To help students reach their academic and employment goals, JIBC welcomes credit transfers from other post-secondary institutions and organizations where course or program equivalencies have been established.
JIBC accepts transfer of credits in three ways:
- Transfer Credit recognizes academic credits earned at another post-secondary institution.
- Prior Learning Assessment recognizes learning through non-formal education such as work experience, self-study, volunteer activities and other life experiences; or transfer credit that is over 10 years old.
- Professional Training Transfer recognizes training that is part of employment or professional education and will grant credit towards a program where successful completion of training from a licensed/accredited organization can be provided.
To help students reach their academic and employment goals, JIBC welcomes credit transfers from other post-secondary institutions and organizations where course or program equivalencies have been established.
Transfer credit applications for program courses are reviewed and assessed after a student has applied for and been accepted into a JIBC program. If you are not enrolled in a JIBC program and wish to register in a course for which you do not have the pre-requisite, you may apply for a course requisite waiver by completing the online Requisite Waiver Request Form.
JIBC is a full participant in the credit transfer system of the BC Council on Admissions and Transfers (BCCAT) and works with that system to facilitate transfer agreements that benefit students in BC. When a course is listed on the BC Transfer Guide website as transferable from the transfer institution to JIBC, we do not require course outlines. Learn more about how credits transfer in the BC Transfer Guide.
Transfer credit outside the BC Transfer Guide system are also encouraged for submission. In these circumstances JIBC requires official course outlines to complete your request.
Please review your program web page for program-specific information related to transfer credit. Some programs may only accept transfer credit requests at time of application to the program and/or may also require a minimum grade from the transfer institution.
Transfer credit can be recognized in several different ways:
- Direct assigned credit (for courses that are deemed equivalent to JIBC courses).
- Unassigned credit (for courses that are related in content to curriculum taught within the discipline but for which there is no equivalent JIBC course).
- Block-transfer credit for credentials of program-specific clusters of courses*. (Credit granted may be different from the amount of credit available on a course-by-course basis).
*Students receiving block-transfer credit may be required to complete additional bridging courses to satisfy lower-level degree requirements, prerequisites for upper-level course requirements, or residency requirements.
Students accepted into certificate, diploma and degree programs are required to complete at least 50% of the program at JIBC.
If a student in a degree program is applying for both transfer credit and prior learning assessment, and the combined total of possible credit exceeds 50%, the student may request an exemption to this policy through the Office of the Registrar. If an exemption is granted, at least 50% of upper-level credits in a program must be completed at JIBC.
Complete the first page of the Request for Credit Transfer Form and email it to transfercredit@jibc.ca.
If you did not provide an official post-secondary transcript at the time of program application, request that your official post-secondary transcript is sent directly to JIBC from the transfer institution.
Detailed course outlines are required when:
- your education was outside British Columbia,
- you completed your program some years ago,
- your courses are not listed as equivalent to a JIBC course in the BC Transfer Guide.
Transfer credit requests that require a course outline or syllabus can take 8-10 weeks to be evaluated.