University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) is a voluntary regional association of government, non-government and/or university representatives of the higher education sector established in 1993 to enhance cooperation and exchange of people ...
(UMAP) has developed a pilot UMAP Credit Transfer Scheme (UCTS) to facilitate greater student mobility in the region by providing a framework for establishing
credit transfer arrangements.
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UCTS model adopted the
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a standard means for comparing academic credits, i.e., the "volume of learning based on the defined learning outcomes and their associated workload" for higher education across the E ...
(ECTS) in order to assist and facilitate the student mobility and create a flexible mean of transferring grades between participating universities, countries/territories and governments.
[UCTS adopts ECTS](_blank)
Objective
The UCTS objective is to ensure effective
credit transfer for students undertaking
exchange program
A student exchange program is a program in which students from a secondary school (high school) or university study abroad at one of their institution's partner institutions.
A student exchange program may involve international travel, but d ...
in universities from UMAP countries/territories and other regions.
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UCTS Components
Some of the major components of the UCTS scheme are:
*Staff in home and host universities needs to negotiate and oversee student program
*UCTS credit point scale will be used as a conversion scale to record the student workload in home and host institution
[UCTS General Information](_blank)
Home University Responsibilities
*Negotiation of the study program in the host university
*Record the approved study program
*Arrange the level of financial support
*Convert UCTS credit points to home university equivalents
Host University Responsibilities
*Negotiation of the study program with the university
*Authorize the approved study program
*Enter the host university credits/grades, and convert them to UCTS credit points
*Ensure that the registrar (or delegate) provides official certification of the Transcript
UCTS Credit Points
UCTS credit points are numerical values (1 to 60) and it is allocated to course units to measure student workload required to finish the course. 60 credit points represent full-time student workload for a full academic year. For one semester exchange student, the credit points would be represented with 30 credit points.
Example: One Semester Study Program in Host University (Host University = 16 Credit point per semester; Home University = 6 credit points per term)
[UCTS Credit Transfer Table(Page 11)](_blank)
Conversion from Host University Credit Points to UCTS: 4*30/16
Conversion from UCTS to Home University Credit Points: 7.5*9/30
Converting Credit Points
*Credit points measures student workload, however this does not represent the achievements
*Credit Points should only be awarded to those who successfully completed the requirements of a course unit
*The calculation should be made in terms of minimum and not average
UCTS Grading Scale
The UCTS credit points scale and grading scale are not intended to replace host and home universities scales. It is used solely for the purpose of assisting the conversion.
[UCTS Grading Scale - Page 14](_blank)
The grading scale of universities will vary between countries/territories within UMAP. As in
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a standard means for comparing academic credits, i.e., the "volume of learning based on the defined learning outcomes and their associated workload" for higher education across the E ...
(ECTS), it is necessary to have a common scale for conversion purposes.
See also
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European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a standard means for comparing academic credits, i.e., the "volume of learning based on the defined learning outcomes and their associated workload" for higher education across the E ...
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ECTS grading scale
The ECTS grading scale is a grading system defined in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) framework by the European Commission. Since many grading systems co-exist in Europe and, considering that interpretation of grades ...
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Academic transfer
Student exchange