Transient Students

A Transient student is one who desires to enroll at Georgia Tech in order to take certain applicable advanced coursework which will transfer back to the home institution. The student should be planning to return to the home institution to complete coursework for a degree. A transient student must have permission to take classes at Georgia Tech as authorized by the Registrar at the home institution.

To apply as a Transient student, send the following to Georgia Tech:

• Georgia Tech Non-Degree Application and $65 application fee
• Official college transcripts from all colleges attended
• Non-Degree Applicant Permission Form with departmental signature(s). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it free here.

If admitted, Transient students are classified as non-degree seeking and are not normally eligible to continue studies at Georgia Tech with the intent of obtaining a degree from the Institute.  Admitted non-degree students are eligible for the approved semester only and admission does not imply or guarantee future enrollment at Georgia Tech.  The registration period for admitted non-degree seeking students follows the registration of all degree-seeking students and begins the day before the start of the term.

Any student admitted in a non-degree status wishing to later pursue degree-seeking admission must apply and follow the requirements and guidelines for transfer admission at Georgia Tech, as outlined at www.transfer.gatech.edu.  There must be a one-term gap between enrollment in a non-degree status and an application for degree-seeking admission.

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