Credit Hour Guidelines

These guidelines have been developed based on information provided by the partner institutions and by professional credential evaluation organizations. Since many of the systems involved do not use the contact-hour method of calculating credit used at NC State, this should be taken as a guide rather than an absolute standard.

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Country	Name of Institution	International Credit System	Conversion Multiplier	Example	Minimum Load
Argentina	Universidad de San Andres	Hours	.045	Example 96 Hours = 4.32 (rounded down to 4 credits)	4 classes
Argentina	Universidad de Belgrano	Contact Hours	0.067	15 Contact hours = 1 NCSU credit
Australia	Macquire University (ISEP)	Credit Hours	1	1 credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 credit hours
Australia	Monash University	Credit Points	0.667	6 credit points = 4 NCSU credits	18 credit points
Australia	RMIT	Units	0.25	12 RMIT units = 3 NCSU credits	36 units
Australia	University of Adelaide	Units	1	1 unit = 1 NCSU credit	9 units
Australia	University of Sunshine Coast	Credit Points	0.25	12 credit points = 3 NCSU credits	48 credit points
Australia	University of Wollongong	Credit Points	0.625	4 credit points = 2.5 NCSU credits	18 credit points
Australia	University of Western Australia	Credit Points	0.625	4 credit points = 2.5 NCSU credits	18 credit points
Austria	Johaness Kepler Universitat Linz (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Austria	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Austria	Technische Universitat Graz (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Austria	Vienna University of Economic and Business Administration	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Brazil	Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana	Credit hours	0.05	20 credit hours = 1 NCSU credit
Chile	Universidad Austral de Chile	Contact hours
China	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Local Credit	1	1 HKPU credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 HKPU credits
China	Fudan University	Local Credit	1.2	1 Fudan credit = 1.2 NCSU credits	10 Fudan credits
China	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Local Credit	1	1 SJT credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 SJT credits
Czech Republic	Masaryk University (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Czech Republic	University of Economics, Prague	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Denmark	Aalborg University (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Denmark	Copenhagen Business School	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Denmark	University of Copenhagen	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Ecuador	Unviersidad San Francisco de Quito	Credits	1	1 credit = 1 NCSU credit
Egypt	The American University in Cairo	Credit Hours	1	1 AUC credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 credit hours
Finland	University of Helsinki (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Finland	University of Kuopio (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Catholic Lille	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Industries Textiles	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Ecole Superieure de Chimie Physique Electonique	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	IAE Aix-en-Provence Graduate School of Management	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	NEOMA Business School	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Universite de Paris 6	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Universite de Paris 11	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Universite Joseph Fourier	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
France	Universite Paul Sabatier	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitat (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Reutlingen University	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	University of Applied Sciences	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Freiburg	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Heidelberg	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Hohenheim	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Kalsruhe	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit
Germany	Universitat Konstanz	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Mannheim	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Stuttgart	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Tubingen	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Universitat Ulm	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Germany	Technische Universitat Dortmund (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Ghana	University of Ghana	Credit hours	1	1 credit hour = 1 NCSU credit	12 credit hours
Iceland	University of Iceland	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Ireland	University College Cork	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Italy	Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Japan	Hiroshima Shudo University	Based on exams		1 HSU course (30 hours each)= 2 NCSU credits	7 HSU credits
Japan	Kwansei Gakuin University	Local credit	2	1 class = 2 NCSU credits	15 credit hours
Japan	Nagoya University	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	30 ECTS credits
Japan	Sophia University	Credit hours	0.75	4 credits = 3 NCSU credits	16 credit hours
Japan	Waseda University	Credit Hours	1	3 credits = 3 NCSU credits	15 credit hours
Malta	University of Malta (ISEP)	ECTS	2	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Mexico	Universidad de las Americas Puebla	Units	0.5	2 UDLAP credits = 1 NCSU credit	30 UDLAP units
Netherlands	Tilburg University	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Netherlands	Universiteit van Amsterdam (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Netherlands	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
New Zealand	Massey University (ISEP)	Credit hours	0.267	15 credit hours = 4 NCSU credits	60 credit hours
Poland	Wroclaw University (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Singapore	Singapore Management University	Local credit	3	1 credit = 3 NCSU credits	4 credits
South Africa	University of Cape Town	NQFs	0.22	18 NQFs = 4 NCSU credits	72 NQFs
South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Local credit	0.25	4 Stellenbosch credits = 1 NCSU credit
South Korea	Ewha Womans University (ISEP)	Local credit	1	1 credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 credits
South Korea	Seoul National University	Local credit	1	3 Seoul credits = 3 NCSU credits
Spain	Universidad Complutense de Madrid (TASSEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Spain	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (TASSEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Spain	Universidad de Murcia (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Spain	Universidad del Pais Vasco	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Spain	Universidad Politecnica de Valencia	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Spain	Universidad Pontificia Comillas	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Sweden	Karlstad University (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Sweden	Lund University	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Sweden	Sodertorns Hogskola (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Sweden	Vaxjo University (ISEP	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Switzerland	Universitat Bern (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Switzerland	Universite de Lausanne (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
Taiwan	National Taiwan University	Local credit	1	1 credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 credits
Thailand	Chulalongkorn University	Local Credit	1	1 credit = 1 NCSU credit	12 credits
United Kingdom	Lancaster University	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit OR 1 US credit = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits OR 12 US credits
United Kingdom	Edinburgh Napier University (ISEP)	Local credit		2 Edinburgh credits = 1 NCSU credit
United Kingdom	Swansea University	Credit points	0.3	10 Swansea credit points = 3 NCSU credits	60 Swansea credit points
United Kingdom	University of Central Lancashire (ISEP)	Local credit	5	1 UCL credit = 5 NCSU credits	UCL credits
United Kingdom	University of Chester (ISEP)	Local credit	0.25	20 Chester credits = 5 NCSU credits	60 Chester credits
United Kingdom	University of Dundee	SCQF	0.25	4 SCOTCAT credits = 1 NCSU credit	60 SCOTCATS
United Kingdom	University of Leeds	Leeds Credit	0.25	10 Leeds credits = 3 NCSU credits	50 Leeds credits
United Kingdom	University of Manchester	Local credit	0.3	10 Manchester credits = 3 NCSU credits	60 Manchester credits
United Kingdom	University of Surrey	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
United Kingdom	University of Strathclyde (ISEP)	ECTS	0.5	2 ECTS = 1 NCSU credit	24 ECTS credits
United Kingdom	University of Ulster (ISEP)	CATS	0.25	4 CATS = 1 NCSU credit	60 CATS credits