Hello newuser, Here are some facts that I think are true. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 1. Biotechnology program is not offered by many schools. Only top universities in the us offer this program. Which is why it might be hard to get in this program. 2. 3 years BSc from Nepal is not counted as a 4 years bachelors program in the US. So your brother might have to re-take Bachelors program in the US. 3. The maximum number of credit transfers will be equivalent to two years of study which means even if all the credits from nepal are transferred, your brother will still have to study two more years to finish bachelors. 4. Since your brother would already have taken major classes (the classes related to the field) from Nepal, it might not get transferred. Most universities require you to take the major classes from the same university or at least the senior level classes (3rd and 4th year classes) which would mean that all senior level classes that your brother might have taken from Nepal would be a waste. That would mean your brother may have to study for three more years before he gets a bachelors degree 5. Libreal Arts colleges require students to take general studies classes (like history, economics, geography etc..) which would mean that virtually most of the things your brother studied from nepal would be a total waste. The transfer rules differ by university to university and so some university may transfer more hours than others. So you should look for a university which allow the most transfers. Also some universities may enroll the student in Masters Program upon completing some deficiency courses. If that's the case then you should go for that instead of enrolling to a bachelor's program. I don't know if they allow funding for students who are admitted under certain conditions (like having deficiencies). These schools may also require GRE and since biotechnology is a pretty good program, they might require a GRE quantitative score of 750 and a verbal score of 550 or close. Under these circumstances it might be best to finish Masters in Nepal and then come here unless someone here at Sajha knows about some school which have different rules and contradict what I mentioned before. Good luck!