rostazamn eS COMACTUS — OLINGUEGE YQ. » @ soamcon/asaactaread) PaslimmyoutibacomAsic/Asatxchinge) Muns/iwixercon/assexchags) (ieslémmuineescomvasizexterged) SU nce tnsi/vmasiaexchanga.r9/) ‘Study Destinations StudyPrograms FAQ Blog (hitrs.//mww.asiaexchange.org/blogs/) OurStory —_Aprly now! Converting Malaysian credits HOME (HTTPSL//WWW.ASIAEXCMANGE.ORG/) / PRACTICAL INFO (GITTPS://WwW.ASIAEXCHANGE_ORG/ NFORMATION/) / GENERAL ; INFORMATION ABOUT CREDIT CONVERSION Study in Kuala Lumpur, {(HTTPS://WvW.AS|AEXCHANGE.ORG/INFORMAT|ON/CREDIT-CONVERSION/) / Malaysia CONVERTING MALAYSIAN CREDITS Earning credits while studying abroad trans hunasnechangeoco/studsuoad in Malaysia clostnations/kuslatumpur-malaysiad) Each course at Universiti Putra Malaysia (https://www.asiaexchange.org/study-destinations/kuala-lumpur- i utra-malaysia/) is worth 3 Malaysian credits. One credit ‘equals 28 hours of lectures or supervised compulsory tutorial sessions, Students should also take into account the work and tin required for sf study, exercises group work, business visits, preparing for quizzes and exams and the quizzes and ‘exams themselves. This way the home institutions get as accurate ofa picture of ‘the workload as possible. ~ 4 ° lag ers eves # In Malaysia, 40 hours of study tie (outside cass) is valued as one credit, One (2-erzol’+ course. ) completed course most often converts to § ECTS credits or 3 US credits. Local students goneraly accomplish 5-6 courses per semester. Exchange students can am up to 30 ECTS credits per somester. ‘The conversion of Malaysian credits into ECTS is determined by the relationship between the scope of alocal degree program in credits and the time it takes to complete it, set against the European standard attainment of 60 credits per academic year. The university of Helsinki (QS World Ranking place 69), for instance, follows this conversion method, Accortinaly 196 (the scope of a Malaysian degree in credits) / 4 (the length of the program in years) = 34 credits = local yearly goal. Dividing the European yearly goal of 60 ECTS boy the local yearly goal of 34 credits ‘gives the coefficient 1.77. The scope of althree credit course multiplied by the coefficient is thereby 5,3 ECTS.