Alexander College – BC Transfer Guide

For courses completed outside of Canada, students may apply to transfer a maximum of five subjects per request. Additional requests may be considered after the previous request has been completed. To ensure that the program learning outcomes are met, a maximum of 25% international transfer credit may be applied to an Associate degree.

International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES)

All students applying for transfer of credit taken outside of Canada must first obtain a comprehensive report from the International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES). ICES is an external service which authenticates academic credentials and provides a report on how the credentials are comparable within the BC education system. Effective for all requests submitted from May 14, 2018)

International Course Evaluation Fee

A course evaluation fee of $50 is charged for the service of international course evaluation by Alexander College. The fee for this service is charged per international course submitted for evaluation, is non-transferable and non-refundable. Payment of the fee does not guarantee that transfer credit will be granted. It is the responsibility of the student to select which courses to submit for evaluation based on applicability to a degree program, and to ensure that course outlines contain the required information. Effective from Winter 2018 term (requests submitted from February 1, 2018)