Credit Equivalencies

• Johannes Kepler University Linz

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).  Generally 18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS however given the workload at this partner university it is acceptable to equate 18 UniSA units to 24 ECTS in this case.

• University of Applied Sciences (FH Joanneum) Graz

• Vienna University of Business and Economics

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).

Bishop's University

Each course is worth 3 credits and students are required to take a full time course load, i.e. 4 or 5 courses per semester. See Credits and Hours Code - http://www.ubishops.ca/academic/cal007.htm
The Bishop's International Application for Admission form states that students registered in 12 credits (4 courses) or more in a semester are considered fulltime.

Carleton University

A semester long course is worth (.5) credits; a year long course is worth (1.0) credits. The recommended full-course load for Undergraduate (first year - fourth year) exchange students is (2.0) credits [maximum (2.5) credits] for a semester. For a full academic year the recommended load is (4.0) or a maximum of (5.0) credits.
Carleton recommends 4 courses for exchange students per semester, with 5 courses being the full time course load for domestic students. Carleton further advised that the study of 3 courses a semester is also considered full-time (possibly in the same way UniSA considers a 13.5 unit load 'full-time').

Concordia University

Most courses are valued at 3 credits each with the exception of intensive courses (usually language courses) that are valued at 6 credits. Courses are approximately 39-40 hours (excluding homework, presentations, projects, mid-term and final exams) over a 13-14 week period.
To assist with calculating credit equivalency, an undergraduate degree is a total of 90 credits over a 3-year period (therefore, maximum full-time is 15 credits per semester). Concordia recommend the minimum course load of 12 credits per semester.
Therefore we normally recommend that 5 courses (@ 3 credits each) is equivalent to 18 UniSA units and 4 courses (@ 3 credits each) is equivalent to 13.5 UniSA units.

Ryerson University

For a domestic student 4-6 courses is considered a full course load on the basis that students pay the same tuition for 4, 5 or 6 courses per semester. Unless it is a full year course, each semester long course is of equal value (i.e. 1 credit). Ryerson recommendations:
Faculty of Communication & Design: For Exchange students 4 classes per semester is considered full time. Exchange students usually take 4-5 classes.
Faculty of Business: For Exchange students 4 courses is considered a full time load.

The University of Calgary

Most courses are half credit courses, 3 credit hours. That means that students are in class 3 hours per week for a total of 13 weeks. Each half course usually has a total of 39 hours. Full courses run over both terms and students are in class 3 hours per week for 26 weeks and are 78 hours in length, 6 credit hours. All exchange students are required to take a minimum of 3 courses to maintain full time status and students can take up to 5 courses per term.

University of Victoria

There are 2 terms per year, each runs for 13 weeks. Each course is worth 1.5 units. Domestic students normally complete five (1.5) unit courses per term. Each (1.5) course requires 3 hours of study a week for one term. Laboratory, tutorial and other similar activities, if required, are in addition to the basic three hours a week.
A smaller load of four courses is recommended by UVic for exchange students as they consider there to be cultural goals associated with the exchange experience for exchange students. Four courses per term are considered to be a full-time registration at UVic and by Canadian Immigration.

Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Aarhus School of Business

• Danmarks Designskole

• Roskilde University

• The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• University of Aarhus

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Abo Akademi University

• Turku School of Economics & Business Administration

• University of Turku

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Bordeaux Business School

These rulings generally apply to students in business programs however the principles can be applied to other study areas upon negotiation with the Program Director.

To study the equivalent of 18 units @ UniSA (full time load) we recommend one of the following options at Bordeaux;
Option A: 7 subjects @ 2.5 ECTS = 17.5 ECTS + French @ 6 ECTS = 23.5 ECTS
OR Option B: 10 subjects @ 2.5 ECTS = 25 ECTS

To study the equivalent of 13.5 units @ UniSA (3/4 load) we recommend one of the following options at Bordeaux;
Option A: 5 subjects @ 2.5 ECTS = 12.5 ECTS + French @ 6 ECTS = 18.5 ECTS
OR Option B: 7 subjects @ 2.5 ECTS = 17.5 ECTS
OR Option C: 8 subjects @ 2.5 ECTS = 20 ECTS

More Info: Normally 18 UniSA Units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA Units = 22.5 ECTS however the workload for exchange students going to Bordeaux has been renegotiated with Program Directors in the Division of Business. These calculations are based on a comparison of equivalent contact (or teaching) hours required. Each UniSA course requires 3 contact hours per week; therefore a student undertaking a full-time academic load (4 courses) at UniSA would have 12 contact hours per week. Each semester's teaching period is 13 weeks, therefore necessitating a total of 156 contact hours per semester.

Each Bordeaux subject requires 15 contact hours, except French which requires 45 contact hours. Therefore, students undertaking either Option A or B for 18 UniSA Units will complete 150 contact hours per semester. Given that we've received feedback that French often requires more than the 45 prescribed contact hours and that the students are studying in an unfamiliar system where they may undertake an 'intensive' course early in the semester and then be required to undertake an exam at the end of the semester (with no swot vac time), a slight imbalance in teaching hours is acceptable.

• Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management

• Group ESC Normandie

• Universite Claude Bernard Lyon1

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).

Nurtingen-Geislingen University

27 - 30 ECTS is equivalent to 18 UniSA units. This should be confirmed with individual UniSA program directors.

• Albert Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg

• Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen

• Ruprecht Karls Universitat Heidelberg

• Universitat Hohenheim

• Universitat Karlsruhe

• Universitat Konstanz

• Universitat Mannheim

• Universitat Stuttgart

• Universitat Ulm

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

One unit of credit is roughly equivalent to one hour of instruction per week. Most 3-unit courses are composed of 3 hours of lectures or 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial per week. One 3 unit course is equal to 1 UniSA 4.5 unit course.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Hong Kong Baptist University

Students are classified as full-time when registering for a minimum of 12 credits per semester (students must maintain 12 credits to satisfy the Hong Kong Immigration student visa requirements). A student should follow a study plan comprising subjects of not normally more than 18 units per semester.

Madras Christian College

Students from the School of Social Work & Social Policy studying at Madras Christian College will enrol in the required field education courses at UniSA.

• L'Universita' Carlo Catteneo (LIUC)

• Universita Degli Studi di Milano

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).

• Chukyo University

• Kanazawa University

• Kyoto University of Education

• Nagoya University

• Okayama University

• University of Tsukuba

• Waseda University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Kansai Gaidai University

Students must register for a minimum of 14 semester credits while registering for no more than 17 semester credits. All students must register for spoken Japanese.

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

In principle, full-time students must register for a minimum of 14 credits and must remain enrolled for a minimum of 14 credits throughout the semester in order to satisfy the requirements for a student visa. A full year of study totals 30 credit units; as most classes carry an even number of credits, this usually translates into sixteen (16) credits one semester and fourteen (14) in the other if a student studies for a full year. One semester of 15/16 credits is usually equivalent to 18 UniSA units.

• Universiti Sains Malaysia

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• University of Agder

• Oslo University College

• University of Bergen

• Vestfold University College

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Nanyang Technological University

• National University Singapore

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Chungbuk National University

• Information and Communications University

• Keimyung University

• Pukyong University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

Course credits at Valencia are measured using both the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and Spanish Credits.

The following applies to ECTS; 18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS.
The following applies to Spanish Credit; 1 Spanish credit = 0.8 ECTS (therefore 12 Spanish Credits = 12 ECTS).

All exchange students must complete a 2 week intensive Spanish course at the beginning of their exchange. The intensive course is located at the Gandia campus however it is not recommended that students select other courses at the Gandia or Alcoy campuses as they are located too far out of the city. 'AB' indicates a full year course. An example of a students enrolment may be;

Spanish Intensive course 6 ECTS
Spanish semester course 3.6 ECTS
Financial Studies 3 Spanish Credits
Computer Science 6 Spanish Credits
Spanish Economy 6 Spanish Credits
Analytical Mathematics 4.5 Spanish Credits

University of Alicante

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).

• Linkoping Universitet

• Lund University

• Stockholm Institute of Education

• Umea University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• National Chiao Tung University

• National Chung-Hsing University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Chiang Mai University

• Chulalongkorn University

• Thammasat University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

• Arnhem Business School

• University of Twente

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Bogazici University

Please refer to the Host University website for details of credits and course loads. You will need to negotiate equivalencies with your Program Director.

Aston Business School

Credits are measured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the following applies;
18 UniSA units = 30 ECTS and 13.5 UniSA units = 22.5 ECTS  (Based on this 4.5 UniSA units = 7.5 ECTS).
Generally Aston requires exchange students to enrol in 30 ECTS however it may be possible to study 22.5 ECTS upon negotiation with Aston Business School.

• Lancaster University

• University of Worcester

• University of Strathclyde

• University of Sunderland