Tips on Using u.Select to Plan Your Transfer to Portland State University

  • PSU follows a quarter system and will accept 1 transferable semester credit as equal to 1-1/2 PSU quarter credits.
  • College credit is not awarded for remedial or developmental courses.
  • The maximum number of vocational credits accepted is 12.
  • The maximum number of credits transferred from a 2-yr school is 124.
  • The maximum number of Pass/No Pass credits is 45.
  • The maximum number of Cooperative Education credits is 12.
  • The maximum number of PE credits is 12.
  • Catalog Eligibility Rules: Portland State graduates must meet the requirements of the Bulletin (catalog) in effect when they matriculate to any accredited, post-secondary institution, subject to the seven-year rule (see below). Once admitted and enrolled, students may graduate under the guidelines of any catalog issued after their first admission and enrollment term, whether or not the student was enrolled during the year in which said catalog was in effect.
    Seven-year Rule: No catalog is valid for longer than the summer term following the seventh academic year after issuance of the catalog. Example: The 2008-2009 catalog will expire at the end of summer 2015.
  • Transfer Tables are displayed for most, but not every, local transfer partner.
  • Portland State University accepts credit from accredited institutions even though Transfer Tables may not be displayed. These courses will be evaluated upon formal admission to Portland State. Such courses, when entered into your student account in u. Select, may show up as a course from an "unknown institution" on the Programs (degree audit reports).
  • Some Transfer Tables are more complete than others. Portland State may accept credit for a course even though it is not listed in a Transfer Table. If a course is not listed in a transfer table, it may show up as an "unknown" course on the Program. This type of course will be evaluated upon formal admission to Portland State.
  • Many transfer courses are assigned an equivalency of 'LD' (lower division) or 'UD' (upper division) instead of a course number. The 'LD/UD' designated courses will apply to total degree hours.

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