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Acknowledgment of Study Performances

The European Credit Transfer System ECTS has been developed by the Commission of the European Communities to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and transferring them from one institution to another. One of the main aims is the promotion of academic recognition throughout the European Community -- between an EU Member State and any country belonging to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - in order to allow students to follow part of their study programme abroad.

ECTS is a decentralised system based upon the principle of mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions. The few rules of ECTS, concerning Information, (on courses available), Agreement, (between the home and host institutions) and the Use of Credit Points (to indicate student workload) are set out to reinforce this mutual trust and confidence. Each ECTS department will describe the courses it offers not only in terms of content but also in terms of credits for each course. Achieved grades will be converted into the local grading system of the partner institution.