Transfer admission requirements
You must meet minimum UC subject and scholarship requirements for transfer admission. However, students admitted to UC Davis also need to meet any additional GPA thresholds.
UC transferable units
Complete at least 60 semester or 90 quarter UC transferable units by the end of the spring term prior to fall enrollment.
Courses
Complete the following 7-course pattern by the end of spring term prior to enrollment with C grades or better.
- Two transferable courses in English composition
- One transferable course in mathematical or quantitative reasoning
- Four transferable courses from at least two of the following subject areas:
- Arts and humanities
- Social and behavioral sciences
- Physical and biological sciences
Students need to complete all required course work — this includes selective major prerequisites — by end of spring, prior to fall enrollment.
GPA requirements
Earn at least a 2.40 GPA in UC-transferable courses (2.80 for California non-residents) to meet UC requirements. UC Davis requires a minimum 2.80 GPA for admission.
Selective majors require higher overall, series and group GPAs. Transfer Admission Guarantee, or TAG, requires various GPAs for admission to different colleges. Strive to achieve the highest GPA.
Selective major requirements
Some majors at UC Davis require additional major preparation courses for admission. Select your college below to view its list of selective majors. All selective majors except business, computer science and data science are open to TAG.
- College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- College of Biological Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Letters and Science
- Graduate School of Management
Class standing
Very few lower-division transfers are admitted. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences occasionally considers applications from students with less than junior-level standing. All other academic divisions only consider applications from junior-level transfers.
Pass/No Pass units
Students may take up to but not exceed 14 semester (21 quarter) Pass/No Pass units. Due to COVID-19, courses taken with Pass/No Pass or Credit/No Credit grading in the winter, spring and summer terms of 2020 do not count toward this limit.
Learn about the Transfer Admission Guarantee
TAG offers eligible California Community College students in select majors a guaranteed path to UC Davis. Students who meet GPA, coursework and application requirements can secure early admission and jumpstart their transfer journey.