Credit Transfer
Preserve your academic progress by transferring your graduate credits to Windsor University. Finish your master's degree with purpose and momentum.
*Based on 12-month Accelerated MBA tuition of $360 per course. All rules are in our Transfer of Credit Policy.
On this page: jump to a section
Why transfer credit?
Graduate credit you already earned can shorten your Windsor MBA by up to 5 courses and lower your tuition.
Finish sooner
Skip up to 5 of the MBA's 10 courses (15 of 30 credits).
Pay less
You only pay for courses you take at Windsor. In the 12-month Accelerated MBA, each course you transfer saves $360, up to $1,800.
Free, quick answer
The credit review is free, and you get a written decision within a few business days.
Your GPA is safe
Transferred courses count toward graduation but don't affect your Windsor GPA.
Credits you can bring
Already earned graduate credit, on campus or online, or learned it on the job? These four kinds can count toward your Windsor MBA.
University credit
Graduate courses from another university, on campus or online.
See more details →ACE credit
Courses and training the American Council on Education recommends for graduate credit.
See more details →edX MicroMasters
A completed MicroMasters program in a business subject.
See more details →Prior learning experience
What you learned in the military, at work, through on-the-job training or an apprenticeship.
See more details →University credit
The most common route. Send your official transcript and we compare each course with ours.
What counts
Graduate courses from a university in the U.S., or one recognized by its country's ministry of education. This includes graduate courses you took online through a university on Coursera or edX, when they appear on that university's transcript.
What to send
Your official transcript, sent directly by your university to [email protected], plus course descriptions or syllabi. Transcripts not in English need a certified English translation.
ACE credit
If the American Council on Education (ACE) recommended your course for graduate credit, send us your ACE Transcript.
What counts
Courses and professional training with a graduate-level ACE credit recommendation, from providers such as edX, Coursera and others.
What to send
Your official ACE Transcript, sent from your Credly account, plus your course certificate.
ACE credit recommended at the undergraduate level can't be used toward the MBA. Not sure which level you have? Email us and we'll check for you.
edX MicroMasters
Finished a MicroMasters but didn't continue with the partner university? Bring it to Windsor and we'll match its courses to ours.
What to send
Your MicroMasters certificate and your edX program record link. On edX: Profile → View My Records → View Program Record → Copy program record link.
Which programs count?
Business-related MicroMasters programs, such as project management, leadership or entrepreneurship. We review each completed program course by course and confirm which Windsor courses it can replace.
Prior learning experience
Learned it on the job? If your work, military service or training covers what one of our courses teaches, you can earn credit for it.
What counts
Learning from employment, military service, on-the-job training or an apprenticeship that matches at least 70% of what a Windsor MBA course teaches. A faculty member reviews it against our syllabus.
What to send
Your résumé; an employer letter on letterhead (role, duties, dates), your military record or a training certificate; and a short statement (about one page per course) explaining how your experience matches the course.
Experience counts toward the same limit as other credit: up to 15 of the MBA's 30 credits in total. We may ask for a short interview or a work sample if we need more detail.
Will my credit count?
If your course passes these six checks, it can replace a Windsor course. Prior learning experience (military, work, training) is reviewed as described in Section 06.
- Graduate levelShown on your transcript or ACE recommendation.
- Grade C or higherNo age limit on when you took it.
- At least 3 creditsOr several courses in one subject adding up to 3.
- Same learningCovers at least 70% of what our course teaches.
- Not used beforeNot part of the degree you used to get admitted.
- Can be verifiedWe can confirm it with the school, ACE or edX.
How it works
Request credit when you apply, and always before you start the Windsor course you want to skip.
Apply to Windsor
On your admission form, say you want transfer credit.
Send your proof of credit
Transcript, ACE Transcript, MicroMasters record or work-experience documents, to [email protected].
We review each course
A faculty member compares each course with our syllabus.
Get your written decision
What was accepted, what wasn't and why, and what you still need to take.
Within a few business daysStart with a shorter plan
Your study plan and tuition are updated before your next term.
Don't wait: credit can't be added after you've started the Windsor course it would replace. For every rule, read the full Transfer of Credit Policy.
Evaluate your credits today
Send us your transcript, ACE Transcript, MicroMasters record or proof of your work experience. We'll tell you, for free, which Windsor courses you can skip.
Full rules are in our Transfer of Credit Policy and the Student Catalog.