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Official site of the International Physics Olympiads |
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Official site of the Italian Physics Olympiads |
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, 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 institution. The few rules of ECTS, concerning Information (on courses available), Agreement (between the home and host institution) and the Use of Credit Points (to indicate student workload) are set out to reinforce this mutual trust and confidence. Each ECTS department will describe the courses it offers not only in terms of content but also adding credits to each course.
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Executive secretary A.I.F. Italian Association for Physics Teaching |