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The Calculation and Application of ECTS Workload for Students Information on the Institution

ECTS is calculated according to the total time required to achieve expected learning outcomes, including all planned activities such as seminars, field studies, individual studies and examinations, etc.

At Kocaeli University, one full academic year includes two terms with an ECTS credit of 30 for each. 1 ECTS credit is equal to 25 hours of student workload. Accordingly, the workload for a student for 1 academic year is calculated as 1500 hours.

The ECTS credit allocation of the courses is determined by the Committee of the Department/Program Development and Evaluation, ECTS Coordinators and lecturers of the courses and students. This process includes the following steps;

1. The learning outcomes of each course are determined by Committee of Department/ Program Development and Evaluation and lecturers of that course.
2. Each learning activity and required time for it is determined by ECTS coordinators and lecturers of the course.
3. Learning activities, their counts and durations in the ECTS Workload Engine, which is available in the information system of 'Reconstruction and Quality Process in Education at Kocaeli University', are entered by ECTS coordinators. Depending on the total workload required for each course, the ECTS credit of each student is calculated via ECTS Workload Engine where the activities are entered by the relevant lecturer. The equivalence of the ECTS credits and the local department/ program credits are provided by the coordinator of that course.
4. The validity of the workloads is evaluated via student questionnaires.

GPA and CGPA of students are calculated on the basis of ECTS credits of courses. Below is the sample ECTS workload chart used in calculation of ECTS credit allocations.

Please click here to view sample ECTS workload computation