ECTS (European Credit Transfer System)

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The European standard for measuring and transferring academic credits between institutions.

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is the European standard for measuring and transferring academic credits between institutions.

Related Terms
Credit (Academic Credit)
A standardised unit that quantifies the learning associated with a course, usually based on instructional hours and expected workload.
Bologna Process
A European reform that harmonised higher-education degree structures and credit systems to improve comparability and mobility.
Academic Bank of Credits (ABC)
A digital framework that stores and manages academic credits earned by a student across institutions, enabling credit accumulation, transfer and multiple entry and exit.
Multiple Entry and Multiple Exit (MEME)
A flexible degree structure that allows students to leave a program at defined milestones with a recognised qualification and re-enter later to continue.
ABET
A US-based accreditation body for engineering, computing, technology and applied-science programs, and a signatory of the Washington Accord.