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Credit transfer for exchange studies

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When you have completed your exchange studies you can apply for credit transfer of your courses to your degree at the Faculty of Science. Decisions on credit transfer are made by the department.

Point systems in other countries

Different countries use different point systems. To be able to count your exchange studies as full-time studies (i.e. 30 credits per semester), you need to know what Lund University counts as full-time studies at the partner university.

The European Credit Transfer System, ECTS

If you have studied at a partner university in the European Union (or in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland or Turkey) the European Credit Transfer System, ECTS, applies. 1 ECTS point is equivalent to 1 credit at Lund University, which means that you need to achieve 30 ECTS points per semester for it to count as full-time studies.

Other credit systems

If you have studied at a partner university that uses a credit system other than ECTS, you can find information on what Lund University counts as full-time studies in the expandable sections below. There you will find terms used by the foreign universities, for example:

  • "undergraduate" means education at bachelor level.
  •  "graduate" and "postgraduate" means education at master level.

Contact the international coordinator at your department if you need assistance. 

Botswana

University of Botswana: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.

Egypt

American University in Cairo: 15 credits.

Jordan

University of Jordan: 15 credits (may vary between faculties).

Lebanon

American University of Beirut: 15 credits.

South Africa

University of Cape Town: 72 credits undergraduate, 48 credits graduate.

China
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong: 15 units.
  • City University of Hong Kong: 15 credits.
  • Fudan University: 15 credits.
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST): 15 credits.
  • Peking University: 15 credits (may vary between faculties).
  • Tsinghua University: 15 credits.
  • University of Hong Kong: 30 credits.
  • Xiamen Unviersity: 15 credits (may vary between faculties).
  • Zhejiang University: 15 credits.
Japan
  • Ehime University: 15–16 credits undergraduate (may vary between faculties).
  • Gifu University: 16 credits (may vary between faculties and course level).
  • Tokyo University: 14 credits undergraduate, 10 credits graduate.
  • Waseda University: 15,5 credits (may vary between faculties).
Singapore
  • Nanyang Technological University: 16 credits undergraduate, 12 credits graduate.
  • National University of Singapore: 20 credits.
South Korea
  • KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology: 15 credits undergraduate (this will typically be 5 courses). 9–12 credits graduate (may vary between faculties).
  • Korea University: 16 credits undergraduate, 9 credits postgraduate.
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology, POSTECH: 15 credits undergraduate, 12 credits graduate.
  • Seoul National University: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
Taiwan
  • National Taiwan University: 16 credits undergraduate, 12 credits graduate.
  • National Tsing Hua University: 15 credits undergraduate, 8 credits graduate.
Thailand

Thammasat University: 15 credits.

Australia
  • Australian National University: 24 credits.
  • Griffith University: 40 credits.
  • La Trobe University: 60 credits.
  • Monash University: 24 credit points (this will typically be four courses).
  • Murdoch University, 12 credit points.
  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology: 48 credits (this will typically be four courses).
  • University of Adelaide: 12 units.
  • University of Melbourne: 50 credits (this will typically be four courses).
  • University of New South Wales: 24 credits.
  • University of Newcastle: 40 credits.
  • University of Queensland: 8 units (this will typically be four courses).
  • University of Sydney: 24 credits.
  • University of Tasmania: 50 credit points (a course usually comprises 12.5 credit points).
  • University of Western Australia: 24 credits.
New Zealand
  • University of Auckland: 60 points (this will typically be four courses of 15 points each per semester).
  • University of Canterbury: 60 points.
  • University of Otago: 60 points (most courses comprises 18 points, while some comprises 6 points. It is difficult to get 60 points, it is more common to get 54 or 72 points).

United Kingdom (UK)

Generally for UK universities: 60 credits.

  • University of Birmingham: 60 credits.
  • University of Edinburgh: 60 credits.
  • University of Nottingham: 60 credits.

Argentina

University of Buenos Aires: 3 courses per semester, 250 contact hours.

Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 18 credits (may vary between faculties).

Chile
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 50 credits (may vary between faculties).
  • Universidad de Chile: 30 credits.
Ecuador

University San Francisco de Quito: 15 credits undergraduate.

Mexico 

Tecnológico de Monterrey, ITESM: 18 credits.

Venezuela

Universidad Simon Bolivar: 15 credits per trimester (the university has three trimesters per year, you need to study for all three trimesters to achieve full-time studies).

Canada
  • Concordia University: 15 credits undergraduate, 8 credits postgraduate.
  • McGill University: 15 credits.
  • McMaster University: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • Queen’s University: 15 units undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • Simon Fraser University: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • Université de Montreal: 15 credits.
  • University of Alberta: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate (500-level).
  • University of British Columbia (UBC): 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • University of Calgary: 15 credits.
  • University of Guelph: 2,5 credits undergraduate, 1,5 credits graduate.
  • University of Ottawa: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • University of Toronto: 2,5 credits undergraduate, 1,5 credits graduate.
  • University of Waterloo: 2,5 credits undergraduate. 0,5 credits at graduate level is equivalent to 9 credits at Lund University. Since it's difficult to fit in full-time studies at graduate level, you may need to take a course at undergraduate level to achieve full-time studies.
USA
  • Michigan State University: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • North Carolina State University: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • Northeastern University: 16 credits.
  • Santa Clara University: 24 credits (the university has three trimesters per year. You need to study for the winter semester and spring semester to achieve full-time studies).
  • University of California (only UC Berkeley och UC Merced): 15 credits/units. As the exchange is always for one year, you will need to complete 30 semester units to achieve full-time studies.
  • University of California (all campuses except for UC Berkley och UC Merced): 15 quarter units per quarter. As the exchange is always for one year, you will need to complete 45 quarter units to achieve full-time studies.
  • University of Connecticut: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • University of Denver: 24 credits (you need to study during the winter semester and the spring semester to achieve full-time studies).
  • University of Maryland: 15 credits undergraduate.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.
  • University of Virginia: 15 credits.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: 15 credits undergraduate, 9 credits graduate.

Applying for credit transfer

Your host university sends the Transcript of Records (ToR) to your coordinator here at Lund University (a person at either External Relations or the faculty's international office). The coordinator then sends on the information to you and your department, which decides on the credit transfer. Before making a decision, the department also needs to see your course syllabi, which you are responsible for submitting to the international coordinator at your department.

Remember that it is only the number of points that is credited and registered in Ladok. You can use you Transcript of Records from the host university as a supplementary document for your degree certificate on completion of your studies.

Contact

Send an email to outgoing [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (outgoing[at]science[dot]lu[dot]se) if you have questions concerning credit transfer.

Last updated: 28 Mar 2025 | malin [dot] akerskog [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se