ECTS Credits Certificate

ECTS COURSE CREDIT CERTIFICATE

Improve the quality and efficiency of your education and training.

The Education Quality Accreditation Commission offers hundreds of free education courses in a broad range of popular subject areas. With these courses you may earn European ECTS credits towards a degree. Studying a book on your own does not guarantee that the course learning outcomes have been met. In order to get a complete course credit certification you need to demonstrate that you have met the course learning outcomes. To do so you are required to submit a written report of a minimum of 15 pages about the selected subject book.

The EQAC ECTS Accredited Course Certificate

Each EQAC certified accredited course corresponds to 5 ECTS credits.
1 ECTS Academic Credit = 25 to 30 hours of study work.
1 EQAC Course Certificate = 5 ECTS credits (130 hours of study work)

5 ECTS credits are awarded to the student after completion of the learning activities required by the course of study and the successful assessment of the achieved learning outcomes through the presentation of a written report with a minimum of 15 pages about the selected textbook.

How are ECTS credits issued?

ECTS credits are based on the workload students need in order to achieve expected learning outcomes. Learning outcomes describe what a learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do after successful completion of a process of learning. Workload indicates the time students typically need to complete all learning activities (such as lectures, seminars, projects, practical work, self-study and examinations) required to achieve the expected learning outcomes.

ECTS Certificate Workload

The presentation of a 15 pages written report about one of the suggested subject textbooks (over 300 pages) is considered equivalent to 5 ECTS credits (130 hours of study work) according to the following workload.

Textbook reading and comprehension (300 pages) = 50 hours
Comprehensive reading is assigned an average speed of 6 pages per hour.
Comprehensive reading includes note taking time.

Data and notes organization and report draft writing = 40 hours
Notes and data organization is assigned around 10 hours per report
Report draft writing is assigned an average speed of 1/2 page per hour

Final report review and formatting = 25 hours
This includes textbook review reading and final report writing and formatting

Critical thinking, conclusion and opinion = 15 hours
Personal quality thinking is considered to happen along the study process.
Conclusion and opinion is supposed to happen at the end of the process.

ECTS Credits International Acceptance

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a tool which enables students to collect credits for learning achieved through higher education. ECTS aims to facilitate planning, delivery, evaluation, recognition and validation of qualifications and units of learning as well as student mobility. ECTS is widely used and recognized in higher education and can be applied to other lifelong learning activities where the EQF European Qualifications Framework is implemented or accepted.

How can I order an EQAC ECTS credit certificate?

First you need to pick one free accredited course, check the suggested bibliography and select the most suitable subject textbook. Then you need to study the book and prepare a minimum of 15 pages written report based on the selected textbook. The EQAC study & evaluation tips will guide you in the preparation of this report. Once the report is completed you may submit it to the EQAC Secretary for evaluation and credit certification.

Pick one free education course from the EQAC database.
Select the most suitable subject textbook from the list provided.
Prepare a 15 pages written report based on the selected textbook.
EQAC study & evaluation tips will guide you in the preparation of this report.
Download and fill out the EQAC Validation Order Form.
Submit the EQAC Validation Order Form and the report to the EQAC Secretary (by email attachment .pdf, or .doc formats)
Pay the course credit certification fee of 270 Euros.
The EQAC Secretary will send your work for evaluation to one of our associated instructors. The evaluation of your work will not start until the course credit certification fee has been paid. There are no refunds of this fee.
If you fail, the EQAC secretary will notify you the reasons why your report failed and you are given one more opportunity to resubmit the report with the required improvement. In this case you are required to pay an additional evaluation fee of 90 Euros. There are no refunds of this fee. If you fail a second time you will be dropped from the course certification process. You may apply again for the certification of the course.
If you approve, you will receive the EQAC ECTS Credit Certificate and a Certificate Supplement detailing the course learning outcomes and workload accomplished.

NOTE: We consider that presenting a 15 pages report about the subject is the best way to demonstrate the required learning outcomes. Other options may also be considered by the EQAC to issue an EQAC ECTS credit certificate. Contact the EQAC Secretary with your proposal.

For any additional information concerning this procedure contact the EQAC Secretary.

Read the EQAC Regulations to learn more about us.

Sample of EQAC ECTS credits certificate.

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