Credits system and Regulations

ECTS - European Credit Transfer System

A credit system is a systematic way of describing an educational programme by attaching credits to its components. The definition of credits in higher education systems may be based on different parameters, such as student workload, learning outcomes and contact hours. ECTS makes study programmes easy to read and compare for all students, local and foreign.

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. ESCIP has adopted this system for all home and international students.

• ECTS system
  • 1 year = 2 semesters
  • 1 semester = 30 ECTS credits
  • 1 year = 60 ECTS credits
• Implications of ECTS system
  • 60 ECTS credits = year validated

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Regulation for exchange students

In order to make sure that you have a profitable time with us we’d like to underline and/or remind you of the following :

• Orientation : All international students are expected to attend our orientation day which takes place at the beginning of September for the Winter semester and in February for the Spring semester

• Academic Issues :
  • Students must be sure that they can follow lessons in English or in French.
  • All students must sign a Learning Agreement - at least 75% (minimum 22 ECTS credits) of the programme must be followed.
  • Please note that once the Learning Agreement has been validated by your school, it will not be possible to change your classes.
  • Exchange students will be allowed to follow the classes of their choice only if they have the necessary pre-requisites (cf syllabus)
  • Any student who does not pass the first session examination will the possibility to sit for the second session on condition that they are present on the campus.
  • When all the subjects of a teaching unit have been taken and result in an average of 10 or more, the students will be granted the totality of the credits. (This is on condition that the student has a minimum of 8/20 in each subject)

• Health Issues : All non -Europeans must take out French insurance on arrival which costs 194 euros (2007-8); European students must be in possession of the European medical card.