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1. What are ECTS credits good for?

The ECTS makes student performance more transparent and comparable to all across European Union
countries.

The benefits of ECTS for students are :

It is useful when you can study a Bachelor degree in an European country and a Master degree in another
European country as if you studied both in the same country.

You can easily find work in any Europeans
countries, as your studies will be recognised.

It will be easy for your home university to keep track of the study
hours - credit transfers if you’re taking a joint-degree, semester abroad, or an Erasmus study experience.

It
gives a simplified academic paperwork.

Easy way to estimate the complexity of a study class, seminars,
internships, thesis, etc., based on the number of credits it offers upon completion.

It gives you less
differentiation between local and international students in universities.

Main benefit is even if you are drop out
of a course, ECTS credits help you to prove your academic achievements so you don't have to take the same
courses all over again.

Another benefit is your degree will have the same number of credits no matter what
academic discipline you pursue.

2. Where is ECTS credit system used?

ECTS credit system is mainly being used in the following seven European countries

UK
IRELAND
GERMANY
NETHERLAND
SWEDEN
FRANCE
SPAIN

3. How are ECTS credits calculated?

ECTS credits are basically a value allocated to course units to describe the student workload required to complete
them. They reflect the quantity of work each course requires in relation to the total quantity of work required to
complete a full year of academic study at the institution, i.e, lectures, practical work, seminars, private work in the
laboratory, library or at home and examinations or other assessment activities. Upon completion of a course, seminar,
module etc., you will be awarded with ECTS credit points. Every ECTS credit point represents the amount of workload.
Few examples of ECTS credits assigned as per degree type includes :
For full academic year, 60 ECTS credits will be assigned. normally 30 credits are given for a semester and 20 credits
for a trimester.

For 3 years of Bachelor’s programme 180 ECTS credits will be assigned.

For 2 years of Master’s
programme 120 ECTC credits will be given.

As per Germany, Romania and Hungary ECTS credit system 1 ECTS = 30 study hours of workload. ECTS credits are
allocated to practical placements and to thesis preparation when these activities form part of the regular programme of
study at both the home and host institutions.

4. What is ECTS grading scale?

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) scale is a grading system designed to facilitate the
transfer of academic results (Examination and assessment results are usually expressed in grades.) between different
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country assessment systems. It is adopted by many universities in the countries belonging to the European Higher
Education Area, allowing the conversion of the grades from one country to another country.

GRADE CUMULATIVE % DEFINITION

A 10 Outstanding performance with only minor errors
B 35 Above the average standard but with some errors
C 65 Generally sound work with a number of notable errors
D 90 Fair but with significant shortcomings
E ~100 Performance meets the minimum criteria
FX Fail – some more work required before the credit can be awarded
F Fail – considerable further work is required

5. How to convert non ECTS to ECTS credits?

If your bachelor's college has already adapted the ECTS or equivalent credit system, you are out of trouble.
You can directly enter the credits printed on your transcript/grade card into the ECTS form. Here it is important
to check whether the CP (Credits) used by your college is equivalent to ECTS.

For Example, if your the
credit system used in your college assigns 1 credits for every 25 hours of time spent on a subject then the
actual credits you earned in ECTS system will be less than your credit system used by your college. In this
case 1CP = 0.83 ECTS.

However, if your college neither gives the number of hours per subject or the Credit Point (CP) details used in
your bachelors, here's how you can calculate the ECTS:

Please refer the table below, consider any one subject from your course (Digital Communication), you should
know details such as Number of lecture hours per week and Number of weeks per semester since you have
already completed (about to complete) your bachelors.

For the "Digital Communication" subject, let's
assume 4 hours in a week lecture and 4 hours per week on assignments, home work and self study. Since
typically the lecture period runs for 4 months in a semester, let's assume, Number of weeks per semester as
16.
No. Of Weeks Per
Subject No. Of Hours Per Week Total No. Of Hours
Semester
4 (Classes) 16 64
Digital Communication
4 (Assignment + Study hrs) 16 64
Grand Total = 128 Hours


Now calculate by multiplying,
No. of hrs per week x No. of weeks per semester = Total hours
4 hrs/week x 16 weeks = 64 total hrs


Similarly Consider,
4 hours per week for self study or assignments X 16 weeks per semester = 64 total hours,
calculate the grand total of hours i.e approximately equal to 128 hours.

According to European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
30 study hours = 1 ECTS credit point

Now divide the total no. of hours by ECTS hours,
i.e., 128 hrs / 30 hrs = 4.2 CP approximately 4 credit for "Digital Communication"

Similar the calculation for practical labs or workshop as done as shown below

Consider "C
programming Lab", assume 3 hours of lab session in a week will be taken and you will be having 16 weeks for
each semester,
3 hrs X 16 weeks = 48 hrs
Subject No. Of Hours Per Week
3 (Labs)
C Programming Lab
3 (Assignment + Study hrs)
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Assume 3 hrs of lab home work per week

i.e., 3 hrs X 16 weeks = 48 hrs

Now divide the total no. of hours by ECTS hours,
i.e. 96 hrs / 30 hrs = 3.2 CP approximately 3 credit for "C programming Lab"

Similarly you need to do for all other courses