Credit transfer

Use your previous HE study to help you gain an OU qualification

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Diploma

Only valid with course entry between September 2009 and 31 December 2017

    Completed qualification

  • You may be eligible for 60 credits at OU level 2

    Incomplete qualification

  • For Dual Sensory Impairment 2 you may be eligible for 20 credits at OU level 2
  • For "Movement, Moblity and Orientation 2" you may be eligible for 10 credits at OU level 2
  • For Practice Dissertation you may be eligible for 10 credits at OU level 2
  • For Communication 2 you may be eligible for 20 credit at OU level 2

Evidence you will need to provide

To confirm the exact amount of credit you can use you must make a formal application for credit transfer.  For more details on how credit from this previous study can be used in OU qualifications please see OU qualification.

With your application you should provide your original certificate (if the qualification was completed) together with a transcript of academic record, or equivalent, which should list all the subjects you successfully completed together with the marks or grades you achieved. Depending on the OU qualification that you wish to transfer your credit towards you may also need to provide syllabus information. When do I need to provide syllabus information?

Already studied?

 If you have already studied with the OU please sign in to make sure that you get the credit transfer information that is relevant to you. 

Contact us

If you have any queries about applying for credit transfer please feel free to contact us using the link below.

Please try to include:

  • which qualification you completed
  • the organisation you completed it through
  • when you completed it
  • which OU qualification you would like to transfer to

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