Marquette University has established partnerships with UW-Milwaukee (UWM), the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), and the Midwest Catholic Schools Consortium (CSC) which includes the University of Notre Dame, Loyola University of Chicago, and Saint Louis University, to allow students to exchange courses between partner institutions.

This program is not intended for students in joint programs such as bioinformatics or biomedical engineering where the courses between Marquette and MCW are cross-listed.

Registration for any of the exchange or consortium programs requires an exchange of student information between Marquette University and the host institution. By registering for the exchange or consortium program, the student is implicitly agreeing to allow this interchange of necessary information between Marquette and the host institution, e.g. registration and grade information. Information regarding registration can be found on the Inter-University Exchange Programs website.

Qualification Requirements

• You must be a Marquette University graduate degree-seeking student in good standing.
• The course that you propose to take at the partner institution must be one not offered at Marquette. Exceptions include:
  • The course is required for your degree.
  • The course is not being offered during the term in question.
  • If both of those conditions are met, you may take the course at the partner institution even if Marquette does occasionally offer the same course.

Program Details

• There is a limit of six (6) credits that may be taken through the inter-university exchange program.
• Students participating in the CSC exchange must have completed at least one full-time semester at Marquette.
• Because of differences in timing of the terms between Marquette and our partner institutions, the grade for an exchange course will likely not be reflected on a student's Marquette end-of-term grade report. The student will initially be given a grade of Course Incomplete ("IC"), which will be changed to the appropriate grade once all of the administrative steps are completed. Because of this lag, students should be aware that if a course is taken at a partner institution during their final term, graduation may need to be delayed.
• At the end of the term, the partner institution sends a copy of the student's transcript to the Office of the Registrar or Graduate School at Marquette for posting the grade on the student's record.
• Tuition is paid at Marquette University at the Marquette University per credit rate.

Additional Information

Additional details for each partner institution, including application processes, can be found on the Inter-University Exchange website.