Enter your degree length and total credit hours to see the ECTS your degree maps to, the conversion factor, and what a single course is worth, for any transcript that counts credit hours.
German programs typically require 30 ECTS / semester. A US 3-credit course converts to roughly 5–6 ECTS.
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ECTS measures workload, not course count: one academic year is 60 ECTS. The converter takes the ECTS for your degree length, divides it by the total credit hours on your transcript, and applies that factor to any single course. A 4-year, 136-credit-hour degree gives a factor of about 1.76, so a 3-credit course is about 5 ECTS.
Uni-Assist and the university run the official evaluation, and they can read a foreign degree differently from the per-year rule: under Anabin a 4-year Pakistani bachelor's counts as 180 ECTS. What each program threshold means for you, including the 180, 210 and 240 ECTS cases, is in our guide to credit hours and ECTS. Converting your grade as well? Use the German grade calculator.
One full academic year is 60 ECTS, so 30 ECTS per semester. One ECTS credit stands for roughly 25 to 30 hours of work, including lectures, self-study and exams.
At 30 ECTS per semester, a bachelor's is 180, 210 or 240 ECTS for three, three and a half or four years. German evaluators do not always apply that rule to foreign degrees: under Anabin, a 4-year Pakistani bachelor's is recognised as 180 ECTS. Most master's programs ask for at least 180 ECTS, and some ask for 210 or 240.
Divide the total ECTS for your degree length by the total credit hours in your degree to get a conversion factor, then multiply the course's credit hours by that factor. In a 4-year, 136-credit-hour degree the factor is about 1.76, so a 3-credit course is about 5 ECTS.
No. Uni-Assist and the university evaluate your transcript themselves, and their method can differ by country and subject. This converter spreads the ECTS of your chosen degree length across your credit hours, so treat the result as a planning estimate for shortlisting programs.
