The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. An amalgam of full-time, clinical/research/visiting, and adjunct professors, they are outstanding teachers, expert researchers and committed practitioners.
The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. An amalgam of full-time, clinical/research/visiting, and adjunct professors, they are outstanding teachers, expert researchers and committed practitioners.
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is home to research and policy centers, institutes, and initiatives that focus on solving urban problems and strengthening public policy and public service nationally and around the world.
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Credits toward the degree for graduate courses taken at other institutions, prior to matriculation, may be awarded under certain conditions and must be approved by the student's program administrator and the faculty . The number of graduate credits transferred from a non-NYU institution is the number of credits given by that institution for the courses.
Only those courses completed prior to matriculation at Wagner will be considered. The courses must be relevant to the student’s current degree, not be credited toward another degree, and have been completed with a grade of B or better at an institution of established academic reputation. Coursework must have been taken within the last 5 years (except for doctoral students) in order to be considered for transfer. Courses from certificate programs (regardless of whether the certificate was earned or not) and non-degree programs may be considered for transfer credit, if deemed relevant to the Wagner degree program.
A maximum of 28 graduate credits can be transferred toward the MPA and MUP degrees; a maximum of 8 transfer credits toward the EMPA degree; and a maximum of 40 credits toward the doctoral degree. Please note that transferred credits count as electives. However, if a course is equivalent to a Wagner core class, you should also read through the waiver policies, complete a waiver request and indicate this in your transfer credits memo. See here for the waiver policies.
Decisions regarding transfer credits are not made prior to matriculation.
Transfer credits will not be accepted toward the Advanced Professional Certificate. Students may not take courses at institutions other than NYU while enrolled at Wagner and have those courses counted towards their Wagner degree.
Wagner will waive one credit for each three-credit course and one-half credit for each one and one-half credit course taken at an NYU graduate program that is on the three-credit system.
Approval Process
1) Contact your Program Administrator to discuss your eligibility for transfer credits after you matriculate for your first semester.
2) Submit a memo and syllabus for each course in a single PDF via the Online Waiver Request Form: http://wagner.nyu.edu/students/coursewaivers.php. (One form per course).
3) Have your prior institution send an official, sealed copy of your transcript directly to your Program Administrator at:
[Program Administrator’s Name]
New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
The Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
4) Once you submit the documents, it takes approximately 20 business days to process.