Rutgers Exchange Program
Princeton and Rutgers-New Brunswick have been operating an informal exchange program since 1964. It is operated through the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Princeton University and through the Office of the Registrar, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. The program is informal to the extent that formal registration as an enrolled graduate student at the host institution is unnecessary. Tuition is paid at the home institution. The exchange form is used to accomplish registration at each institution. The objective of the program is to make courses available to graduate Ph.D. students that are not available at their home institution. To be eligible to take a course at the other institution, a graduate student must be matriculated in a Ph.D. program, must have his/her adviser, graduate program director, or departmental chairperson countersign his/her request with the Dean of the Graduate School indicating that the course is necessary for the student's program and is not available at his/her home institution.
Registration is limited to one or two graduate courses per semester; undergraduate courses may not be taken under this program.
- The Princeton student obtains the Exchange Form online at the link below. The Rutgers-New Brunswick students must register via a Course Request Card or Change of Registration Form for Princeton Exchange, (__):001:816, normally for three credits. (Refer to the Schedule of Classes for the Registration Index number for your school.) Only Rutgers students enrolled in schools that have Princeton Exchange in their Schedule of Classes, may participate in the Exchange Program. Students who fail to register for Princeton Exchange cannot receive credit under this program.
- The student obtains the necessary departmental and graduate school endorsements and indicates the course number, name of course, and term on the form.
- The student then contacts the instructor of the course so the instructor can determine if the student is qualified to take the course and if there is room in the course.
- After the instructor has given permission by signing the form, the original is submitted to the Rutgers Registrar (for Princeton students) and a copy is submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs, 111 Clio Hall (for Rutgers students).
- One copy of the form with the final grade is returned to the Office of Academic Affairs, 111 Clio Hall, at the end of the semester. If the grade is an "incomplete" the revised grade is sent to the Graduate School as soon as it becomes available.