EIU Office of International Students and Scholars

International Course Transfer Process

Step 1: Evaluation

An international student who seeks to transfer university (or post-secondary) courses for credit from a university outside of the United States to Eastern Illinois University should use one of the following evaluation agencies:

• Spantran
• World Education Services (WES)
• Educational Perspectives

Please work with these agencies to assist in evaluating your transcripts in order to gain course credits at Eastern Illinois University. Be sure to purchase an evaluation that includes course descriptions.

Step 2: Articulation

The student should submit the transcript evaluation(s) to his or her academic advisor. The advisor will then forward the transcript evaluations to the college certification officer, who will use a standard form for documenting equivalencies with EIU courses. The completed form will be approved by the Dean who is responsible for the Office of International Students and Scholars. The college certification officer will then forward the approved form to the Registrar for entry of credit(s) into the student’s EIU transcript.