Non-Degree Transfer Credits

Policy Effective Summer 2023 

This policy applies to Harvard Chan School non-degree students that have completed the summer PCE program and then matriculate as a degree student effective summer 2023. PCE credits must have been completed within five years of matriculating into a degree program. 

• Students in an academic year MPH-45 or SM-42.5 degree program are billed 1/3 of the current academic year’s program tuition rate in each of the first two terms of enrollment, whether full- or part-time. 

• Students in a summer-focused MPH-45 or summer-only SM-42.5 degree program are billed 1/3 of the current academic year’s program tuition rate in the first two summers of enrollment. Optional fall and spring enrollment is included in this summer flat rate. 
• Students enrolled in SM-60 and SM-80 degree program should complete the  Harvard Chan Non-Degree Transfer Credit Form. Refer to the “Non-Degree (non-PCE) Credits” section below for financial credit towards the degree programs.

TAP recipients are assessed tuition based on a degree program  per-credit rate for the remaining credits in their degree program in each required  term of enrollment.

Students in the  MPH-GEN, MPH-EPI, MHCM, and DrPH programs are not permitted to waive, substitute, or transfer non-degree PCE credits into the program and no financial credit will be applied/granted towards the program’s tuition requirement.

Harvard Chan School non-degree students who matriculate in a degree program may transfer and apply up to 20 credits towards a single degree program’s requirements under the following conditions: 

• Non-degree credits were completed at Harvard Chan School

• Tuition has been paid in full 

• Credits were completed within five years of matriculating in a degree program 

• A signed Harvard Chan Non-Degree Transfer Credit Form has been submitted to the Registrar’s Office. 

Students that matriculate in a degree program will be billed in each required term of enrollment until the degree program’s tuition requirement is met. 

Harvard Chan School non-degree transfer credit tuition equivalences are as follows: 

• 15-20 credits are equivalent to one full-time flat tuition assessment 

• 7.5-14.99 credits are equivalent to one part-time flat tuition assessment 

• Less than 7.5 credits do not carry a financial benefit 

TAP recipients are assessed tuition based on their degree program’s per-credit rate in each required term of enrollment for the remaining credits in their degree program. 

Students in the MPH-GEN, MPH-EPI, MHCM, and DrPH programs are not permitted to waive, substitute, or transfer credits into the program and no financial credit will be applied/granted towards the program’s tuition requirement.