ECTS
system

Exchange Students will enroll in a standard full-time study load and are required to complete all the main assessment in order to obtain ECTS credits. A full course load is comprised of 60 ECTS for a full academic year, or 30 ECTS for one semester (1 ECTS equals 25 hours).

Class attendance is mandatory at EASD Castello.

Description of the institutional grading system:

PASS

10 – Excellent performance, outstanding knowledge and skills (excellent)

  9 – Strong performance, good knowledge and skills (very good)

  8 – Above the average performance, knowledge and skills (good)

  7 – Average performance, knowledge and skills with unessential shortcomings (highly satisfactory)

  6 – Below average performance, knowledge and skills with substantial shortcomings (satisfactory)

  5 – Knowledge and skills meet minimum criteria (sufficient)

FAIL

  0 – Knowledge and skills do not meet minimum criteria / below minimum criteria (insufficient)