External Test Credit Equivalency Charts
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External Test Credit Equivalency Charts
You can apply a maximum of 45 quarter units of advanced testing credit or coursework transfer credit toward your undergraduate degree. Requests will be approved and credit awarded based on the equivalency rules from your undergraduate admission year's bulletin.
- Testing boards and Academic Subjects not listed on this chart are not eligible for credit by exam. Accepted exams are determined annually by the academic departments, and credit awards are overseen by the Office of the Registrar. Please see "How Do I Add Credit by Exam to My Record?" for more information on how to send your scores to Stanford, how we receive and process your IB scores, and to request evaluation for non-listed exams.
- Stanford may remove test credit from your record if your subsequent Stanford coursework duplicates test credit equivalent course content. Likewise, courses taken below the level of placement are considered duplicating courses.
- You may not be awarded units for more than one exam in the same subject type (excluding language and physics subject areas). If you submit multiple qualifying exam scores for the same subject, the single exam awarding you the highest-satisfied course equivalency will be posted.
- Credit by Exam that fulfills the language requirement does not constitute placement in further study of that language; placement tests will still be required. AS-Levels/GCSEs, and standard-level (SL) subject tests for the International Baccalaureate are not accepted.
Click here to view equivalencies from prior bulletin years.
Examinations currently accepted by Stanford
Effective for Undergraduates Matriculating 2024-25
The charts below list all Stanford-approved instances of external exams, test scores, credit awards, and equivalent courses pre-approved by Stanford for Bulletin year 2024-2025.
TEST CODE LEGEND
| AP | Advanced Placement (College Board®) |
|---|---|
| AUSHC | Australian Higher Certificate (Australian Qualifications Framework) |
| CAPE | Caribbean Advanced Placement Exam (Caribbean Examinations Council) |
| FRBAC | French Baccalauréat (French Ministry of Education) |
| GCEUK | GCE/A-Levels - British model (OFQUAL (.gov.uk) |
| GCEEU | Higher (H2) A-Levels - European/International model (Individual nations’ Ministries of Education) |
| GMABT | German Abitur (Bundesregierung/respective Lander) |
| IBACC | International Baccalaureate (International Baccalaureate Organization) |
| IRELC | Irish Leaving Certificate (Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit/State Examinations Commission) |
| NEWL | National Examination in World Languages (American Councils for International Education; Endorsed by College Board) |
CHEMISTRY
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | Chemistry | 5 | 10 | CHEM 31A/31B or 31E |
| IBACC | HL Chemistry | 5+ | 10 | CHEM 31A/31B or 31E |
| GCEUK | Chemistry | A or B | 10 | CHEM 31A/31B or 31E |
| GCEEU | Chemistry | A or B | 10 | CHEM 31A/31B or 31E |
| CAPE | Chem 1 & 2 | 1-2 | 10 | CHEM 31A/31B or 31E |
COMPUTER SCIENCE
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP* | Computer Science A | 4+ | 5 | CS 105,106A |
| AP* | CS Principles | 4+ | 5 | CS 105 |
| IBACC | Computer Science | 5+ | 5 | CS 105,106A |
| GCEUK | Computer Science | A-D | 5 | CS 105,106A |
| GCEEU | Computer Science | A | 5 | CS 105,106A |
| IRELC | Computing | H1 | 5 | CS 101,105,106A |
| *Credit may only be awarded for one AP computer science subject test; if both scores are submitted, the higher-satisfying exam will be awarded. | ||||
ECONOMICS
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | Microeconomics &Macroeconomics** | 5 & 5 | 0 | ECON 1 |
| IBACC | HL Economics | 7 | 0 | ECON 1 |
| ** Qualifying scores on both subject tests required for credit award. | ||||
MATHEMATICS
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP* | Calculus AB | 5 | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| AP* | Calculus AB Subscore | 5 | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| AP* | Calculus BC | 4 | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| AP* | Calculus BC | 5 | 10 | MATH 19/20/21 |
| IBACC | Math Analysis/Apprchs | 6+ | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| GCEUK* | Mathematics | A-B | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| GCEUK* | Further Math | A | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| GCEEU | Mathematics | A-B | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| CAPE | Mathematics | 1 | 10 | MATH 19/20/21 |
| GRABT | Mathematics | 1-1.3 | 10 | MATH 19/20/21 |
| GRABT | Mathematics | 1.7-2.3 | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| IRELC | Mathematics | H1 | 3 | MATH 19 |
| AUSHC | Math Ext 1 | E4 | 3 | MATH 19 |
| AUSHC | Math Ext 1 & 2** | E4 | 6 | MATH 19/20 |
| * Students may receive credit for only one subject test in a given exam; if multiple scores are submitted, the higher-satisfying exam will be awarded. ** Qualifying scores on both subject tests required for credit award | ||||
PHYSICS
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP** | Physics 1 & 2 | 8 combined | 4 | PHYSICS 21 |
| AP** | Physics 1 & 2 | 9 or 10 combined | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| AP** | Physics C Mechanics | 4 | 4 | PHYSICS 21 |
| AP** | Physics C Mechanics | 5 | 4 | PHYSICS 21/41 |
| AP** | Physics C Elect/Mag | 4 | 4 | PHYSICS 23 |
| AP** | Physics C Elect/Mag | 5 | 4 | PHYSICS 23/43 |
| IBACC | HL Physics | 5 | 4 | PHYSICS 21 |
| IBACC | HL Physics | 6+ | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| GCEUK* | Physics | A-B | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| GCEEU | Physics H2 | A-B | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| CAPE | Physics Unit 1 | 1-3 | 4 | PHYSICS 21 |
| CAPE | Physics Unit 2 | 1-3 | 4 | PHYSICS 23 |
| FRBAC | Physics | 14+ | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| FRBAC | Physics | 12-13.99 | 4 | PHYSICS 21 |
| IRELC | Physics | H1 | 8 | PHYSICS 21/23 |
| *Students may contact choosingphysics@stanford.edu for additional placement information. ** Students may receive a maximum of 8 units for AP Physics; credit can be given for Physics 1/2 combined or one/both of Physics C. | ||||
LANGUAGE
(All qualifying scores fulfill the Undergraduate Foreign Language requirement. Placement testing may still be required for continuing language studies)
| Exam | Subject | Score | Unit Award | Courses Satisfied * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | Chinese French German Italian Japanese Spanish | 5** | 10 | (LANG*) 1A/2A or 1/2/3 |
| Latin (Lit. or Vergil) | 5** | 10 | CLASSICS 1L/2L/3L | |
| IBACC | French German Italian Japanese Korean Chinese Spanish | 5+ | 10 | (LANG*) 1A/2A or 1/2/3 |
| GCEUK | Arabic Chinese French German Hindi Italian Japanese Portuguese Spanish Tamil Urdu | A-B | 10 | (LANG*) 1A/2A or 1/2/3 |
| Latin | A-B | 10 | CLASSICS 1L/2L/3L | |
| NEWL | Arabic Korean Portuguese Russian | 5** | 10 | (LANG*) 1A/2A or 1/2/3 |
| IRELC | Chinese French German Irish Italian Lithuanian Polish Portuguese Spanish | H1 | 10 | (LANG*) 1A/2A or 1/2/3 |
| * Subject tests satisfy specific courses in the indicated language ** Scores of 4 on these exams will fulfill the university language requirement but earn no unit credit | ||||