Thomas Edison State University accepts and awards credit for many types of professional training, licenses and certificates, and different examination programs.
Examination Programs
TESU awards credit for different college-level examination programs. An official transcript from the institution must be sent in order for credit to be awarded.
For more information regarding Exam programs-please visit Examination Programs.
Licenses and Certifications
For a complete listing of licenses and certifications that TESU has reviewed for credit, please visit Licenses and Certifications.
In most cases, an official notarized copy of the license/ certification (accompanied by the Student Submission of TESU-Assessed Credentials form) needs to be sent in order for credit to be awarded.
Professional Training Reviewed by ACE (American Council on Education) and NCCRS (National CCRS)
ACE/NCCRS courses with credit recommendations: Courses from TESU Approved Educational Providers are accepted for credit because they have recommendations from either ACE or NCCRS.
- TESU requires a Credly transcript for ACE-reviewed courses and/or professional training. Please note that Sophia, LLC courses are recommended for credit by ACE and Sophia courses must come to TESU on a Credly transcript to be reviewed for transfer credit. We cannot review Sophia transcripts that come through Parchment from Sophia, LLC directly as they do not contain the ACE recommendation information needed to make the credit award.
- Per University agreement, two ACE/NCCRS reviewed organizations, Study.com and StraighterLine, will send official transcripts directly to Thomas Edison State University instead of through ACE/NCCRS. To be official, the transcripts must come directly from those organizations, not from them to the student. For Study.com, we will not accept the credit from the ACE transcript, only the Study.com transcript is acceptable for credit review.
- NCCRS organizations issue their own transcripts. The organization offering the course will have information on how to send the transcript of the credit to TESU.
- We are aware that some organizations that have ACE recommended coursework do not utilize the Credly Acclaim Platform to issue official transcripts (for example Joint Knowledge Online courses EJPME I & EJPME II). If the organization does not use Credly but does have an official transcript or certification they can send directly to TESU, we will review the documentation for credit. If the organization does not have an option to issue their own official transcript directly to TESU to be reviewed for credit, students need to send us a notarized copy of their completion certificate and submit it to us with and in accordance with the instructions on the ACE recommended Credits when Credly is not an option. The student can email the documents to us as long as the notarization can be seen on the copy of the certificate. This option is ONLY acceptable if the organization is ACE approved, does not use CREDLY, and will not send documentation directly to us on behalf of the student.
To obtain credit for your reviewed FAA license, follow these instructions carefully.
Per University agreement, edX will send your TLR to TESU directly. They will be considered official when sent directly from edX to TESU.
The University has an agreement with the colleges in the Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalence (CACE) to accept recommendations from their recent reviews. If you find your training program or credential on any of the member websites, please email plr@tesu.edu and we will follow up with you.
