Residency Requirement

Graduate Degrees

Degree programs have a 30-graduate-credit residency requirement, with the exception of the MBA/MSIE and MBA/MPA dual degree programs, which have a 60-graduate credit residency requirement.  Credits toward the residency requirement may be earned at the main campus, at the off-campus locations, or through UNH distance learning courses.  Credits applied toward the requirement for one graduate degree may not be counted toward the residency requirement for another degree.  In other words, completion of a minimum of an additional 30-graduate-credit residency requirement is necessary for those students who plan to complete a second master's degree program.  The university policies for transfer of credit and waiver of courses apply in the same manner to candidates for a second master's degree as to those enrolling in their first master's program.

Undergraduate Degrees

The residency requirement for undergraduate degrees is 30 undergraduate credit hours taken at the main campus or at one of the university's off-campus centers.  This requirement applies to all associate and bachelor degrees.  Transfer credit, coordinated courses, credit by examination, AP, CLEP, DANTES, or other proficiency examinations do not fulfill the residency requirement.

To ensure depth of study, the residency requirement must include 12 credit hours of work in the declared major for an associate degree and 18 such credit hours for a bachelor degree.  Exceptions may be granted only by the dean who administers the major.