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B 2.4-1 An introduction to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
   
Name B 2.4-1 An introduction to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
Description Author: Robert Wagenaar

This article provides an introduction to ECTS. The background to the system as well as its key features are explained and discussed, including the links to concepts such as student workload, learning outcomes, competences, accumulation, transfer, student centred systems, and the ECTS rating system. The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, abbreviated as ECTS, is the most widely used credit system in Europe. Many European countries have now adopted the system as their national system and have embedded the system in their law for higher education. ECTS is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. These objectives should be specified in terms of learning outcomes, which in turn are expressed in competences to be acquired. This concept is reflected in the ECTS ‘key features’.
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Created On: 03/13/2009 15:36
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