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European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
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<h2 id="current-systems">Current systems</h2> List of credits given in one year in European countries<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>Credit points per year</th><th>Hours per credit point</th><th>Credit point name</th><th>Status</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Educational_policies_and_initiatives_of_the_European_Union/sY9MKstL">European Union</a> (EU)</td><td>60</td><td>25-30<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>ECTS credits</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Austria/gpvmCr8B">Austria</a></td><td>60</td><td>25</td><td>ECTS (<i>also</i> ECTS-Punkte, ECTS credits)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Belgium/xQEKI19C">Belgium</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>ECTS (<i>also</i> studiepunten, crédits, ECTS)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Bulgaria/WfwrV4Uw">Bulgaria</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>кредити</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Croatia/PSR0MYI5">Croatia</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>ECTS bodovi</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Cyprus/FrS9V1xz">Cyprus</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_the_Czech_Republic/23Qlqwlj">Czech Republic</a></td><td>60</td><td>26</td><td>kredity</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Denmark/hBqxfNU7">Denmark</a></td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>ECTS-point</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Estonia/k6egFpyq">Estonia</a></td><td>60</td><td>26</td><td>ainepunkt (EAP). Currently because many students are still used to the older system the longer name 'euroopa ainepunkt' is more often used for clarity's sake</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Finland/IfvTW2BM">Finland</a></td><td>60</td><td>27</td><td>opintopiste (op) / studiepoäng (Swedish) (<i>lit. study point</i>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_France/YYNggUIN">France</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>crédits ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Germany/cGP0KzBT">Germany</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>ECTS, Leistungspunkte (LP), Kreditpunkte (KP), Credit Points (CP) or Credits</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Greece/mIjPFnGP">Greece</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>ECTS, Credit Points (CP), Μονάδες Φόρτου Εργασίας (Διδακτικές Μονάδες - Δ.Μ) or Credits</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Hungary/C4BWuBFo">Hungary</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>kredit (pont)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland/kSXDhQbl">Ireland</a></td><td>60</td><td></td><td>ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Italy/6jRNaVa2">Italy</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>crediti formativi universitari (CFU)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Latvia/kg5N15y9">Latvia</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>ECTS kredītpunkts (1 "Latvian" credit point (kredītpunkts) equals 1.5 ECTS)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Lithuania/cTa3VGTX">Lithuania</a></td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>kreditai; ECTS kreditai</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Luxembourg/JR9qcyB6">Luxembourg</a></td><td>60</td><td></td><td>ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Malta/mP7mFpug">Malta</a></td><td>60</td><td>25</td><td>ECTS-credits</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_the_Netherlands/bCPDpKpj">Netherlands</a></td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>studiepunten (ECTS or EC)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Poland/drgGexdu">Poland</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>punkty ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Higher_education_in_Portugal/HT6YJzpo">Portugal</a></td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>créditos ECTS</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Romania/bkBkAqGT">Romania</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>credite (SECTS)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Slovakia/KVmeP435">Slovakia</a></td><td>60</td><td>25</td><td>kredity</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Slovenia/mVlnLoen">Slovenia</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>kreditne točke</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Spain/LgFzbazs">Spain</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>ECTS (also <i>créditos</i> and <i>crèdits</i>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Sweden/nmRaj70T">Sweden</a></td><td>60</td><td>26.667</td><td>högskolepoäng (Used from July 2007)</td><td><a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Iceland/0lhVw6Kg">Iceland</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td><i>einingar</i> (units)</td><td><a href="/facts/European_Free_Trade_Association/m8yeTInz">EFTA member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/List_of_universities_in_Liechtenstein/ea3RSQX2">Liechtenstein</a></td><td>60</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Free_Trade_Association/m8yeTInz">EFTA member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Higher_education_in_Norway/0mb0QgzT">Norway</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>studiepoeng</td><td><a href="/facts/European_Free_Trade_Association/m8yeTInz">EFTA member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Switzerland/MSm1gsa4">Switzerland</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>ECTS-credits, Kreditpunkte (KP)</td><td><a href="/facts/European_Free_Trade_Association/m8yeTInz">EFTA member state</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Albania/b1u9c1dA">Albania</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>Pikët ECTS</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/aGaezclg">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>60</td><td>25</td><td>ECTS bodovi</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Credit_Accumulation_and_Transfer_Scheme/Pfed67qA">England, Wales and Northern Ireland</a></td><td>120 (60 ECTS)</td><td>10 (20 hours per ECTS)</td><td>Credits. One ECTS credit is equivalent to two UK credits.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Georgia_(country)/Lku0BKWN">Georgia</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>კრედიტები (kreditebi)</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Montenegro/bnvkFpYA">Montenegro</a></td><td>60</td><td></td><td>ECTS-krediti</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_North_Macedonia/pL6jChW8">North Macedonia</a></td><td>60</td><td></td><td>кредити (ECTS)</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Russia/M0ttJGll">Russia</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>кредиты</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_Credit_and_Qualifications_Framework/hGK5wqSe">Scotland</a></td><td>120 (60 ECTS)</td><td>10 (20 hours per ECTS)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_Credit_and_Qualifications_Framework/hGK5wqSe">SCQF</a> credit points (2 SCQF points equal 1 ECTS point<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a>)</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Serbia/LQ13jRLq">Serbia</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>ЕСПБ бодови / ESPB bodovi</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Turkey/mwgkz2XX">Turkey</a></td><td>60</td><td>25-30</td><td>AKTS - kredi<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Education_in_Ukraine/XEBrgyRe">Ukraine</a></td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>кредити</td><td>Non-EU, Non-EFTA member state</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Educational_policies_and_initiatives_of_the_European_Union/sY9MKstL">Educational policies and initiatives of the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bologna_Process/CemnzCXl">Bologna Process</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/European_Higher_Education_Area/QHRqLsWR">European Higher Education Area</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ECTS_grading_scale/2I5X9jsB">ECTS grading scale</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Carnegie_Unit_and_Student_Hour/FxKjfogp">Carnegie Unit and Student Hour</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Erasmus_Programme/DeWhP8Rx">Erasmus Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Academic_mobility/B9Cs5nIp">Academic mobility</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ECTS Users' Guide". Publications Office of the European Union. 2015. p. 10. <a href="https://education.ec.europa.eu/document/ects-users-guide-2015" target="_blank">https://education.ec.europa.eu/document/ects-users-guide-2015</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) - Education and training - European Commission". Education and training. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc48_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc48_en.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"ECTS User's guide". Publications Office of the European Union. 2015. <a href="https://education.ec.europa.eu/document/ects-users-guide-2015" target="_blank">https://education.ec.europa.eu/document/ects-users-guide-2015</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>typical values which can vary between national systems, "academic year" is normative <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Article 8 - Arrêté du 22 janvier 2014 fixant le cadre national des formations conduisant à la délivrance des diplômes nationaux de licence, de licence professionnelle et de master" [Article 8 - Order of 22 January 2014 establishing the national framework for courses leading to the award of national bachelor's, professional bachelor's and master's degrees]. Légifrance (in French). 22 January 2014. <a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000037300245" target="_blank">https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000037300245</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Credit point system". Retrieved 27 November 2015. <a href="http://www.aic.lv/portal/en/izglitiba-latvija/kreditpunktu-sistema" target="_blank">http://www.aic.lv/portal/en/izglitiba-latvija/kreditpunktu-sistema</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Law of Higher education (in Latvian)". 1 January 1995. Retrieved 27 November 2015. <a href="http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=37967" target="_blank">http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=37967</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Norway's education system". studyinnorway.no. Study in Norway. <a href="https://studyinnorway.no/norways-education-system" target="_blank">https://studyinnorway.no/norways-education-system</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Richtlinien des Hochschulrates für die koordinierte Erneuerung der Lehre an den universitären Hochschulen der Schweiz im Rahmen des Bologna-Prozesses". Retrieved 12 November 2018. <a href="https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20150869/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20150869/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Erasmus Mundus credits" (PDF). University of Salford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070613043009/http://www.aqs.salford.ac.uk/erasmus_mundus/Erasmus_Mundus_credits.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070613043009/http://www.aqs.salford.ac.uk/erasmus_mundus/Erasmus_Mundus_credits.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Higher education credit framework for England: guidance on academic credit arrangements in higher education in England" (PDF). Quality Assurance Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044350/https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/academic-credit-framework.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044350/https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/academic-credit-framework.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"SCQF Credit Points" (PDF). Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2018. <a href="https://scqf.org.uk/media/1368/european-developments-explained-final-web-version-april-2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://scqf.org.uk/media/1368/european-developments-explained-final-web-version-april-2012.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"SCQF Credit Points" (PDF). Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2018. <a href="https://scqf.org.uk/media/1368/european-developments-explained-final-web-version-april-2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://scqf.org.uk/media/1368/european-developments-explained-final-web-version-april-2012.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"ECTS and Course Load - Yükseköğretim Kurulu". www.yok.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313154242/http://www.yok.gov.tr/en/web/uluslararasi-iliskiler/tyyc-akts-ve-ders-yuku" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180313154242/http://www.yok.gov.tr/en/web/uluslararasi-iliskiler/tyyc-akts-ve-ders-yuku</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>