Stern Special Program Requirements
All Majors
The Stern School of Business considers transfer students for the fall semester only. As a result, competition is significant and the transfer admission process is highly selective. Students who are most competitive typically present extraordinary records of achievement on both the undergraduate and secondary school levels.
To be considered for transfer admission to the Stern School of Business, you must have completed (or be in the process of completing) one year and 30 - 32 semester hours at your current college or university. This does not include credit awarded by examination or earned at a previous school. If you do not meet this requirement you will not be considered for admission.
Applicants for transfer admission should have completed (or be in the process of completing) semester courses in the following areas: calculus I (or higher), expository writing, microeconomics, statistics, managerial accounting, and financial accounting.* The calculus course must be the equivalent of Calculus I as offered by your school’s mathematics department; courses such as business calculus, elementary calculus, and calculus for social sciences typically do not satisfy the calculus requirement for Stern transfers. Note also that college credit that may have been awarded to you for AP Calculus does not satisfy the Stern mathematics requirement. In addition, Stern will not transfer any AP credit you may have previously been awarded by your current school in Calculus AB or BC, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, or Statistics.
*Note: We understand that some students, especially those transferring as sophomores, may not be able to complete all of the recommended courses by the end of their freshman year. In that case, we ask that you provide an explanation in the “additional information” section of your application for the Committee on Admissions to consider when your application is reviewed.
Please note that all degree candidates in Stern must complete at least 64 consecutive points of course work in residence at Stern immediately preceding the date of graduation.
Also note that the Leonard N. Stern School of Business will not consider for transfer admission students who enter NYU by transferring into another NYU school or college.