Full semester credits

How many credits make a full semester?

Well, it depends!

We get asked many times what amount of credits could be considered as a full semester worth of study. Prospective free movers want to have a proxy about what actually a full semester looks like in different credit systems.

Take a look at the table below to see a full semester worth of credits expressed in 50 different international credit systems:

Credit SystemSemester credits
Argentinian Credit Hours50 – 60
Australian Credit Points75 – 90
Austrian Credit System30
Belgian Credit System30
Bologna Process Credits30
Brazilian Credit System30 – 50
Canadian University Credit System60 – 63
Chilean Credit Units50 – 60
Chinese Credit System47 – 56
Colombian Credit System47 – 56
Croatian Credit System30
Czech Credit System30
Danish Credit System30
Dutch Credit Framework30
Estonian Credit System30
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)30
Finnish Credit System30
French ECTS-Compatible Credits30
German Credit Points30
Greek Credit System30
Hong Kong Credit Framework50
Hungarian Credit System30
Indian Credit System50 – 60
Indonesian Credit System30 – 36
Italian University Credit System30
Japanese Credit System50 – 60
Korean Academic Credit System47 – 56
Latvian Credit System30
Lithuanian Credit System30
Malaysian Credit System19 – 23
Mexican Credit System30
New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF)75 – 90
Norwegian Credit System30
Peruvian Credit System45 – 50
Polish Credit System30
Portuguese Credit System30
Romanian Credit System30
Russian Credit System21 – 25
Singaporean Credit Units60 – 75
Slovak Credit System30
Slovenian Credit System30
South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF)75 – 90
Spanish Credit System30
Swedish Credit System30
Swiss Credit System30
Thai Credit System50 – 60
Turkish Credit System30
UAE Credit System30 – 36
US Credit System15
United Kingdom Credit Framework75 – 90

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