Transfer Orientation and Support

Absolutely! There are a multitude of on campus resources available to all of our matriculated students. Additionally as a transfer student you will also be registered for a Transfer First Year Experience course which meets regularly throughout your first semester and has both a professional staff member and current student serving as mentors. The goal of the First Year Experience program is to CONNECT students with each other, faculty, staff, and the University; to INSPIRE excellence during this transitionary period; and for students to THRIVE holistically as the acclimate to being a part of the Fairfield University Community.

Yes, the Fairfield University Heath Center requires that students submit a confidential health history to document proof of immunizations which are required by Connecticut state law. Additional information can be found at www.fairfield.edu/immunization.

The first step prior to registering for classes is to contact your academic dean’s office to set up an initial meeting. If your semester has concluded, please be sure that you have had a final transcript sent to your dean’s office in advance of your conversation. At this meeting you will discuss any questions regarding your credit evaluation, and what classes you might want to consider taking during the upcoming semester. They will support you through the registration process. You can contact them at the telephone number listed in your letter of admission.

In order to earn a bachelor’s degree, Fairfield University requires that you complete a minimum of 120 credits; sixty of those credits must be earned at Fairfield. You will discuss this further at your initial meeting with a representative of your academic dean’s office.

We sometimes ask for a syllabus even if a course has been accepted as an elective because we would like to evaluate the class for credit in your specific major or to evaluate if we may be able to transfer it to satisfy a core requirement. We encourage you to submit these syllabi via email to transferadmis@fairfield.edu as soon as possible, ideally in advance of your meeting with your academic dean. Once syllabi are received, they can be reviewed by the appropriate department chair if necessary. If the syllabi are not submitted in advance of your advising meeting, please bring them with you to that conversation so that they can be taken into account when registering for the upcoming term.

Once you enroll at Fairfield University, you will schedule a meeting with a representative of your academic dean’s office to receive academic advising and to register for classes. In advance of this meeting, please send the requested syllabi for the particular classes to transferadmis@fairfield.edu. This will allow our advisors and department chairs an opportunity to potentially review the additional information prior to your scheduled meeting. During your advising meeting, you will speak with an academic dean about these courses and discuss whether we will be able to accept them for credit at Fairfield University.

If you have not yet done so, you should contact College Board directly and have them send an official score report to Fairfield University. You can then discuss your scores, and what classes they may count as, during your initial meeting with an academic dean.

If you have already completed both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile, you should hear from the Office of Financial Aid within approximately two weeks of receiving your admission decision. If you have specific questions, you can always contact them directly at (203) 254-4125.

You should always feel comfortable contacting the Office of Student Engagement at (203) 254-4053 or at orientation@fairfield.edu. We’re happy to answer your questions, or point you in the right direction.