Visiting Students

Temple University welcomes students from other colleges and universities who wish to enroll in courses on any of our campuses. Students should bring or fax a permission form from their home institution, listing the specific Temple courses that have been approved for transfer. If the courses have prerequisites, students must provide proof of having taken and passed them. Some courses may also require special authorization from instructors or departments at Temple (e.g., business courses numbered 0100 and above).

In lieu of the permission form from their home institutions, students may use the non-matriculated and visiting student registration form. Please click here to download a copy of the registration form. This form must be faxed or sent via postal mail to the Temple University campus you are planning to attend. For a full listing of the Summer Program Contact Information for all campuses, please click here.  Please also read the Instructions for completing the Registration Form page.

Please be aware that your registration request cannot be processed until Temple has received written permission/approval from your current institutional advisor or dean. Please also include a copy of your transcript(s).

Credit Transfer to Your Home Institution

In order to facilitate the transfer of credits, students should request that an academic transcript be sent from Temple to their home institution. The transcript request form is available by visiting Temple's Office of Academic Records website. It will not be sent out automatically. For further information, please contact the Office of Student Academic Records at 215-204-1131 or visit them on the second floor, Conwell Hall, Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue, on the Main Campus. You may also visit the registration office at your campus of choice or go to their website at www.temple.edu/registrar for more information.

New Non-Matriculated Students

Undergraduate Students

Students who are not currently enrolled at another institution may be permitted to register for some courses as non-matriculated (non-degree) students. To enroll in undergraduate courses they must have earned a
high school diploma  or a G.E.D. certificate. Students who have attended another college or university must provide a transcript of their previous academic work and must have earned at least a 2.00 cumulative grade-point-average. With some exceptions, these students are required to take the University placement test before they can register. However, meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee enrollment as a non-matriculated student. For more information, and to speak with an academic adviser, please contact the Main Campus Office of Continuing Education or the office of the campus you wish to attend.

Graduate Students

As a general rule, non-matriculated graduate students can take up to three graduate courses before they are formally admitted into an academic program. At the time of registration, they must provide proof of graduation from a baccalaureate degree program at an accredited college or university. In some graduate programs, students may have to secure written permission from the faculty before they can enroll. Students are strongly advised to contact the academic program of their choice for specific academic advising and signatures, if required. For more information, please contact the Main Campus Office of Continuing Education or the office of the campus you wish to attend.

Graduate students should contact their department/program office. Newly admitted students for Fall 2007 who wish to enroll in summer courses should contact their school or college for advising and registration information.

High School Students

High school students  may be eligible to register for college-level courses. Before they can register, they must secure and provide written authorization from their guidance counselor or high school principal, specifying the course(s) the student is authorized to take.

Academic Policies and Regulations

The academic policies and regulations generally apply to all undergraduate students and provide a framework within which schools and colleges may specify further conditions or variations appropriate to students in their courses or programs. Statements of academic policies and regulations apply to both matriculated and non-matriculated undergraduates unless explicitly noted otherwise.

The policies and regulations as stated in the Summer Bulletin are announcements only and in no way serve as a contract between the student and Temple University. Additional policies are listed in the current Undergraduate Bulletin and Graduate Bulletin.