Completing IGETC or CalGETC

Students who were admitted as transfer students and attended a California community college can satisfy UCLA College General Education (G.E.) and most College Proficiency Requirements* by showing successful completion of IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) or CalGETC (California General Education Transfer Curriculum).

IGETC

IGETC will satisfy the following requirements for students in the College:

Writing I
Writing II
Quantitative Reasoning
Foreign Language
General Education

If you have completed IGETC, please speak to your community college about the following:

(UCLA Preferred Method) Your school may issue a notation on your official transcript instead of issuing a separate certification form. UCLA will accept the notation if it clearly indicates the following: “full UC IGETC certification”
OR if your school can only issue a separate IGETC certification form (no notation on transcript), we will accept this document. Please make sure it indicates “full” and “UC” in the form.

If you have partial completion of IGETC, please speak to your community college about the following:

Your school must issue the IGETC certification form that clearly indicates which areas were completed for the partial UC IGETC. (Please note that first-year admits are NOT eligible for partial IGETC.)
A notation on the transcript will not suffice and credit will not be awarded.

All community college IGETC documentation must be directly sent to UCLA directly for safety and security considerations.

More information on submitting transcripts and IGETC certifications can be found on the Undergraduate Admission website .

CalGETC

CalGETC will satisfy the following requirements for students in the College:

Writing I
Writing II
Quantitative Reasoning
General Education

Transfer students with CalGETC can satisfy the College’s foreign language requirement by demonstrating proficiency through Level 2 or by completing 2 years of a foreign language in high school with grades of C or higher in the second year. First year admits with CalGETC may satisfy the College’s foreign language requirement by demonstrating proficiency through Level 3.

If you have completed CalGETC, please speak to your community college about the following:

(UCLA Preferred Method) Your school may issue a notation on your official transcript instead of issuing a separate certification form. UCLA will accept the notation if it clearly indicates the following: “full CalGETC certification”
OR if your school can only issue a separate CalGETC certification form (no notation on transcript), we will accept this document. Please make sure it indicates “full” in the form.

All community college CalGETC documentation must be directly sent to UCLA directly for safety and security considerations.

More information on submitting transcripts and CalGETC certifications can be found on the Undergraduate Admission website .

*University Requirements (Entry-level Writing and American History and Institutions) and the Diversity requirement are not automatically satisfied with IGETC or CalGETC.