<p>Does anyone know where to find info on how long you have after transfer to complete your degree? Specifically for UC Merced, Irvine and Riverside. </p>
<p>Also, how soon can you declare a major change once you are accepted to a UC?</p>
<p>You have two years after you transfer to finish your degree requirments. However, UC Berkeley seems to be the only UC that strictly enforces this requirement and cancels the enrollment of transfer students after two years whether they have finished their degree requirements or not. UC Berkeley will allow a transfer student to petition the dean to allow an additional semester and it is usually granted for high unit majors like Engineering but almost never approved for most majors.</p>
<p>I see. Thanks!</p>
<p>I know that for UC Davis, depending on your major, it can take either 2 or 3 years to complete your degree. I didn’t get O-Chem done at a JC, so according to a sample schedule my orientation leader gave me, it would take me 3 years, whereas those who already completed O-Chem at a JC only needed 2 years to complete their degree after transfer. And at UCD, you can switch majors in winter quarter after transferring.</p>
<p>What Lematire said. You can stay more than two years if your major requires a ton of classes. I’m an engineering major and it’ll take me 3 years in UCSD. I know tons of other Engineering majors who spend more than 2 years after they transfer.</p>
<p>I know at UCLA there is a unit cap but not a set time period that you must graduate in. I know several people who have been there for three years after transferring. Although, these people had reasons behind it. I’m not sure if you need to petition or not.</p>