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Educational Structures, Learning
Outcomes, Workload and the Calculation
of ECTS Credits
Background
This paper has been produced in the framework of the project
Tuning Educational Structures in Europe. The project finds its roots in
the Bologna Declaration signed in 1999 by Ministers responsible for
Higher Education from 29 countries. In the project over 100 Higher
Education institutions from the EU and EAA-countries participate
actively in seven area groups: Business Administration, Educational
Sciences, Geology, History and Mathematics. The synergy groups
Physics and Chemistry work along the same lines. Tuning is designed as an
independent, university driven project, which is co-ordinated by university
staff members from different countries. The initiators are grateful to
the European Commission for co-financing the project.
ECTS : European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
1. The European Credit Transfer System
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) has been developed over
the past thirteen years, and today is the most commonly used basis for
measuring student workload in European higher education. Other —less
widely used— credit systems are based on various criteria such as the
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