Frequently Asked Questions about Readmissions

You must be in a Good Academic Standing, with a 2.0 cumulative GPA.

• Suggestion: In addition to the university requirements listed above, there may be additional admission requirements depending on the program you wish to pursue. 
• Suggestion: If you do not initially meet the program and/or university admission requirements, you may be eligible for Academic Forgivingness, if you have been away for 24 months or if you have earned a transferable associate’s degree during your time away from Charlotte. 
• Note, to learn more about Academic Forgiveness, see additional FAQs on this page and/or the Academic Forgiveness policy as it relates to the readmission of former students.

• Apply for readmission by creating a Future 49er Account and submitting a readmission application.
• Pay your non-refundable $75 application fee, along with your readmission application.
  • Students who qualify for the 49er Finish program will have their application fee waived. See the 49er Finish FAQs below to determine if you qualify. 
• Submit an official transcript from each institution you have attended after your last term of attendance at Charlotte. Request that your previous college(s) submit official transcripts directly to UNC Charlotte.
  • Electronic official transcripts will expedite your processing time and can be sent to transcripts@charlotte.edu. 
  • Paper official transcripts can be mailed to:

Office of the Registrar
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

Students who were academically suspended from Charlotte may apply for readmission after a break in enrollment of a minimum of one full regular academic semester (fall or spring). 

• If you were suspended at the end of a spring semester, you may be considered for readmission for the following spring semester. 
• If you were suspended at the end of a fall semester, you may be considered for readmission as early as the subsequent summer term.
• If you would like to attend the semester immediately following your academic suspension, you must have successfully appealed your academic suspension before the appeal deadline as noted on the Academic Calendar.
  • Students are notified of their option to appeal their suspension status and students who do not appeal or are denied an appeal could consider pursuing readmission for a future term (but not for the semester immediately following their suspension).

When applying for readmission, you will select the term in which you wish to enroll and if approved, you will be readmitted for that specific term. If you choose not to enroll for the admitted term, please let us know by emailing readmission@charlotte.edu. Your application may be updated to a future term but may not be retroactive to a past term.

You may apply for readmission into a different program than the one you were previously pursuing at Charlotte. To be considered for admission into a new program of study, select your desired program when completing your application for readmission.

Competitive majors require additional review and approval by the department. Your previous major may be a factor during the department’s review. Competitive majors include those housed within the following colleges/schools:

• College of Arts + Architecture 
• Belk College of Business 
• William States Lee College of Engineering
• College of Computing & Informatics
• School of Nursing

If you desire to change your program after you have submitted your application for readmission but before your readmission application has been decided, please email Readmission with your program change request at readmission@charlotte.edu. 

If you wish to change your program after you have been readmitted, contact your Academic Advisor or schedule an appointment with your department for next steps.

If you qualify for Academic Forgiveness, only the courses in which you received a grade of ‘C’ or higher will be used for academic credit.

• Shortly after the term’s census date, during your first semester back, any courses in which you have received a grade below ‘C’, including W grades (if taken after Fall 2014), will be excluded from your earned credit hours and your academic GPA will be recalculated accordingly.
• Your updated academic GPA will be based on previously earned grades of ‘A,’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ only so improvement to your academic GPA is certain.

Please Note:

• You will lose credit from any course(s) in which you earned a ‘D’ and will be required to retake the course(s) if it is required to progress in your degree. 
• Readmission with Academic Forgiveness also resets your withdrawal credit hour limit back to the original 16 credit hours. 
• Academic Forgiveness does not remove attempted hours.
• Academic Forgiveness is an academic policy and does not apply to Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) calculations for financial aid.

You qualify for Academic Forgiveness if you meet any one or more of the following criteria and to attend the semester in which you are readmitted:

• Academic/disciplinary suspension with a break in enrollment from Charlotte for a minimum of one regular semester (fall or spring) and have earned a transferable associate’s degree [associate of arts (AA), associate of science (AS), associate of fine arts (AFA) or associate of engineering (AE)] during your time away from Charlotte. An official transcript, with the degree posted, will be required to complete your readmission application.
• A break in enrollment from Charlotte for a minimum period of 12 consecutive months and have earned a transferable associate’s degree [associate of arts (AA), associate of science (AS), associate of fine arts (AFA) or associate of engineering (AE)] during your time away from Charlotte. An official transcript, with the degree posted, will be required to complete your readmission application.
• A break in enrollment from Charlotte for a minimum period of 24 consecutive months. Use the forgiveness timeframe calculator to determine when you are eligible.

Students may be readmitted with Academic Forgiveness once time under this policy.

Academic Forgiveness is only applicable to students earning their first undergraduate degree at Charlotte.

• Academic Forgiveness cannot be applied to your first degree if it has been awarded at Charlotte.

Academic Forgiveness is applied 7-10 business days after census in the semester you return to Charlotte. See the Academic Calendar for dates.

Once Academic Forgiveness has been applied, students will be notified via their University email.

Yes. Academic Forgiveness is automatically applied to all who qualify. However, you may request to opt-out of Academic Forgiveness by submitting an email to readmission@charlotte.edu on or before the last day to add/drop in the term in which you are returning (see Academic Calendar for dates).

After the add/drop period, students may request to opt-out of Academic Forgiveness by submitting an Academic Petition, selecting the petition type of “Waive Forgiveness Policy.”

Post-baccalaureate or non-degree admission is a pathway to take a graduate class and return to school quickly, without having to take an admissions test, complete prerequisites, and/or commit to a specific program. Additionally, students seeking to take courses beyond the baccalaureate degree for transfer to another institution, or as prerequisites for admission to a graduate degree program, may enroll as a post-baccalaureate student. You can apply as a post-baccalaureate student through Graduate Admissions.

To learn more about the policies described above, please visit UNC Charlotte’s Academic Policy: Readmission of Former Students.