Ideally, your students’ study abroad program will allow them to take courses abroad that will fulfill graduation requirements at their home university. Because CISabroad works only with recognized universities abroad, there should be no difficulty arranging the transfer of credit back to the home school. This being said, advanced planning is crucial to ensure that both the home university and the host university have approved students’ course selection before leaving for overseas.
CISabroad requires, as part of the application process, students receive written approval from their home school study abroad advisor, academic advisor, or academic dean for all of the courses they wish to take abroad.
After students have completed their coursework at the foreign university and have made all of the appropriate payments, their home institution will be issued a transcript from the host school via CISabroad. In addition to the official transcript, we also provide a transcript translation sheet to facilitate faster acceptance of overseas credits. This process generally takes longer than in the U.S., usually about 8 - 10 weeks. Please keep in mind that students’ academic records will not be released if they have any outstanding financial obligations to the host university or to CISabroad.
For more specific information on transcripts, including our transcript translation sheets, please log into our advisor portal.