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Question: Dear Ms Verbitskaya
I am writing you from the University of Zurich in Switzerland in order to get some information about the credit system used at SPBU. I am not sure whether I'm adressing to you is the right way. If not I would be very glad if you could kindly forward my message to the responsible person.
I have a question regarding the credit system at your university. On the transcript of records of one of our students who now transfered from SPBU to Zurich different credit points are indicated. I would like to know if those credits are equal to the ECTS credit system and if you could provide a chart (or any other form of information) regarding the conversion of SPBU Credits into different credit systems such as the ECTS. Other than that information regarding the workload for one term / Bachelor degree would be very helpful.
I would appreciate your answer as soon as possible and would like to thank you in advance for your efforts.
With kind regards from Switzerland
The answer of Vice-Rector for Academic and Methodological Affairs Marina Y. Lavrikova:
At present the work load of courses taught at St. Petersburg State University evaluated in credits that meets ECTS requirements. However, in most educational programs there is an assessment system adopted in St. Petersburg State University.
Convention grading scales are shown below.
Depending on the percentage of completion grades are converted according to the following grading scale:
|
Total %
|
SPSU grade for test
|
ECTSgrade
|
SPSU grade for exam
|
|
not less than 90
|
passed |
А |
Excellent |
|
not less than 85, less than 90
|
passed |
В |
Excellent |
|
not less than 83, less than 85
|
passed |
В |
Good |
|
not less than 75, less than 83
|
passed |
С |
Good |
|
not less than 71, less than 75 |
passed |
D |
Good |
|
not less than 65, less than 71 |
passed |
D |
Satisfactory |
|
not less than 50, less than 65 |
passed |
Е |
Satisfactory
|
|
less than 50 |
not passed |
F |
Unsatisfactory (fail)
|
Conversion of ECTS grades into SPSU grades:
|
ECTSGrade |
SPSU grade for test |
SPSU grade for exam
|
|
А
|
passed |
Exсelдent |
|
В
|
passed |
Excellent |
|
С
|
passed |
Good |
|
D
|
passed |
Satisfactory |
|
Е, passed
|
passed |
Satisfactory |
|
F |
not passed |
Unsatisfactory ( fail) |