diff --git a/advlabdb/modelViews.py b/advlabdb/modelViews.py
index 0a26024..cfbe271 100644
--- a/advlabdb/modelViews.py
+++ b/advlabdb/modelViews.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from flask_admin.contrib.sqla.filters import BaseSQLAFilter
 from flask_admin.menu import MenuLink
 from flask_security import current_user, hash_password
 from sqlalchemy import func
-from wtforms import BooleanField, SelectField, TextField
+from wtforms import BooleanField, SelectField, TextField, RadioField
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Email
 
 from advlabdb import admin, app, db, user_datastore
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from advlabdb.models import (
 from advlabdb.utils import (
     partFromLabelInUserActiveSemester,
     randomPassword,
-    setActiveSemester,
+    setUserActiveSemester,
     userActiveSemester,
 )
 
@@ -100,15 +100,21 @@ class SemesterModelView(SecureModelView):
     can_edit = False
 
     column_list = ["label", "parts"]
-    form_columns = ["semester_label", "year", "create_parts"]
+    form_columns = ["semester_label", "year", "create_parts", "transfer_assistants"]
 
     semesterLabels = ["WS", "SS"]
     form_extra_fields = {
-        "semester_label": SelectField(
+        "semester_label": RadioField(
             "Semester", choices=list(zip(semesterLabels, semesterLabels)), validators=[DataRequired()]
         ),
         "year": TextField("Year", validators=[DataRequired()]),
-        "create_parts": BooleanField("Create parts:" + ", ".join(getConfig("partLabels")) + ".", default=True),
+        "create_parts": BooleanField(
+            "Create parts:"
+            + ", ".join(getConfig("partLabels"))
+            + " and transfer part experiments from your current active semester:",
+            default=True,
+        ),
+        "transfer_assistants": BooleanField("Transfer Assistants from your current active semester:", default=False),
     }
 
     def create_model(self, form):
@@ -125,18 +131,35 @@ class SemesterModelView(SecureModelView):
             return model
 
     def after_model_change(self, form, model, is_created):
+        admin.add_link(
+            MenuLink(
+                name=model.label,
+                url=url_for("set_semester") + "?semester_id=" + str(model.id),
+                category="Active semester",
+            )
+        )
+
+        oldSemesterParts = userActiveSemester().parts
+
+        setUserActiveSemester(model.id)
+
         if form.create_parts.data:
             model.createParts()
 
-        if is_created:
-            admin.add_link(
-                MenuLink(
-                    name=model.label,
-                    url=url_for("set_semester") + "?semester_id=" + str(model.id),
-                    category="Active semester",
-                )
-            )
-            setActiveSemester(model.id)
+            try:
+                for part in oldSemesterParts:
+                    for partExperiment in part.part_experiments:
+                        newPartExperiment = PartExperiment(
+                            experiment=partExperiment.experiment, part=partFromLabelInUserActiveSemester(part.label)
+                        )
+                        if form.transfer_assistants.data:
+                            newPartExperiment.assistants = partExperiment.assistants
+                        self.session.add(newPartExperiment)
+                self.session.commit()
+            except Exception as ex:
+                flash(ex, "error")
+
+                self.session.rollback()
 
 
 class PartModelView(SecureModelView):
diff --git a/advlabdb/routes.py b/advlabdb/routes.py
index 3792669..a23b695 100644
--- a/advlabdb/routes.py
+++ b/advlabdb/routes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from flask_security import auth_required, current_user
 
 from advlabdb import app
 from advlabdb.models import Semester
-from advlabdb.utils import setActiveSemester, titleToTemplate, userActiveSemester
+from advlabdb.utils import setUserActiveSemester, titleToTemplate, userActiveSemester
 
 
 @app.context_processor
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def index():
 @app.route("/set_semester")
 @auth_required()
 def set_semester():
-    setActiveSemester(request.args.get("semester_id"))
+    setUserActiveSemester(request.args.get("semester_id"))
     ref = request.referrer
     red = ref if ref else url_for("index")
     return redirect(red)
diff --git a/advlabdb/utils.py b/advlabdb/utils.py
index 6acdb12..2a78e4d 100644
--- a/advlabdb/utils.py
+++ b/advlabdb/utils.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def partFromLabelInUserActiveSemester(partLabel):
             return part
 
 
-def setActiveSemester(semesterId):
+def setUserActiveSemester(semesterId):
     try:
         current_user.active_semester_id = Semester.query.get(int(semesterId)).id
     except Exception as err: