Credit Equivalence Table for Outbound Exchange This document has been created for students undertaking an overseas semester experience at a partner institution and for UON staff undertaking assessments. This information has been obtained from the relevant national education bodies and from the institutions and should be used as a guide only. Any enquires should be made to the UON Global, Mobility and Scholarships Team. Study-overseas@newcastle.edu.au Last updated: December 2017
Table of Contents NORTH AMERICA... 4 USA... 4 Canada... 5 Mexico... 5 EUROPE... 6 Austria... 6 Belgium... 6 Denmark... 6 Finland... 6 France... 7 Germany... 7 Luxembourg... 8 Netherlands... 8 Norway... 8 Poland... 8 Spain... 9 Sweden... 9 Switzerland... 9 UNITED KINGDOM... 10 United Kingdom... 10
ASIA... 11 China... 11 Hong Kong... 11 Japan... 11 Macau... 11 Malaysia... 12 Philippines... 12 Singapore... 12 South Korea... 12 Thailand... 13 AFRICA... 14 South Africa... 14
NORTH AMERICA USA Buffalo State College 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Clarkson University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Clemson University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s College of New Jersey 3-4 units 45 hours.75 units Colorado School of Mines 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Iowa State University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Juniata College 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Kansas University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Missouri University of Science and Technology 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s New Mexico State University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s North Carolina University at Wilmington 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Northern Arizona University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Arizona 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Arkansas 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Iowa 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of New Mexico 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Northern Iowa 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of South Carolina 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Wisconsin Platteville 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Western Washington University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s * Sourced from the US Department of Education Higher Education Opportunity Act.
Canada Acadia University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s McMaster University 9-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Mount Allison University 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s St Francis Xavier University 9-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Calgary 9-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Saskatchewan 9-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s University of Victoria 4.5-6 s 40-45 hours 1.5 s Mexico unit Tech de Monterrey 12-15 s 40-45 hours 3 s
EUROPE The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a tool that helps European Universities set a standard weighting based on the workload (time) students need in order to achieve the expected learning outcomes of the course. ECTS was developed by the European Commission as part of the Bologna Process. Austria ECTS Johannes Kepler University Linz 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Salzburg University of Applied Sciences 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Leoben 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Belgium University de Liege 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Denmark Copenhagen Business School 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Technical University of Denmark 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Finland University of Oulu 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS
France EM Normandie 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS ESC Dijon Bourgogne (Burgandy School of Business) 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS IESEG School of Management 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS IPAG Business School 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Kedge Business School 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Telecom Bretagne 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Universite Paris Dauphine 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University De La Rochelle 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Technology of Troyes 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Germany Bauhaus Universitat - Weimar 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS FH Augsburg 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS FH Deggendorf 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS FH Ingolstadt 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS HFT Stuttgart 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS TU Berlin 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS TU Dortmund 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS TU Hamburg-Harburg 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Regensburg 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Stuttgart 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Trier 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Ulm 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS
Luxembourg University of Luxembourg 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Netherlands Hogeschool van Amsterdam 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Groningen 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Maastricht 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Norway BI Norwegian Business School 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Oslo 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Poland Kozminski University 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS
Spain CUNEF, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Sweden Chalmers Institute of Technology 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Karolinska Institute 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Lulea University of Technology 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Lund University 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Stockholm University 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Gothenburg 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS University of Skovde 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS Switzerland University of Neuchatel 30 ECTS 25-30 hours 5 ECTS - 7.5 ECTS
UNITED KINGDOM unit Aberystwyth University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Coventry University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Dundee University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Kingston University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Manchester Metropolitan University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Queens University of Belfast 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units Swansea University 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units University of East Anglia 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units University of Leeds 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units University of Liverpool 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units University of Nottingham 60 units 10 hours 10-20 units * Sourced from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK
ASIA China Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) 9-18 s 50 hours 3 s Renmin University 9-18 s 51 hours 3 s Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong 12-18 s 40-50 hours 3 s Hong Kong Baptist University 12-18 s 40-50 hours 3 s The Education University of Hong Kong 12-15 s 39 hours 3 s Japan Kumamoto University 10-14 s 45 hours 3 s Nagoya University of Foreign Studies 12-14 s 45 hours 3 s Seijo University 10-14 s 45 hours 3 s Tokyo Metropolitan University 10-14 s 45 hours 3 s Macau University of Macau 12 s 40 hours 3 s
Malaysia Taylors University 16-20 s 37.5 hours 4 s Philippines Ateneo de Manila University 12-18 units 40-45 hours 3 units De La Salle University 12-18 units 40-45 hours 3 units Singapore Nanyang Technological University 9-20 units (AU) 40 hours 3 or 4 units South Korea Chung-Ang University 15-19 s 48 hours 3 units Hanyang University 12-18 s 48 hours 3 units Sungkyunkwan University 12-18 s 48 hours 3 units University of Korea 12-19 s 48 hours 3 units
Thailand Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University 6-22 s 48 hours 3 units
AFRICA South Africa unit University of Cape Town 72-90 NQF s 10 hours 18 NQF