There is no official transfer policy for a graduate student to transfer from a graduate program at another university to a graduate program at UCSB. However, it is somewhat common for new faculty hires to “bring their students with them” in some way. This documentation is to explain how we can accommodate that situation with our current existing policies.
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The department or the Graduate Division cannot waive the Senate Regulations that are required for a UCSB PhDgraduate degrees, which are;
Admission - The student has to apply and be admitted to UCSB under the normal application process
Advancement to candidacy - the student must advance to candidacy at UCSB. Qualifying exams from other institutions cannot be recognized
Academic residency (Doctoral Students)- the student has to be enrolled for 3 quarters before being advanced to candidacy, and be enrolled for 6 quarters total before we can award a PhD
Academic residency (master’s students) - the student has to be enrolled for 3 quarters before we can award a master’s degree (or for six quarter for the MFA)
Capstone (master’s students) - the final capstone (project/comprehensive exam/thesis) must be completed at UCSB
Master’s Coursework - All students must meet the departmental unit requirement for the degree. Students may transfer up to 8 units (non-UC) and 12 units (UC) from another institution, but only if those units are at the graduate level, and the student was enrolled in a graduate program and they did not receive a graduate degree from that program. Full policy can be found here.
Dissertation - the student must file a dissertation approved by their UCSB dissertation committee
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