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Advanced Studies in Inorganic Chemistry
Advanced Studies in Organic Chemistry
Advanced Studies in Physical Chemistry
Advanced Studies in Structural Chemistry

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Seminars
Introductory Laboratory Course in Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Basic Principles in Green Chemistry
Laboratory Course I in Inorganic Chemistry
Basic Principles in Chemistry
Chemistry of Solid Fuel Ashes
Scanning electron microscopy
Physical chemistry courses
Inorganic and analytical chemistry courses

Socrates\ECTS

ECTS - A common language for academic recognition
ECTS, the European Credit Transfer System, was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in order to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and transferring them from one institution to another. This is achieved through the use of a common ECTS credit unit and a common ECTS grading scale. ECTS also improves access to information on foreign curricula.

ECTS makes use of three important documents: (1) the information package, which provides general information on the host institution as well as detailed descriptions of the degree programmes and courses available; (2) the application form & learning agreement, which in addition to giving students' personal data, describes the programme of study to be taken and the ECTS credits to be awarded for their satisfactory completion; and (3) the transcript of records, which shows the learning achievements of the student prior to and after the period of study abroad. The transcript indicates every course taken by the student, the number of ECTS credits completed and the grades awarded to the student.
 

The origin of ECTS - the pilot scheme

ECTS was tested as a pilot scheme within the ERASMUS Programme in 1989 - 1995, when it operated in five subject areas - Business Administration, Chemistry, History, Mechanical Engineering, and Medicine - and involved 145 higher education institutions in all EC Member States and EFTA countries. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Oulu took part in the pilot scheme.
 

ECTS Credits

ECTS credits are a numerical value allocated to course units to describe the student workload required to complete them. They reflect the quantity of work each course requires in relation to the total quantity of work required to complete a full year of academic study at the institution, i.e. lectures, practical work, seminars, independent study - in the library or at home - and examinations or other assessment activities. ECTS credits express a relative measure of student workload. In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload for a full academic year of study. Correspondingly, 30 credits are normally given for a semester, and 20 credits for a term (trimester).
 

The ECTS grading scale

Examination and assessment results are usually expressed in grades. There are many different grading systems in Europe. To help institutions interpret the grades awarded to exchange students, the ECTS grading scale has been developed by the institutions participating in the pilot scheme. The ECTS grade provides information on the student's performance in addition to that provided by the institution's grade. Please be advised that the ECTS grade does not replace the local grade.

In order to convert the local grades into the ECTS grades the host institution examines the distribution of the marks awarded to its students. To obtain the following 10-25-30-25-10 pattern, the boundaries between grades are drawn at around 10% (A), 35% (A and B), 65% (A, B, and C), and 90% (A, B, C, and D). Please be advised that there is great flexibility in how the different ECTS institutions apply the statistical grading system.

 

ECTS Students 

Students involved in ECTS will receive full credit for all academic work successfully carried out at any of the partner institutions applying ECTS rules to student mobility. They will be able to transfer these academic credits from one participating institution to another on the basis of prior agreement on the content of study programmes abroad between students and the institutions involved. When the student has successfully completed the study programme previously agreed on between the home and host institution and returns to the home institution, credit transfer will take place, and the student will continue the study course at the home institution without any loss of time or credit.

Most students participating in ECTS will go to one single host institution, study there for a limited period and then return to their home institution. Some may decide to stay at the host institution, possibly to gain a degree. Some may also decide to proceed to a third institution to continue their studies. In each of these three cases, students will be required to comply with the legal and institutional requirements of the country and institution where they take their degree.
 

The ECTS departmental coordinator

Marja Lajunen, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Oulu
P.O. Box 333
FIN-90571 Oulu
FINLAND

Tel.+358-8-5531632
Fax +358-8-5531603 or +358-8-5531629

E-Mail : marja.lajunen at oulu.fi

 

Last modified: June 25th 2009