The ECTS System.

The ECTS System

ECTS, an English acronym for the European Credit Transfer System, is set up with the objective of promoting academic recognition of studies in a foreign country. Above all, it is a methodology destined to facilitate the recognition of students’ academic results thanks to the use of ratings understood in the same way by all - credits and marks - as well as offering a better understanding of national systems of post-secondary learning.

ECTS at Supélec

4 ECTS credits are attributed for each module of the core curriculum (excluding projects) if the module is associated with a laboratory study, otherwise it is worth 3 credits. Each elective module (excluding languages and APS) represents 2 ECTS credits. Each project represents 4 ECTS credits. Finally, each half-module of a language (corresponding to 7 sessions of 1 H 30) represents one ECTS credit.

As for the transcript, the ECTS rating scale is adopted as in the following chart :