Southern California University-SOMA accepts students of good standing who wish to transfer from other schools. Transfer students must meet the admissions requirements of the University and follow the same application procedure as new students to be admitted. Students are required to seek transfer credit evaluation at the time of admission or at least within their first quarter of enrollment. No transfer credit evaluation can take place unless the School receives all official transcripts and transcript evaluations. In addition, no transfer credit is granted for prior experiential learning. The entire record of evaluation and award of student’s transfer credit is kept in the student’s academic file. The courses for which transfer credit are awarded is marked as "TC", meaning "Transfer Credit".

School’s Transfer Credit Policies are as follows:

1. Up to 100% transfer credit may be awarded for course work and clinical instruction completed successfully at another acupuncture school or college which is approved by the California Acupuncture Board or accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
   
   
2. Up to 100 % transfer credit may be awarded for courses completed successfully in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, nutrition and vitamins, history of medicine, medical terminology, clinical science, clinical medicine, Western pharmacology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, practice management, and ethics at a school which is approved under Article 4 (commencing with Section 94760) of Chapter 7 of Part 59 of the Education Code or by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. However, Grade of “D” or less is not accepted by the University.
   
   
3. Only credits from accredited or approved schools may be tradnsfered.
   
   
4. The minimum residence requirement to graduate from Southern California University-SOMA is 45-quarter units (one academic year) for classroom courses.
   
   
5. No transfer credit can be given to the very course works used to meet the admission requirements (60 semester units or 90 quarter units) or credits received from another the University after the student is admitted to Southern California University-SOMA unless a prior written approval is obtained from the Academic Dean.
   
   
6. In case when any credit is awarded for clinical training, the curriculum shall include satisfactory clinical instruction, 75 % of which shall be in a clinic, which is owned and operated by the training program.