ECTS GUIDE

At the University of Nyíregyháza, we are committed to the automatic recognition of all ECTS credits. To this end, we receive and send students with Learning Agreements in which the recognition of all ECTS credits, upon successful completion of the courses, are proclaimed.

Conversion of Hungarian grades into ECTS grades:

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

(Source: European Commission)

ECTS is a learner-centred system for credit accumulation and transfer, based on the principle of transparency of the learning, teaching and assessment processes. Its objective is to facilitate the planning, delivery and evaluation of study programmes and student mobility by recognising learning achievements and qualifications and periods of learning.

ECTS credits express the volume of learning based on the defined learning outcomes and their associated workload. 60 ECTS credits are allocated to the learning outcomes and associated workload of a full-time academic year or its equivalent, which normally comprises a number of educational components to which credits (on the basis of the learning outcomes and workload) are allocated. ECTS credits are generally expressed in whole numbers.

Credit transfer

A process that allows credit awarded by one higher education awarding body to be recognised and count towards the requirements of a programme at another institution; or that allows credit gained on a particular programme to contribute towards the requirements of a different one.

Free mover

A student participating in credit mobility outside an organised student mobility programme (for example Erasmus+). A free mover chooses a host institution and organises his/her credit mobility at that institution.

Recognition of credits

The process through which an institution certifies that learning outcomes achieved and assessed in another institution satisfy (some or all) requirements of a particular programme, its component or qualification.

Transcript of Records

An up-to-date record of the students’ progress in their studies: the educational components they have taken, the number of ECTS credits they have achieved, and the grades they have been awarded. It is a vital document for recording progress and for recognising learning achievements, including for student mobility. Most institutions produce the Transcript of Records from their institutional databases.

Transfer (of credits)

The process of having credits awarded in one context (programme, institution) recognised in another formal context for the purpose of obtaining a qualification. Credits awarded to students in one programme may be transferred from an institution to be accumulated in another programme, offered by the same or another institution. Credit transfer is the key to successful study mobility. Institutions, faculties, departments may make agreements which guarantee automatic recognition and transfer of credits.

Work placement

A planned period of experience outside the institution (for example, in a workplace) to help students to develop particular skills, knowledge or understanding as part of their programme.

Work Placement Certificate

A document is issued by the receiving organisation/enterprise upon the trainee’s completion of the work placement, and it can be complemented by other documents, such as letters of recommendation. It aims to provide transparency and bring out the value of the experience of the student’s work placement.