The Following Institutions Use the European Credit Transfer System As Their Grading System

Credit and Grading Systems
used by KIMEP Partner Institutions

KIMEP partner institutions use different credit and grading systems. Please check what kind of a credit system the host institution uses to evaluate students’ academic performance.

The following institutions use the European Credit Transfer System as their grading system:

Aarhus School of Business, Denmark
Arnhem Business School, HAN University, Netherlands
Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE in Riga), Latvia
Academic performance at the SSE in Riga is evaluated on a 200-grade
point scale: 0-99 = fail; 100-139 = pass; 140-159 = pass with merit;
160-200 = excellent.
University of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden, Germany

American University in Central Asia (AUCA), Kyrgyzstan
AUCA uses the credit and grading system similar the American system of evaluating students’ performance. Please visit the university’s website for more detail on the topic: http://www.auca.kg/academics/grading_system

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Please go to The Grading Scale to learn more about the grading policy used by Corvinus University of Budapest.

Hong Kong Baptist University, China

Please go to The Teaching Styles and Grading Scale to learn more about the grading policy used by Hong Kong Baptist University.

Korea University Business School, Korea

Please go to The Academic Credit and Grading Scale to learn more about the credit system and grading policy used by Korea University.
Kyung Hee University, Korea

The credit system at Kyung Hee University is equivalent to the American credit system. The number of lecture hours for a 3-credit course is 3 hours per week with the total of 15 teaching weeks, or 45 hours. One semester lasts for 15-16 weeks. Undergraduate students usually take from 12 to 18 credits per a semester, and graduate – from 9 to 12 credits.

Pai Chai University, Korea

One class per week for one semester makes 3 credit hours. 16 weeks make one semester and 2 semesters per year.

The grading system:

A+: 4.50 -- 4.45 A : 4.44 -- 4.00

B+: 3.99 – 3.50 B : 3.49 – 3.00

C+: 2.99 – 2.50 C : 2.49 – 2.00

D+: 1.99 – 1.50 D : 1.49 – 1.00

F : 0.99 – 0.00

Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea

Academic records shall be decided on the basis of exams, attendance, assignments, and performance. Grades will vary from A+ to F. The method of relative evaluation will be adopted, but when this is impossible because of the characteristics of school subjects, or where the enrollment number is less than 20, the method of absolute evaluation will be adopted.

The grading scale:

A: 100% - 93%

A-: 92% - 90%

B+: 89% - 88%

B: 87% - 83%

B-: 82% - 80%

C+: 79% - 78%

C: 77% - 73%

C-: 72% - 70%

D+: 69% - 68%

D: 67% - 63%

D-: 62% - 60%

F: 59.9 and less

Sungkungkwan University, Korea

Sungkungkwan University uses the American style of the credit system. A course is generally meets threehours per week for a 16-week term. This totals 48 hours of class meeting time.For this the student is awarded 3 credits. Some courses in the general education program are given less credit based on the fact that the course includes only two hours per week and thus requires only 32 hours of in-class study. This type of course would be awarded 2 credits. An undergraduate student requires120 creditsin order to graduate. Student assessment depends on the nature of the class but generally includes an attendance grade, examinations, and projects.

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Please go to The Grading Scale to learn more about the grading policy utilized by the University of Ljubljana.

University of Northern Colorado, USA

In terms of credits, UNC requires students to obtain 120 credits in order to graduate. Degree programs are designed to last 4 years, thus to graduate on time a student needs to take an average of 15 credits per semester. Credits represent the number of hours spent in class per week. There are 15 weeks in a semester, thus a 1-credit course is equal to 15 in class. A normal course at UNC is worth 3 credits equaling 45 hours in class.

Below is a link to the website which explains the grading scale at UNC, which is very similar to the grading system used by KIMEP: http://catalog.unco.edu/2005-06HTML/2005-2006-07-17.html