Transfer Students
Where you choose to transform yourself can make all the difference in the world.
Each year, about 40 percent of our entering class is comprised of transfer students — people who believe AU’s supportive, student-centered environment will help them finish what they started.
AU offers flexible transfer policies and scholarships specifically for transfer students.
As a transfer student at AU, you''ll also benefit from:
- Strong academics: You can choose from 40 undergraduate majors and 34 minors at the Aurora campus and 14 degree programs at George Williams College
- Small class sizes: Our student-faculty ratio is 15:1 and our average class size is 23 students. (At the George Williams College campus, the average class size is 15).
- Transformative faculty: Our expert faculty members are approachable, supportive and engaging.
- Evening classes: AU was one of the first liberal arts colleges in the nation to offer evening programs.
- Important partnerships: AU teams up with like-minded institutions and organizations so that you can blend the knowledge you gain in the classroom with real-world experiences.
- Hands-on learning opportunities: Research projects, clinical placements and internships are just some of the ways AU prepares you to excel in the world.
- Extracurricular activities: AU offers more than 60 musical, literary, religious, social and service organizations while George Williams College has various recreational activities.
- Excellent facilities: Both of our campuses provide the facilities you need to excel — and beautiful surroundings in which to transform yourself.
- A great location: AU is nestled in a residential neighborhood in Aurora, the second largest city in Illinois, and at George Williams College on the banks of Geneva Lake. AU is ideally located along the high-tech East-West Corporate Corridor and George Williams College is located along the Wisconsin/Illinois border, within short driving distances to major metropolitan cities like Chicago; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; and Rockford, IL.
To continue your transformation as a transfer student at AU, you must:
- Complete at least 15 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale)
- Submit an application with official transcripts from all schools attended (high school transcripts are only required if less than 30 transferable semester hours have been completed)
Visit AU
So that you can be certain AU’s transformative education is for you, we suggest that you visit campus. While you’re here, take a tour and meet with faculty and staff to learn more about:
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