Faculty of Economics Welcome

Project duration :

15/05/2006-31/01/2008

Overall budget :

107,054 euros

Consortium members :

• University of Alicante (Spain)
• Katholieke Hogeschool, Kortrijk (Belgium)
• Ministry of National Education of Kyrgyzstan
• Kyrgyz Academy of Finance and Economics
• National State University of Kyrgyzstan International University of Kyrgyzstan

The general aim of the project :

"The creation of the National ECTS Office which will be the Centre of Expertise within the Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan, for the definition of the equivalence system between the universities of Kyrgyzstan and the adaptation of the credit system in the universities of Kyrgyzstan, as the fundamental component of the Bologna Convention".

Description :

ECTS (European Credits Transfer System) is a points system developed by the European Union to facilitate the reading and comparison of study programs in different European countries. This system enables points to be allocated to all the components of a study program, based on the workload to be completed by the student. This makes national curricula easier to understand at European level, and is a complementary tool to the Diploma Supplement, facilitating mobility from one country to another and from one institution to another.

The introduction of ECTS stems primarily from the desire of the Kyrgyz education system to become an active participant in the global market for educational services. To gain recognition, the education system had to make the transition to the European model, which represents a multi-level system. This raises the question of the coherence of levels, the correspondence of programs and the conditions for student mobility. The solution to these problems lies in the different variants of the credit system. A second reason for this implementation is its contribution to student mobility.

During the project, the ECTS application guide was drawn up. This explains the principles of ECTS and gives recommendations for drawing up study plans.



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