The platinum standard of transferability is college/university-level accreditation with one of the regional accrediting agencies recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

These are:

     1. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

     2. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

     3. The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

     4. The Commission on Technical and Career Institutions of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

     5. The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

     6. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

     7. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

     8. The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Other national accrediting agencies recognized by CHEA, such as the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), will be evaluated on an institution-by-institution basis.

UVF will accept credit from institutions endorsed by the Alliance for Assemblies of God Higher Education. Religious studies courses transfer if they are not doctrinal, confessional, or sectarian in nature. Religious studies courses from public institutions transfer without special review; religious studies courses from all other institutions will be evaluated by the appropriate college or departmental faculty. Member institutions accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE), a national accrediting agency recognized by CHEA, will be recognized. Bible institutes and training centers which have articulation agreements with UVF will be evaluated based on the specifics of the agreement. Bible institutes and training centers which do not have articulation agreements with UVF will only be evaluated for Life Experience credit. This will be done on an institution-by-institution basis.

Credit granted by another institution for non-traditional experiences: College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), American Council on Education (ACE), and military training (Joint Services Transcript (JST) and DSST/DANTES) will be re-evaluated for content and comparability by the Office of Registrar. Credits from technical schools may be considered for transfer when appropriate to a student’s degree program. Credit is not normally transferred from specialized or proprietary institutions, military training, or industry-based education programs. UVF will only accept transfer credit from courses that are taken in a seated, face-to-face format, and online. UVF will not accept correspondence courses for transfer.

Transferable credits are accepted by UVF to the extent that they apply to the student’s declared program of study. Evaluation is done by the Registrar’s Office – in collaboration with Department chairpersons when necessary – and relevant credits are articulated and applied to the transcript accordingly. The relevancy of general courses is determined by the course content and will be accepted for transfer credit according to the Equivalency Requirements for General Education Courses in the full policy.

Transfer credits from other institutions will be limited to a total of 90 credits toward a Bachelor’s Degree and 45 credits toward an Associate’s Degree. This is in compliance with UVF’s policy that the final 30 credits for a Bachelor’s Degree and the final 15 credits for an Associate’s Degree must be taken through UVF to qualify for graduation. UVF follows the recommendations of the joint statement of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, The American Council on Education/Commission of Educational Credit and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation regarding the transfer of credits from institutions of postsecondary education.

Transfer of credits toward a degree program is based on the comparability and applicability of the credit from the sending institutions toward a degree program at UVF. Grades of at least “C” or its equivalent are considered for possible credit. Any change of major will require re-evaluation of transfer credits. UVF will not automatically transfer in credits for Life Experience or non-classroom learning awarded by another institution. UVF will make its own determinations regarding Life Experience or non-classroom learning.

Because of the great variety of types of educational institutions that exist around the world, as well as how difficult it is to assess foreign equivalencies to American terminology and standards, UVF requires academic credit earned from institutions located outside of the United States not only to be documented with transcripts or similar official reports, but also to be evaluated using the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) “Course-by-Course Evaluation.” Transfer credit will be assessed based on equivalency to collegiate work completed at regionally accredited institutions in the United States.

UVF has an articulation agreement with the Continental Theological Seminary in Brussels, Belgium.