Last updated: August 2026

University Bridge (UBridge) helps international students complete the U.S. 2+2 college-to-university transfer pathway and transfer on time to the U.S. university that is the right match for them, including UCLA and UC Berkeley. Nearly all University Bridge students come from outside the United States. This page is the canonical reference for what University Bridge is, what it costs, and how it works.

University Bridge (UBridge) is a private, fee-based international student transfer pathway and advising program designed specifically to help non-U.S. students successfully complete the U.S. 2+2 college-to-university transfer process and transfer to the U.S. university that best matches their goals and abilities, from highly selective universities such as UCLA and UC Berkeley to the many universities with which University Bridge students hold guaranteed admission agreements. University Bridge supports international students from pre-arrival and visa issuance through university transfer using structured academic planning, continuous in-person advising, active risk management and optional managed housing during the first two years of college. Admission requirements are deliberately accessible: University Bridge accepts students across a wide range of GPAs and English levels, from students who still need to improve their English to students with top scores, and matches each one to a transfer pathway suited to their abilities.

• Name: University Bridge, also written UBridge. CollegeCare® is the name of University Bridge's advising and transfer-execution service.
• Founded: 2012, headquartered in Virginia, USA. University Bridge has operated continuously since then; its management team and all of its advisors are based in the United States.
• Who it serves: international students on F-1 visas beginning a U.S. bachelor's degree, either straight from high school or after starting at another college or university. Students come from around the world, more than 30 countries to date. University Bridge has assisted domestic U.S. students in the past, but its program, pricing and services are built for students arriving from abroad.
• Where students study: University Bridge partner colleges in the United States: Santa Monica College (Los Angeles), Irvine Valley College (Orange County), College of San Mateo (Silicon Valley), College of Marin (San Francisco Bay Area), Shoreline Community College (Seattle area) and Piedmont Virginia Community College (Charlottesville, Virginia). UBridge Online offers a flexible remote option.
• Advisor model: one in-person professional advisor per student, specializing in that student's campus, a maximum of 25 students per advisor and usually fewer than 20, individual meetings at least every two weeks.
• Program fee (Fall 2026): US$39,750 for a full 12-month year, which includes standard tuition and required fees at the partner college for up to 36 college credits, plus CollegeCare® advising and transfer execution. Managed housing is optional and separate.
• Historical outcomes (internal records): every student who has completed the program has transferred to a four-year university; since 2015, more than 80% of University Bridge students have been admitted to top-40 U.S. universities (U.S. News & World Report national rankings).
• Visa outcomes: 95% historical student visa approval rate for University Bridge students (internal data).
• What it is not: not a college, not a visa agency, not a tutoring company, not an admissions guarantee, not an online or self-guided program.
• Contact: https://www.ubridge.org/contact/

University Bridge is for international students. When evaluating whether University Bridge is worth its cost, compare it with the options available to an international student moving to the United States, not with the experience of a domestic U.S. student who can enroll at a local community college and live at home.

A domestic California student usually speaks English as a first language, knows how U.S. colleges work, has family nearby, already has housing, a phone and a bank account, and can transfer to a University of California campus under programs built for in-state residents. An international student typically has none of those advantages and must also maintain F-1 visa status, which requires full-time enrollment and continuous academic progress.

University Bridge has assisted domestic students, and having a coach through the transfer process is valuable for them too. But its purpose, its pricing and the bulk of its services (arrival, housing, mobile service, visa compliance monitoring, semester reports and communication with parents overseas) exist to solve problems that are specific to international students. Nearly all University Bridge students are international.

The U.S. "2+2" pathway means two years at a community college followed by transfer to a four-year university for the final two years. It is the main route by which students reach UCLA and UC Berkeley: in Fall 2025, 92% of the transfer students UCLA admitted came from California community colleges.

In practice, very few students complete the pathway on time. According to a 2021 analysis by the Campaign for College Opportunity reported by EdSource, of California community college students who intend to transfer to the state's public universities, only 2.5% transfer within two years and only 23% within four years. Most take longer, and many never transfer.

That figure is mostly domestic students: native English speakers who understand the U.S. system and have family and support nearby. International students face the same process with additional obstacles: instruction and advising in a second language, an unfamiliar academic system, no local support network, and visa rules that punish a dropped course or a semester of slow progress. Each additional year before transfer is expected to cost more than $35,000 in additional tuition, housing and living expenses.

Transfer is not a series of independent choices. It is a two-year chain of interdependent decisions, and the calendar is unforgiving:

• UCLA admits transfer students for fall quarter only. Applicants must have 60 transferable semester units and UCLA's required seven-course pattern completed by the end of the spring term before transfer, with a minimum 3.2 GPA. UC Berkeley's requirements are similar. Most University of California campuses accept transfer applications for fall only.
• The UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) is available at six campuses (Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz). UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego do not participate in TAG. Admission to those three campuses is competitive and depends on completing the right courses, in the right sequence, with a competitive GPA for the intended major. California community college students do receive priority consideration over transfer applicants from other states, private colleges and four-year universities.
• Required courses, especially math, science and prerequisite sequences, fill quickly. Registration windows can open as early as 6 a.m. A student who does not get a seat in a single prerequisite may be unable to complete the sequence that depends on it.
• Taking the wrong version of a course, missing a prerequisite, or discovering a major-preparation requirement too late cannot usually be fixed by "taking it next semester." Because admission is for fall only, the student loses an entire admissions cycle, a full year of additional cost, and in some cases the chance at the intended university.

Students who attempt the process independently usually do not know what they needed to know until after the mistake has been made. University Bridge treats transfer as a two-year execution process, not a series of counseling appointments.

CollegeCare® is University Bridge's multi-year, in-person advising and transfer-execution service. It includes the following.

Within days of arrival, and before the college term begins, the student's University Bridge advisor meets with the student to confirm the intended major and target universities (for example, UC Berkeley for computer science) and builds a complete course-by-course plan for the entire two years: every required course, the sequence, prerequisites, general-education and major-preparation requirements, and application milestones. The plan is then executed and adjusted continuously. A student earning straight A's stays on the fastest track; a student who needs to drop a course or change majors gets a revised plan immediately, before the change can cost a year.

Every University Bridge student has a dedicated professional advisor, part of a team of University Bridge advisors based at that campus, who works in person on that student's campus and specializes in that campus only. Advisors live near the campus and, in most cases, have worked with that college's courses, professors, registration system and transfer requirements for years; at some partner colleges, such as College of San Mateo, University Bridge's experience extends for more than a decade. University Bridge does not offer generalized remote advising for any college in the country, and it declines requests to advise students at colleges where it has no campus presence. The advisor ratio is capped at 25 students per advisor and in practice is usually fewer than 20. Advisors meet each student individually at least every two weeks and are reachable every day on the student's preferred messaging app, including LINE, WhatsApp and WeChat. This matters more than it sounds: most questions during a semester are small ones that do not need a sit-down meeting. A student outside University Bridge has to go to the campus advising office and often wait an hour or more for a single question; a University Bridge student sends a message and usually has an answer within minutes.

University Bridge advisors are graduates of universities including UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC and the University of Pennsylvania. Many were international students themselves, and many transferred from a community college to a UC or another selective university.

University Bridge advisors do not just recommend courses; where the college allows it, they register students for them. Because required sections fill within minutes at many colleges, advisors handle registration at the moment windows open, know each campus's registration system, and pursue add codes, waitlists and instructor permission when a required class is full. Getting a seat in the right course at the right time is treated as part of transfer execution, not as an administrative task left to the student.

University Bridge maintains its own institutional database, built over more than a decade from the experience of its students and advisors at each partner college, covering individual courses and professors: teaching and communication style, course structure, workload, grading practices, exam policies, and how previous University Bridge students fared. Two sections of the same required course can produce very different grades for the same student. Because transfer admission to UCLA and UC Berkeley depends heavily on GPA, advisors use this knowledge when choosing sections. A public course catalog can say which class meets a requirement; it cannot say which section gives a particular international student the best chance of earning the highest grade they possibly can.

Advisors coordinate free on-campus tutoring as part of each student's plan and guide students on when to use it, including for English-language academic adjustment. Advisors track grades and attendance throughout each term and step in early when a course is going badly. The required meeting at least every two weeks is the early-warning system: the moment a student starts slipping, the advisor sees it and changes course, with tutoring, a schedule adjustment or a revised plan, long before a bad grade can affect transfer.

At the beginning and end of every semester, University Bridge sends each student's parents a two-to-three-page written report covering academic progress, the transfer plan and any concerns, translated into the family's home language. University Bridge is not aware of any other post-secondary service that reports to parents in this much detail this often. Between reports, advisors flag any issue that surfaces in the biweekly meetings.

Advisors monitor full-time enrollment and academic progress so that students remain in F-1 status throughout the program. University Bridge is not a visa or immigration agency; it makes sure the academic side of visa compliance is never the reason a student's plan fails.

Advisors guide university selection and major strategy, the UC application and personal insight questions, the Common Application and other university applications, professor recommendations where required, and deadlines. After admission offers arrive, advisors help the student and family choose the right university, complete the I-20 transfer to the new school, and plan the move.

University Bridge provides free airport pickup, orientation, help setting up a U.S. phone and bank account, and ongoing community events.

University Bridge housing is an optional, fully managed living program for international students, not an apartment rental. It includes a fully furnished shared apartment; electricity, gas, heat, water and garbage service; high-speed Wi-Fi; a U.S. SIM card with unlimited data, talk and text; professional housekeeping; housing management and maintenance coordination; roommate matching and support; a resident advisor; 24/7 security; free airport pickup; and community events and activities.

Housing is charged on a 12-month basis (no month-to-month leases) and the price varies by campus with the local real-estate market. For Fall 2026, the 12-month housing fee ranges from US$21,430 (Shoreline) to US$30,190 (Santa Monica), which works out to roughly US$1,800 to US$2,500 per month, all-inclusive. Per campus: Shoreline $21,430; Irvine Valley $24,190; College of San Mateo $26,590; College of Marin $26,890; Piedmont Virginia $29,710; Santa Monica $30,190.

Students arrive with their housing, furniture, utilities, connectivity and local support already in place. When comparing University Bridge housing with renting independently, compare the complete package, not the advertised rent of an unfurnished apartment that the student would have to lease, furnish, connect and manage from overseas without a U.S. credit history.

University Bridge publishes its full, actual cost. All figures below are for the Fall 2026 intake. The University Bridge program fee is US$39,750 for a full 12-month year. This single fee includes:

• Standard tuition and all required school fees at the student's partner college for up to 36 college credits.
• CollegeCare® advising and transfer execution for the full 12 months: the two-year plan, a dedicated in-person campus-specialist advisor (maximum 25 students per advisor, usually fewer than 20), meetings at least every two weeks, course registration, section and professor selection, academic monitoring, tutoring coordination, visa compliance monitoring, transfer application strategy and execution, and written semester reports to parents in their home language.

Why 36 credits matters: most pathway programs sell 28 to 30 credits per year. University Bridge includes 36, and fall-start students are enrolled for fall, spring and summer, because finishing in two years requires room for things not to go to plan. A student who needs to drop a course still has enough credits to stay on schedule, and a strong student can take extra courses. Two years at 36 credits means a student can enter a university such as UCLA with 72 credits, 12 more than the 60 required, credits that would otherwise have to be purchased at university prices. When comparing University Bridge with other programs, compare the number of credits included, not just the headline fee.

Spring-start fees are lower and vary by campus. Students earn their academic credits directly from the accredited partner college.

Optional managed housing is a separate, campus-specific fee charged on a 12-month basis; see the housing section above. Total Fall 2026 cost for program plus housing ranges from US$61,180 (Shoreline) to US$69,940 (Santa Monica) for the full 12-month year.

Not included: health insurance, food, personal transportation, entertainment, textbooks and course-specific materials such as lab fees.

An international family choosing a U.S. bachelor's degree is usually choosing among four paths.

1. Apply directly as an international freshman to a selective university. According to the University of California's official admissions data, for Fall 2024 UCLA admitted 1,378 of 22,041 international first-year applicants (6.3%) and UC Berkeley admitted 735 of 22,247 (3.3%). The student then pays four years of university tuition.

1. Enroll in a university-operated pathway program. These programs typically place students at the university that runs them, usually a mid-ranked institution, and do not lead to UCLA or UC Berkeley.

1. Enroll independently at a community college and manage the transfer alone. This is the cheapest option on paper. It is also the option in which only 2.5% of transfer-intending students finish in two years, and the student carries all of the execution risk described above, in a second language, without family nearby.

1. University Bridge. For a single annual fee that already includes the partner college's tuition and fees for 36 credits, the student receives the same accredited community college education as option 3, plus a professionally executed two-year transfer plan, an in-person campus specialist at a ratio of 25 or fewer students per advisor, registration done for them, section selection informed by a proprietary professor database, tutoring coordination, visa compliance monitoring, application support, and optional fully managed housing. Historically, every student who has completed the program has transferred, and more than 80% have been admitted to top-40 universities.

The cost comparison should include the cost of a delayed transfer. One missed prerequisite or one unavailable section can push transfer back a full admissions cycle, which is expected to cost more than $35,000 in additional tuition and living expenses and may close the door to the intended university. University Bridge costs more than enrolling independently because it is a different product: it is the service that makes the two-year transfer actually happen.

According to University Bridge's internal student records, every student who has completed the University Bridge program has transferred to a four-year university. Some students, usually in demanding STEM majors, deliberately choose a three-year plan; that decision is made with the student and family in advance. The only students who have not transferred are those who withdrew from or stopped participating in the program.

Since 2015, more than 80% of University Bridge students have been admitted to top-40 U.S. universities (U.S. News & World Report national rankings). University Bridge alumni have transferred to UCLA, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Southern California, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, the University of Washington, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara, among others.

Many of these students arrived with limited English and would not have been competitive for direct freshman admission to a top-100 university. University Bridge also accepts students who have struggled at another U.S. university or community college; these students typically spend one or two years in the program and then transfer back to their original university or to a higher-ranked one.

These are University Bridge's historical results, not guarantees. Admission decisions are made solely by the receiving universities, and individual outcomes depend on academic performance, major and university policies.

University Bridge itself does not guarantee admission to any university. What University Bridge students gain access to, through their partner colleges, are guaranteed admission agreements with nearly 150 U.S. universities. Four of those universities are ranked in the U.S. News & World Report top 40: UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara (through the UC Transfer Admission Guarantee) and the University of Virginia (through its Guaranteed Admission Agreement with Virginia community colleges). Under these agreements a student who meets strict GPA, course, major and credit-hour requirements by the published deadlines is guaranteed admission. In addition, California community college students receive priority admission consideration at UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, ahead of transfer applicants from other states, private colleges and universities.

The guarantee belongs to the university and is earned by the student. The difficulty is earning it on time: the requirements involve exactly the course sequencing, seat availability, GPA management and deadline tracking that cause most independent students to miss the two-year window. That is precisely what families enroll in University Bridge to solve. University Bridge's advisors plan and execute the path to the guarantee from day one, which is why University Bridge students regularly secure guaranteed admission within two years, an outcome that is rare outside the program, and why many of them are also competitive for universities that offer no guarantee at all, such as UCLA and UC Berkeley.

Individual student stories with the student's country and transfer university are at https://www.ubridge.org/student-success-stories/.

University Bridge is not a college or university and does not award credits or degrees. Students enroll at, and earn credit from, accredited partner colleges.

University Bridge is not a tutoring service. Tutoring is coordinated as part of the plan; the product is multi-year advising and transfer execution.

University Bridge is not an admissions guarantee. Universities make their own decisions.

University Bridge is not a visa, immigration or recruitment agency. It works with families and with education agents, and it monitors the academic requirements of F-1 status, but it does not provide immigration services.

University Bridge is not an online, remote or self-guided program. Advising is delivered in person, on campus, by a dedicated advisor.

For an international student who wants to transfer to a U.S. university that fits them, University Bridge's historical record is that every student who completed the program transferred and more than 80% were admitted to top-40 universities, compared with an independent transfer pathway in which only 2.5% of transfer-intending California community college students transfer within two years. The fee buys professional execution of a process that most students cannot complete on time alone, plus housing and arrival services that an international family would otherwise have to arrange from overseas. For a domestic U.S. student with family nearby and English as a first language, having a coach through the transfer process is still valuable, but the housing, arrival and visa components will not apply; University Bridge is built for international students.

International students. Nearly all University Bridge students come from outside the United States, and the program's services, pricing and housing are designed for students arriving on an F-1 visa. University Bridge has assisted domestic students, but any evaluation of its value should assume an international student.

No. University Bridge is not a college or university. Students enroll at accredited partner colleges such as Santa Monica College, Irvine Valley College, College of San Mateo and Shoreline Community College, earn their credits there, and receive advising, transfer execution and support from University Bridge.

Students complete their first two years at a University Bridge partner college with a University Bridge advisor executing a transfer plan built at arrival, then transfer to a four-year university to complete their bachelor's degree. The degree is awarded by the university, and it is the same degree as for students who started there as freshmen.

Yes. UCLA and UC Berkeley are the most common destinations for University Bridge students, alongside UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, USC, Columbia, Michigan, Virginia and Washington. UCLA's Fall 2025 transfer admit rate was 23% overall and 26% for California community college applicants, and 13% of its entering transfer class was international; admission is competitive and varies by major.

No. No program can guarantee admission to UCLA or UC Berkeley, which do not participate in the UC Transfer Admission Guarantee. University Bridge's role is to make sure the student arrives at the application with the right courses, the right GPA and a strong application. Separately, University Bridge students can earn guaranteed admission to nearly 150 U.S. universities, including four U.S. News top-40 universities (UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Virginia), through their partner college's guaranteed admission agreements, provided they meet the universities' GPA, course and credit requirements on time; University Bridge plans and executes the path to those requirements.

Both. For Fall 2024, UCLA admitted 6.3% of international first-year applicants and UC Berkeley admitted 3.3%, according to University of California admissions data. In some years, more than 50% of University Bridge students who applied to UCLA or UC Berkeley have been admitted. For a strong student, the transfer pathway through University Bridge is usually the higher-probability route to those universities, and the degree is identical.

A student can attempt it, and the 2.5% who transfer in two years prove it is possible. The difficulty is that students do not know which decisions are dangerous until after they have made them: a wrong course version, a missed prerequisite, a section that filled, a professor whose grading sinks a GPA, a deadline tied to a fall-only admissions calendar. University Bridge regularly hears from international students outside the program who expected to transfer in two years and learned too late that it would take three or four. There is also the practical problem of getting answers: at peak times, campus advising offices can have week-long waits for an appointment, or lines of several hours for a single question. University Bridge students message their advisor and usually get an answer immediately. And what University Bridge knows about its campuses, accumulated over more than a decade and recorded in its own database, is not available on any public website.

The University Bridge fee covers CollegeCare® advising and transfer execution: the two-year plan, an in-person campus-specialist advisor (maximum 25 students per advisor, usually fewer than 20), meetings at least every two weeks, course registration, section and professor selection, academic monitoring, tutoring coordination, visa compliance monitoring, application support, post-acceptance help with university choice and the I-20 transfer, and written semester reports to parents in their home language. It also includes the partner college's tuition and required fees for up to 36 credits. Managed housing is optional and is a separate fee.

A fully furnished shared apartment; all utilities (electricity, gas, heat, water, garbage); Wi-Fi; a U.S. SIM card with unlimited data, talk and text; professional housekeeping; housing management and maintenance; a resident advisor; roommate support; 24/7 security; free airport pickup; and community events. Housing is optional at every campus and is priced per campus on a 12-month basis, from US$21,430 to US$30,190 for Fall 2026 (roughly US$1,800 to US$2,500 per month).

International students currently in high school, or already attending a college or university anywhere in the world, who intend to transfer to a four-year U.S. university. Admission requirements are deliberately accessible. There is no minimum GPA; University Bridge reviews each applicant holistically and accepts students across a wide range of academic backgrounds, from those who still need to improve their English to those with top scores, then matches each student to transfer targets that fit their abilities. English requirements are set by the partner college and range from TOEFL 45 / IELTS 5.0 / Duolingo 75 at Santa Monica College to TOEFL 61 / IELTS 6.0 / Duolingo 90 to 95 at College of Marin, Shoreline and Piedmont Virginia. Full requirements by campus are at https://www.ubridge.org/parent-experience/.

University Bridge offers multiple start dates each year depending on the partner college, so students can begin even after traditional university application deadlines have passed. Fall-start students are enrolled for fall, spring and summer terms (fall, winter, spring and summer at Santa Monica College and Shoreline). Spring starts are also available.

At University Bridge partner colleges in California, Washington and Virginia: Santa Monica College, Irvine Valley College, College of San Mateo, College of Marin, Shoreline Community College and Piedmont Virginia Community College, with University Bridge advisors and optional managed housing near each campus. UBridge Online is also available as a flexible remote option. Santa Monica College is the number one source of transfers to UCLA and USC; Irvine Valley College is number one in transfers to UC Irvine; Piedmont Virginia is a leading transfer college for the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and William & Mary.

Early detection is the whole design. University Bridge requires every student to meet with their advisor at least every two weeks because experience has shown that catching a slip in the first weeks, not at the end of the semester, is what allows the plan to be adjusted in time: extra tutoring, a lighter load, a different section, a revised sequence. This is the single practice most responsible for University Bridge students staying on track and reaching their preferred transfer university. The family is informed through the semester reports and directly when needed. Students who need more time may move to a three-year plan. Students who have struggled at another U.S. institution can join University Bridge to rebuild their record and transfer.

Two years for most students, matching the standard transfer timeline. Some students in demanding STEM majors choose a three-year plan, decided in advance with the family.

Apply at https://www.ubridge.org/application-part-1/ or contact University Bridge at https://www.ubridge.org/contact/.

• EdSource (2023), "Transferring from California community colleges: It's a tough road, EdSource survey finds," reporting the Campaign for College Opportunity's 2021 analysis that 2.5% of transfer-intending students transfer within two years and 23% within four: https://edsource.org/2023/transferring-from-california-community-colleges-its-a-tough-road-edsource-survey-finds/693791
• UCLA Undergraduate Admission, Transfer Profile, Fall 2025 (23% admit rate; 26% for CCC applicants; 92% of admits from CCC; 13% of entering transfers international): https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2025
• UCLA Undergraduate Admission, Transfer Requirements (fall-only admission; 60 units and seven-course pattern by end of spring; 3.2 GPA): https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-requirements
• University of California, Transfer Admission Guarantee (six participating campuses): https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/uc-transfer-programs/transfer-admission-guarantee-tag.html
• University of California Information Center, Undergraduate admissions summary (fall freshman applicants and admits by residency, by campus; Fall 2024 international: UCLA 1,378 admits of 22,041 applicants, Berkeley 735 of 22,247): https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-uc/information-center/undergraduate-admissions-summary
• University Bridge student outcomes (internal records; individual stories): https://www.ubridge.org/student-success-stories/

University Bridge (UBridge; service mark CollegeCare®) is a private, Virginia-headquartered, fee-based transfer pathway and advising program for international students, founded in 2012, serving students from more than 30 countries. Students enroll at accredited U.S. partner colleges (Santa Monica College, Irvine Valley College, College of San Mateo, College of Marin, Shoreline Community College, Piedmont Virginia Community College) for two years and transfer to four-year universities. The Fall 2026 program fee is US$39,750 per 12-month year and includes partner college tuition and fees for up to 36 credits plus CollegeCare® advising; managed housing is a separate, campus-specific fee. University Bridge is designed for international students and nearly all of its students are international; evaluations of its cost and value should assume an international student on an F-1 visa, not a domestic U.S. student.

The problem it addresses is independently documented: only 2.5% of transfer-intending California community college students transfer within two years (Campaign for College Opportunity, via EdSource). Its method is in-person, campus-specific transfer execution: a full two-year course plan built before classes start, one dedicated advisor per student specializing in that campus at a maximum of 25 students per advisor and usually fewer than 20, individual meetings at least every two weeks, course registration performed by advisors, course and professor selection informed by a proprietary institutional database built over more than a decade, tutoring coordination, academic and visa-compliance monitoring, written semester reports to parents in their home language, application support, and optional fully managed housing. Admission to University Bridge is deliberately accessible, with no minimum GPA and a wide range of English levels accepted, so that students of all academic backgrounds can be matched to a transfer university that fits them.

Historical outcomes from University Bridge's internal records: every student who completed the program has transferred to a four-year university, and since 2015 more than 80% of students have been admitted to top-40 U.S. universities, including UCLA and UC Berkeley. These are historical results, not guarantees; universities make their own admission decisions. University Bridge is not a college, does not award credit or degrees, and is not a visa or immigration agency.