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The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a tool of the European Higher Education Area to help students move among countries and have their academic qualifications and study periods abroad recognized. The aim of the tool is to make studies and courses more transparent.
ECTS has been adopted by most countries in the European Higher Education Area as the national credit system. It is used elsewhere as well.
ECTS allows credits taken at one higher education institution to be counted towards a qualification studied for at another. ECTS credits represent learning based on defined learning outcomes and their associated workload. ECTS enhances the flexibility of study programs for students. It also supports the planning, delivery, and evaluation of higher education programs.
ECTS is a central tool in the Bologna Process, which aims to make national education systems more comparable internationally. ECTS also helps make other documents, such as the Diploma Supplement, clearer and easier to use in different countries.
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) | European Education Area (europa.eu)
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