Recommended Full Academic Load at Exchange Universities for Full UWA Credit (December 2017) This following table is a guide for Faculty course advisers and students about the points or credits required to achieve the equivalent of a standard full load at the UWA per semester It is based on historical approvals and is continually updated so should not be used as a predictor of future credit arrangements This information is primarily for Undergraduate students Loads may vary for Postgraduate students Please note that the host universities use different terminology to that used at UWA Units may be called the following: Courses, Modules, Subjects, and Papers Points may be called the following: Units, Credits, Credit Hours, ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) University Austria Vienna, University of Unit Value Full Load Requirements Per Semester Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration Belgium Catholic University of Leuven Ghent University Brazil Pontifical Catholic University of Parana Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) Canada Alberta, University of Each course is normally worth or ECTS points Law - 20 ECTS All other Faculties – 30 ECTS 30 ECTS Each course is normally worth to ECTS points 30 ECTS British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Carleton University Dalhousie University HEC Montreal Courses are normally worth credits Laval University McGill University Courses are normally worth credits McMaster University Usually courses per semester depending on credit value of each Montreal, University of Ottawa, University of Queen’s University Courses are normally worth credits Each course is worth 2, 3, or ECTS points Please check the Ghent Homepage link on Global Studio Students will take a 5ECTS Portuguese Language class as part of this load Please contact the UWA Global Learning Office Courses are normally worth credits Each unit is worth credits Each unit is worth credits Courses are worth or credits Each course is normally worth credits Each course is worth - credits (Education and Engineering and Applied Sciences unit value may vary.) Simon Fraser University Toronto, University of 30 ECTS Each course is worth 3, or credits Each course is worth 0.5 credits 15 credits; School of Business 12 credits 15 credits 15 credits 2.5 units 15 credits 15 credits Masters students:12 credits 12 credits 15 credits Law – 12 credits 15 credits Engineering postgrad – courses 12 credits 15 credits Engineering & Applied Science - courses All others – 15 credits 15 credits courses (2.5 credits) Waterloo, University of Each course is normally worth 0.5 units (points) courses (2.5 units) Western Ontario, University of Chile Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile China Each course is worth 0.5 credits courses (2.5 credits) Courses are worth or 10 credits 40 credits Beijing Language and Culture University Chinese University of Mining Technology Fudan University Please contact the UWA Global Learning Office Harbin Institute of Technology Nanjing University Please contact the UWA Global Learning Office Please contact the UWA Global Learning Office Intensive Chinese Language Program includes Chinese Course, Spoken Chinese, Reading Comprehension and Listening Course Chinese Language Program: units 10 credits for nonlanguage program 15 credits Peking University Business School) Renmin University (HSCB Shanghai Jiao University Tsinghua University Tong 12 credits LLB students: 14 credits; JD students: 16 credits University Science and Technology China Zhejiang University 12 credits 16 credits OR Intensive Chinese Language Program Please contact the UWA Global Learning Office Intensive Chinese Language Program: Includes Chinese Course, Reading Comprehension, Speaking and Listening (Students are placed into the appropriate language course after an interview upon arrival.) units Each unit is normally worth 10 ECTS points 30 ECTS Copenhagen Business School Each unit is normally worth 7.5 ECTS points 30 ECTS Copenhagen, University of Each unit is normally worth 10 or 15 ECTS points 30 ECTS Technical University of Denmark Finland Aalto University School of Business Helsinki, University of Each unit is normally worth or 10 ECTS points 30 ECTS Each unit is normally worth ECTS points 30 ECTS Denmark Aarhus University France Charles de Gaulle University (Lille III) 19 credits (non-language students) 30 ECTS Students must include one course 'French for Foreigners.’ 18 ECTS EPSCI-ESSEC BBA Business School ESC Dijon Bourgogne Each course is normally worth to 10 ECTS points 20 ECTS Each course is normally worth 4, or ECTS points 30 ECTS ESC Rennes School of Business Jean Moulin Lyon University Each undergraduate course is normally or ECTS, each postgraduate course is worth ECTS 30 ECTS Courses normally range from 3-6 ECTS points 30 ECTS Limoges, University of credit = 0.8 of a UWA point 30 credits is FT 30 credits Strasbourg, University of Each course is normally worth to ECTS points 20 ECTS Paul Cézanne University Each course is normally worth or ECTS points to courses per semester 30 ECTS Pierre and Marie Curie, University of 20 ECTS Sciences Po Grenoble 30 ECTS Sciences Po Lille Courses can vary from to ECTS points each French as a foreign language class (5 ECTS) is required for exchange students Each course is normally worth ECTS or ECTS Sciences Po Paris Each course is normally worth 4, or ECTS points 20 ECTS University Grenoble Alpes University Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) 30 ECTS Each course is normally worth to 10 ECTS points Germany Each course is worth 3, or ECTS Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg to courses depending on course point/credit value Eberhard-Karls University, Tubingen Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Free University Berlin Heinrich Heine University Humboldt University Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich Passau, University of RWTH Aachen Stuttgart University WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, University of 20 ECTS 20 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS courses 30 ECTS 30 ECTS 15 credits 15 credits Each course is worth points 15 credits Each course is normally worth points 30 points Ireland Each course is normally worth ECTS University College Dublin Israel academic credits per course Tel Aviv University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Italy Each course is worth points Bocconi University Bologna, Universty of Ferrara, University of Politecnico di Milano For 1st semester – 15 ECTS points plus the Intensive and Semester Italian Catholic University of the Course Sacred Heart nd 30 ECTS 15 credits 20 Credits 30 30 30 30 20 ECTS ECTS ECTS ECTS ECTS Semester – 20 ECTS points Each course is worth 5, or ECTS points Universita' Degli Studi Di Ferrara Japan Akita International University Chuo University Most courses are credits – students will take units per semester 30 ECTS 15 Credits Language Students: Take x language classes per week plus at least cultural/non-language classes Students at advanced level take x language classes and at least x cultural/non-language classes Kansai Gaidai University Other students: Minimum of academic classes per week Students take a placement test upon arrival courses Kobe University Most are credits each units Language Students: Take x 90 minute language classes per week plus at least “crosscultural” unit Other Students: 14 credits per semester Kwansei Gakuin University 10 – 11 credits Nagoya University 15 credits Oita University courses Okayama University 14 credits Osaka University UG take courses; PG take courses (includes Japanese Language Courses) 14 credits Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Ritsumeikan University Each course is normally worth points 18 credits Sophia University 12 points per semester Language course: points (Students take a placement test upon arrival.) Non-language courses: points 12 credits Waseda University 12 points (language + nonlanguage course) 13 credits South Korea Sogang University Each course is normally worth credits 15 credits Korea University Each course is normally worth credits 15 credits Pusan National University Seoul National University 15 credits Non-language courses normally worth 3-4 credits or Korean language course plus cross-cultural course (minimum credit points) 15 credits Sungkyunkwan University Yonsei University Malaysia 15 Credits 15 Credits University Science Malaysia units/20 credits Mexico Courses are normally worth 4, or credits each Universidad Iberoamericana Netherlands Each course is normally worth ECTS points Vrije University Leiden University Radboud University, Nijmegen Each course is normally worth ECTS points University College Maastricht and Maastricht University Each course is normally ECTS Tilburg University 40 credits 30 30 20 30 ECTS ECTS ECTS ECTS 30 ECTS University of Groningen 30 ECTS Utrecht University and Utrecht University School of Economics 30 ECTS New Zealand Otago, University of Norway Bergen University College Approximately papers 60 points 30 ECTS Bergen, University of Each course is worth 5, 10 or 15 ECTS points 3-5 courses depending on course point/credit value 30 ECTS Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) Oslo, University of Each course is worth 5-15 ECTS points 3-5 courses depending on course point/credit value 30 ECTS Each course is worth 5, 10 or 15 ECTS points 3-5 courses depending on course point/credit value 30 ECTS Most courses are worth 7.5 ECTS points 30 ECTS Each course is worth 5, 10 or 15 ECTS points 3-5 courses depending on course point/credit value 30 ECTS Stavanger, University of Each course is worth 5, 10 or 15 ECTS points 3-5 courses depending on course point/credit value 30 ECTS Singapore Nanyang Technological University Most courses are worth or Academic Units (AUs) National University of Singapore - modules depending on course point/credit value Most modules have modular credits Each course is worth 0.5 or 1.0 credit Singapore Management University Spain Autonomous University of Barcelona 20 AUs courses for PG students 20 Modular Credits (16 for Law students) Credit points per semester 30 ECTS Comillas Pontifical University 24 ECTS IE University 30 ECTS Sweden Lund University Most courses are worth 7.5 or 15 ECTS credits 30 ECTS Mälardalen University Stockholm University Most courses are worth 7.5 or 15 ECTS credits Courses are worth 7.5, 15 or 30 ECTS points 30 ECTS 30 ECTS Uppsala University Courses are worth 7.5, 15 or 30 ECTS points 30 ECTS Switzerland St Gallen, University of ECTS = 30 course working hours 30 ECTS University of Zurich 30 ECTS Università Della Svizzera Italiana United Kingdom Aberdeen, University of Units worth between and 15 ECTS each 30 ECTS Bath, University of Each course is normally worth points each 30 ECTS Bristol, University of Each course is normally worth 10 or 20 points - courses per semester Bristol credit points = ECTS credit points 60 credits 60 Credits Cardiff University 60 credits Durham University 60 credits Essex, University of 60 credits Exeter University Most courses are worth 15 credits each 60 credits Glasgow, University of Most courses are worth 10, 20 or 30 points 60 credits International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle Semester programs - The normal load is courses per term 15 units (full semester programs) Leeds, University of Leicester, University of Short-term programs – eg Law Spring Program The program requires enrolment in courses of points each (The courses in the Law Spring program are equivalent to 12 UWA points Most courses are worth 10, 20, 30 points Leicester credit points = ECTS credit points Liverpool, University of Loughborough, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Business School Nottingham, University of courses (9 units -short term programs) 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 120 MBS credits – 60 MBS per semester 30 ECTS 60 per semester 60 per semester Courses are worth 10 or 20 credits 60 credits Queen Mary, University of London Royal Holloway University of London Modules are usually worth 15 credits 60 credits Courses are allocated a value of 0.5 CU, (half unit) although some are given a CU value of 1.0 (whole unit) O.5 CU = 7.5 ECTS / CU = 15 ECTS 30 ECTS / CU Sheffield, University of Most courses are worth 10, 20, 30 points 2-6 modules per semester 60 credits Students should take 10 credit courses per semester Southampton, University of Modules can vary from 10, 15 20 credits each 60 credits/ 30ECTS Sussex, University Modules can vary from 10, 15 20,30 credits each 60 credits University College London Courses are allocated a value of 0.5 CU, (half unit) although some are given a CU value of 1.0 (whole unit) O.5 CU = 7.5 ECTS / CU = 15 ECTS 30 ECTS / CU York, University of 60 credits Uruguay University of Montevideo 24 Credits USA Courses are normally worth or credit hours Arizona, University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Auburn University Courses are normally worth or credit hours Bellarmine University Course normally worth or credits Boston College Colorado State University 15 credits 15 credits 16 credits 15 credits 15 credits (12 credits for graduates) 15 credit hours Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, University of Indiana University Courses are normally worth or credit hours 14 credit hours Courses are normally worth or credits 15 credit hours Iowa State University Courses are normally worth or credit hours Kansas State Maryland, University of Montana State University Courses are normally worth or credit hours 15 credits (undergraduates) 12 credits (graduates) 15 credit hours 16 credit hours 15 credit hours (All faculties except ALVA) 12 credit hours (ALVA Only) 16 credit hours Montana, University of Courses are normally worth or credit hours New Mexico, University of Courses are normally worth or credit hours North Carolina State University Courses are normally worth or credit hours 15 credit hours (undergraduate) credit hours (graduate) 16 credit hours 12 for architecture for Graduate Business 15 credits Courses are normally worth credit hours 16 credits Notre Dame, University of Otterbein University Pacific University Oregon 15 credits Purdue University Pennsylvania, University of Courses are normally worth or credit hours Each course is normally worth credit unit 15 credits hours CU Presbyterian College Courses are normally worth or credit hours 16 credit hours Rochester, University of South Dakota, University of State University of New York at Brockport Texas at Austin, University of Vermont, University of Washington, University of 16 credit hours 15 credit hours Each course is normally worth credit hours 15 credit hours Courses range from to credit hours 15 credit hours Courses are normally worth or credit hours Courses range from to credit hours 15 credit hours 26 credit hours over quarters = 24 UWA points 45 credit hours over three UW quarters (excluding Summer) = 48 UWA points West Alabama, University of Willamette University Courses range from to 0.5 credit hours 15 credit hours credits