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Undergraduate Student Admissions

The Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) welcomes you and hopes that you will be joining our learning community soon! This

Attention Freshmen!

Alliant is no longer accepting applications for first-time freshmen to the San Diego Campus. We do accept first-time freshmen to our Mexico City Campus.

If you are transfer student and wish to enroll in San Diego, please contact Tammy Landrum at (858) 635-4781 or tlandrum@alliant.edu, to discuss your ability to transfer credits to Alliant. 

To apply, you will need:

  • a minimum of 24 transferable units for Fall 2006 admission
  • a minimum of 36 transferable units for Spring 2007 admission, and
  • a minimum of 45 transferable units for Fall 2007 admission. 
admissions section of our website is dedicated to making your enrollment process as quick and easy as possible.

We accept first-time freshmen to our Mexico City Campus. Our Scripps Ranch Campus in San Diego hosts a degree completion program. Detailed nformation about applying can be found in the undergraduate admissions section of this website.

CUE Degree Completion Program in San Diego

Alliant welcomes transfer students from accredited post-secondary institutions (community colleges and other colleges/universities). We will give you academic credit for courses that are similar in content to Alliant courses.

Students can transfer to Alliant in any month and enroll in any semester. There is no minimum transfer unit requirement, and you may transfer at any time in your college career. A maximum of 90 semester hours of credit earned may be accepted for transfer. The final 30 units (10 courses) must be completed at Alliant to comply with residency requirements.

To make it easy to transfer, we have steamlined transfer arrangements with many community colleges, particularly in the San Diego area. Alliant also has detailed articulation agreements with several California community colleges. These articulation agreements list specific courses that correspond with Alliant courses and are designed to help you maximize your transfer credits.

Transfer scholarships and financial aid

Alliant International University offers $5,000 transfer scholarships for five qualified students at each of the following local community colleges:Alliant student

  • Cuyamaca College
  • Grossmont College
  • Imperial Valley College
  • MiraCosta College
  • Palomar College
  • San Diego City College
  • San Diego Mesa College
  • San Diego Miramar College
  • Southwestern College

The transfer scholarship application deadline for the 2006-07 Academic Year is August 1, 2006. To be considered for this scholarship, please complete the Alliant admissions application process and submit a one-page autobiographical essay discussing your academic and career goals to the Alliant Office of Admissions.

Please come talk to us!

The Office of  Admissions is here to serve you. We are available to answer your questions as you go through the application process. Please read and study our admission requirements and financial aid information before you submit your application.

Visits to Alliant and personal interviews are encouraged. You should schedule an appointment in advance. This will ensure that you have all the time you need to discuss your academic plans and options with one of our admission representatives and to tour the campus.


Alliant students; photo by Su Evers

Undergraduate Student Admissions Overview

Entrance to Alliant San Francisco Campus; photo by Nicolette Toussaint