Evaluations and Transfer Credit

3.2.3 Foreign Transcript Evaluations

Students presenting non-Canadian/non-United States credentials for possible transfer credit to an AU program must obtain an evaluation of post-secondary course work from an international assessment agency, for example, the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS).

IQAS will assess each student’s international educational documents and compare them to educational credentials in Canada. AU requires a description of this course work evaluation from IQAS. Students must also submit copies of all foreign transcripts to AU.

If you elect not to use IQAS (or another comparable assessment service—please see below) you may not obtain any transfer credit for your course work towards an AU program.

There are a number of other foreign credential evaluating services whose assessments will be accepted. In Canada, refer to the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials or the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada. In the United States, refer to the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services for all approved evaluating bodies.

AU can also accept assessments from Comparative Education Services (CES) at the University of Toronto. AU only accepts detailed course-by-course assessments for assessment purposes.

IQAS

Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials

Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada

National Association of Credential Evaluation Services

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Foreign Education Credential Service