Carry the credits you have already earned into a UGC-recognised university and continue from the right semester. Used most for B.E. and B.Tech.
Every course you pass in a degree earns you credits, and those credits stay on your record. If you could not finish, whether because of backlogs, a break in your studies, a move to another city or a college that did not suit you, the work you have already done is not lost.
Credit transfer is how another university recognises it. The university compares the courses you have passed with its own syllabus, one by one, and admits you to the semester where you should continue. You study the remaining courses there, and that university awards the degree.
Most students who take this route are in engineering, where many leave college with only a few papers pending. Revamp Consultancy helps you find out what you can carry forward, which universities will accept it, and what to check before you pay a fee.
All three let you continue without repeating what you have finished. They are meant for different students, and different rules apply to each.
National rules set two limits that most advertisements leave out. At least half of the degree must be earned at the university that awards it, and credits do not stay valid for ever. Move the slider to see what that means for you.
Count only the courses you passed. One semester with every course cleared is about 20 credits.
You have passed more than half of the degree. Only half can count towards a degree from another university, so plan for about four semesters there.
Credits from 2021-22 onwards can be held in your Academic Bank of Credits account, and the new university receives them from there.
This is an illustration, not an evaluation. It uses 160 credits, the figure in AICTE's model curriculum for B.Tech.; universities differ a little. The university you apply to decides, course by course, which of your credits match its syllabus, and it may accept fewer than the limit shown here.
Credit transfer is an academic process with conditions. These are the situations we see most often, and what usually applies in each.
You carry credits only for the courses you passed. Courses you failed or did not write are studied and examined again at the new university, under its syllabus. Transfer gives you a fresh start on those papers. It does not waive them.
You can usually return if your earlier university was recognised and your credits are recent enough. The national limit for redeeming credits is seven years, and a university may set a shorter one.
Family, work, health or a change of city are common reasons. You continue in the same programme and branch, and you need a migration certificate from the university you are leaving.
Every university fixes a maximum period for finishing a degree. If yours has passed, re-admission there may be closed, and credit transfer to another university may be the route left open, as long as your credits are still valid.
That is lateral entry, not credit transfer. You enter the second year of B.E. or B.Tech. directly. AICTE norms ask for at least 45% marks in the diploma, or 40% for reserved categories.
Credit transfer is used most in engineering. Some universities also accept it for other degrees.
For students who began an engineering degree at an affiliated college or a university and did not complete it.
Offered by fewer universities. Availability depends on each university's policy for the year.
Tell us your branch, the university you studied under and the semesters you have cleared. We will check which universities currently accept that combination.
Credit transfer is not a scheme run by any agency. It rests on regulations that apply to every university in India. These are the ones that matter to you.
Sources: University Grants Commission (ugc.gov.in), Academic Bank of Credits (abc.gov.in) and All India Council for Technical Education (aicte.gov.in). Regulations are amended from time to time, and each university adds its own policy within them. We check the current position for the university you choose.
Students who are anxious to finish are easy to mislead. Newspapers have reported agents who sold forged certificates in the name of credit transfer. Knowing the difference protects your money and your career.
These are the universities most often named for credit transfer in B.Tech. Each is a private university set up under a State Act, and each fixes its own transfer policy, fee and intake.
These names are listed for information only. They are not a ranking, and listing does not mean Revamp Consultancy is an authorised representative of the university. Recognition, approvals and policies can change, so we check each one again at the time you apply.
We go through these with every student, for the university they have chosen.
The university evaluates your credits from these. Clear scanned copies are enough to begin, and originals are shown at admission.
A university may ask for more, such as a course completion or no-objection letter from your earlier college. We tell you the exact list once you choose a university.
We guide you from the first look at your mark sheets to the day you complete the degree. The university evaluates your credits, admits you, conducts the examinations and awards the degree.
We go through your mark sheets and syllabus, and tell you plainly what is likely to carry forward and what is not.
We suggest universities whose transfer policy fits your branch, credits and budget, and check their current standing.
We help with the application, documents and migration papers, through the university's own admission process.
We stay in touch on registration, examination dates and results until you finish.
Revamp Consultancy is an independent counselling service. We are not a university, and we do not evaluate credits, conduct examinations or issue degrees.
The degree is awarded by the university, and its standing is that of the university. If the university is recognised by UGC and you have studied and been examined under its rules, it is a degree of that university. Whether a particular employer, public service commission or foreign authority accepts that university is their decision, so check with them before you enrol.
Yes, if you have enough passed courses for the university to place you in a semester. You carry credits only for what you passed. The pending courses are studied and written again at the new university.
At least half of the degree's credits must be earned at the university that awards it. For a four-year B.Tech. that means about two years of study there, even if you had cleared more than that earlier. An offer of a degree in a few months is not a credit transfer.
Generally no. Credits are accepted when the courses match, and across branches too few of them do. You continue in the branch you started.
For B.Tech., yes. Engineering is not permitted in distance or online mode, so classes, laboratories and examinations are the university's own. Ask the university how it schedules them before you decide, and plan for travel and stay.
Transfer admissions are usually decided on your academic record and the credit evaluation. Lateral entry after a diploma may need an entrance test, depending on the State and the university.
It is your account number in the national credit bank, now issued as an APAAR ID. You can create it through DigiLocker or at abc.gov.in. Your university deposits your credits into it, and another university can receive them from there with your consent.
No. The Academic Bank of Credits holds credits from 2021-22 onwards, but a university can still evaluate earlier study from your mark sheets and syllabus under its own transfer policy. Credits older than seven years are the ones most likely to be refused.
Fees differ between universities and by the number of semesters you have left. Ask for the university's fee structure in writing, and pay the university directly.
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