UC RIVERSIDE FALL 2025
TRANSFER ADMISSION GUARANTEE TIPS
When to write a TAG:
- UCI will accept TAGs September 1 - 30.
- Students must also submit the UC admissions application by December 2.
TAG Not Available for the Following Major: Art Studio
UC Riverside Eligibility Criteria:
- Earn the minimum required GPA for your intended major by the end of summer 2024:
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
- 3.3 for Psychology plus major preparation
- 3.3 for Theater, Film, and Digital Production
- 2.8 for all other majors
- School of Education (SOE): 2.7
- School of Public Policy: 2.7
- Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE)
- Mechanical Engineering: 3.1 plus major preparation
- Computer Engineering: 3.3 plus major preparation
- Computer Science w/ Business Applications: 3.3 plus major preparation
- Computer Science: 3.6 plus major preparation
- All other majors: 3.0 plus major preparation
- College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS): 2.8 plus major preparation
- School of Business (SB): 2.8 plus major preparation. Completion of IGETC highly recommended.
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
- Selective majors that require major preparation: lower-division major preparation must be completed. To check these requirements, visit the UC Riverside Majors Preparation Guide and www.assist.org.
TAGs NOT available for:
- Students who have baccalaureate degrees.
- Students attending high school in fall 2024, even if simultaneously enrolled at a CCC.
- Former UC students who left UC not in good academic standing.
- Former UC Riverside students except for students enrolled only in summer sessions.
- Students who exceed 80 semester total UC-transferable units, after applying lower-division limits (students with only CCC coursework and AP/IB/A level credits will not exceed this limit).
MORE TIPS:
- PE Activity (KAD) courses - 4 units will transfer and the grades for the best 4 units can be used. Most KAD courses are considered PE Activity courses.
- Some ATHL courses are also considered PE Activity courses and are subject to the same limits; others are considered Theory and subject to higher limits. There are no limitations on the number of units for DANCE courses
- Transferable courses from all colleges attended must be used to determine the UC transfer GPA