Transfer Students
Information for undergraduate students currently enrolled at other universities or enrolled in other majors at Virginia Tech on applying to the Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture Programs.
Frequently asked questions:
I am a student currently enrolled at Virginia Tech and I would like to transfer into the Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design or Landscape Architecture program. What is the process for acceptance?
We refer to currently enrolled Virginia Tech undergraduate students who want to change their major and transfer into Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design or Landscape Architecture as “internal transfers”. Applications are required and available at the beginning of the spring semester. Applications will be accepted beginning the first day of spring semester, January 20, 2009. The application deadline is February 13, 2009.
Applications for Architecture and Industrial Design may be picked up in 201 Cowgill Hall and applications for Interior Design and Landscape Architecture may be picked up in 121 Burruss Hall. You may access the application online. Please see the applications listed below.
Please review the internal transfer process for further information. (Internal Transfer Process)
The applications will be available on the first day of class during spring semester 2010.
Architecture Application
Industrial Design Application
Interior Design Application
Landscape Architecture Application
If I am accepted as an internal transfer student in Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design or Landscape Architecture, what happens next?
Students enrolled at Virginia Tech who are accepted through the Internal transfer process are all required to take the Summer Qualifying Design Lab during the following first and second summer sessions.
I am enrolled at another University or Community College (not a student at Virginia Tech), and I would like to transfer into the Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, or Landscape Architecture program at Virginia Tech. What do I need to do?
You would be classified as an “external transfer student”. You need to apply for admission through the Virginia Tech Undergraduate Admissions Office. Students admitted through the external transfer process will be required to take the Summer Qualifying Design Lab during the first and second summer sessions prior to entering the fall semester of the academic year in which application has been made. Placement during the fall semester will be determined upon completion of the second summer session.
Please Note:The School of Architecture + Design does not accept students for the spring semester.
Online Application for External Transfer Students
I have Advanced Placement, CLEP, International Baacalaureate, and/or credit from another institution. How can I find out if the credit will transfer to Virginia Tech?
You may access the Virginia Tech Undergraduate Transfer Equivalency Database to determine how credit taken through another institution will transfer to Virginia Tech.
You may access the AP, IB & CLEP information through the Registrar’s website to determine how this type of credit will transfer to Virginia Tech.
I already have a bachelor’s degree in a field other than architecture, and I would like to obtain a professional degree in architecture. What would you recommend?
You may want to consider applying to the Master of Architecture program, Comprehensive Professional Studies option (M.Arch.3). For more information, please see the Master of Architecture program web page.