The University of Patras follows the national credit system which is dictated by the Regulation of the Greek Law for Higher Education, 1466/2007. Grades range from 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest grade awarded to an excellent performance of a student per course. A course is considered successfully passed, when the student has acquired at least the Grade 5 during the exams associated to this course. Students that receive lower grades than 5 are considered to have failed but retain the right to repeat the necessary exams in order to acquire at least 5.
Greek students normally take:
For Greek, European and International students there is an indicated way to calculate grades and credits based on the Bologna Process and the Greek Law.
ECTS GRADING
ECTS Grade % of successful students normally
students normally achieving the grande
A 10 EXCELLENT
B 25 VERY GOOD
C 30 GOOD
D 25 SATISFACTORY
E 10 SUFFICIENT
FX - FAIL-some more work required before
the credit can be awarded
F - FAIL- considerable further work is required
LOCAL COURSE GRADE
5-10 PASS
< 5 FAIL
LOCAL DEGREE GRADE
8.50 – 10.00 EXCELLENT
6.50 – 8.49 VERY GOOD
5.00 – 6.49 GOOD
ECTS, the European Community Course Credit Transfer System, was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in order to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements using ECTS credits, and transferring them from one institution to another.
The ECTS system is based on the principle of mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions.
The few rules of ECTS, concerning
are set out to reinforce this mutual trust and confidence.
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