT/ACT scores.

Transfer Admission Standards for Sophomores and Upperclassmen
Transfer applicants with sufficient transferrable hours to be classified as a sophomore, junior or senior at KSU must have completed any and all developmental studies requirements prior to admission and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in the previous institutions attended.