As a UT student, you have various options to study abroad for SPECIFIC LENGTH OF TIME.
Studying abroad offers you the chance to immerse yourself in a new culture, enhance your resume, and gain personal growth, making it a valuable and life-enriching experience. It provides a unique opportunity to broaden your horizons and build global connections, ultimately making you a more versatile and flexible person.
Going abroad options for UT students
Whether you want to go abroad for a week, a quarter or half a year, there is always an opportunity to have an exciting international experience! Most phases of your studies offer you opportunities to go abroad. Below you find three main options within your curriculum for an international experience. Beyond your curriculum, you have the option to join Study Tours and/or Summer Schools.
Did you know you can also study abroad with ECIU University? UT is a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), the leading international consortium of research-intensive universities. ECIU University offers students the possibility to study at different European universities in a flexible way. For example, you can do a Challenge or a Micro-Module abroad. UT has funding available for students to participate. To find out more, visit ECIU University or follow us on Instagram.
Start planning one year ahead
Keep in mind that you need to plan well ahead of the start of your international adventure. Our advice for you is to start thinking about a potential study abroad at least one year prior to your intended departure. You can contact your Study Adviser, Track Coordinator and/or Faculty Exchange/ Internship Coordinator when you want to discuss your plans.
In the event of an emergency occurring in countries in which UT students and staff are studying or working, the Emergency Abroad Service performs a wellbeing check and provides support when required. The service liaises with various stakeholders and shares information about important matters such as pre-emptive safety measures, pre-departure preparations and intercultural awareness. To contact the service, email emergency-abroad@utwente.nl.
If ECTS credits are given, the credits can be taken over 1 on 1. However, if the country where the credits are obtained isn’t one of the countries that use ECTS, please check the Credit Conversion pages below:
Using Table*
In the case in a country, ECTS credits are given (See Table 1: Countries using ECTS) the credits can be taken over 1 on 1. If the country where the credits are obtained isn’t one of the ECTS using countries, please check if the institution is being mentioned in Table 2: Credit Conversion Table of Non-ECTS Credits. If this is the case, please use the conversion given in that table. If not, you can contact the coordinators of international affairs at your faculty. They might be able to help to give an estimation of the study load. *Be aware! The conversions in the tables are an advised standard. An examination committee may decide to deviate.
Table 1: Countries using ECTS
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
FYR Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
N.B. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the calculation of the study load is compatible with the ECTS-system. Still, the study load is 120 credits per academic year. 2 UK credits are equal to 1 ECTS-credit.
Tabel 2: Credit Conversion Table of Non-ECTS credits
Last update: September, 2024
Country
1 Partner credit = # ECTS UT
# Partner Credits = 30 ECTS UT
Australia
RMIT - Royal Melbourne Insitute of Technology
0,63
48,00
Australia
University of New South Wales
1,25
24,00
Australia
University of Melbourne
0,60
50,00
Australia
University of South Australia
1,67
18,00
Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo
1,50
20,00
Brazil
UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
1,50
20,00
Brazil
Campinas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)
No official equivalency
Brazil
PUC-RIO Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
1,50
20,00
Brazil
ITA: Aeronautical Institite of Technology
Canada
Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS)
2,00
15,00
Canada
University of Guelph
0,08
2,5
Canada
York University
2
15
Canada
University of Regina
Chile
Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC de Chile)
China
Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
2,50
12,00
China
South China Normal University
1,70
17,65
China
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
2,00
15,00
Hong Kong
Hongkong Polytechnic University
2,00
15,00
India
Amrita
Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Bandung
1,39
21,58
Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada
1,667
17,96
Indonesia
Universitas Indonesia
1,50
20,00
Indonesia
BINUS University
1,70
18,00
Indonesia
Telkom University
1,50
20,00
Japan
Akita University
2,00
15,00
Japan
Nagoya University
2,00
15,00
Japan
Rikkyo University
2,00
15,00
Japan
Kyushu University
2,00
15,00
Japan
Saitama University
2,00
15,00
Japan
Tohoku University
2,00
15,00
Japan
University of Tokyo
2,00
15,00
Japan
University of Tsukuba
2,00
15,00
Japan
Waseda University
2,00
15,00
Mexico
Tec de Monterrey
1,67
17,96
Mexico
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
0,75
40,00
Singapore
Singapore University of Technology and Design
2,40
72,00
South Korea
Chung Ang University
1.67
17.96
South Korea
Hanyang
2,00
15,00
South Korea
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
2,00
15,00
South Korea
Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST)
South Korea
Pohang University of Science & Technology (Postech)
2,00
15,00
South Korea
Pusan National University
2,00
15,00
South Korea
Seoul National University
1,85
16,25
South Korea
Kyung Hee University
2,00
15,00
South Korea
University of Seoul
2,00
15,00
South Korea
Sogang University
2,00
15,00
Taiwan
NYCU (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
2,00
15,00
Uganda
Makarere University
United States of America
New Jersey Institute of Technology
United States of America
Southern Utah University
United States of America
Washington State University
2,00
15,00
Still updates needed on: ITA, University of Regina, PUC Chile, Amrita, KIST, Makarere University, NJ Institute of Technology and Southern Utah University. Questions are set out with UT staff connected with these universities.
Increasing amount of outgoing exchange students The amount of students going abroad for exchange during the 5th semester (minor) is substantially increasing. In UT’s Vision Shaping 2030, there is a specific emphasis on internationalization. In “Vision 2030 - Shaping”, ‘Students experience studying and working abroad’ is specifically stressed.
Registration of externally obtained credits Upon return, the credits obtained during the exchange semester abroad have to be registered into the Student Information System, Osiris. Credits obtained at EU Partner Universities that work with the ECTS system can be transferred without conversion according to the Erasmus+ and the Bologna framework. The conversion of credits obtained at foreign universities that do not use the ECTS system is time-consuming and difficult.
An uniform conversion of credits Up till this point, there is no uniform credit conversion table for credits obtained at foreign partner universities that do not work according to the ECTS system. Also, there was no standardised procedure about the process of and conditions applying to credit transfer which need to be considered. To avoid differences in the calculation of obtained credits at non-EU Partner Universities, the UCO decided, based upon advice from the Platform Internationalisation, to create one uniform credit conversion table and a person responsible for maintaining the table.
The credit conversion table is meant to aid the Examination Boards of educational programmes within the University of Twente. Students can use the table as a guide to check if their proposed exchange courses represent enough workload.
All UT bachelor and master educational programmes have their own rules and regulations when studying abroad. Most of the programmes ask the student to hand in (some sort of) a Learning Agreement and have it carefully looked at by the examination board, as is obligatory in exchange for an Erasmus+ partner. The Learning Agreement consists of the courses a student wants to take up, the level of the courses and the number of grades the courses will be awarded. Examination Boards can use the ‘Credit Conversion Table’ to determine the number of ECTS to which the completed course(s) c.q. project(s) should be converted into upon return.
The exam committees can always decide to deviate from the conversion in the table.
Results won't be converted UCOW also agreed upon the advice to only transfer credits and not the results (grades or letters). Conversion of results is a delicate procedure and rather difficult as other assessment methods should be taken into account and cultural and local habits regarding grading. Just the credits will be converted and registered in SIS as ‘V’ (pass). The student always has to possibility to request an official Transcript of Records, which includes the official results provided by the Partner University.
The data (conversion methods) given in this table has been composed by a -for this purpose created-committee of UT employees in the fields of internationalisation, exchange, strategy and policy, and educational affairs. The conversion methods within this table result from:
The partner institution gives data. In case this institution was able to provide us with proper conversion.
Calculation based on workload. In this case, we look at the number of credits per academic year of the partner institution. This was compared to the 60 credits of the ECTS system for an academic year. However, in the Netherlands, 60 credits equal a workload of 1680 hours, and at a foreign partner, this amount can differ, and, i.e. only be 1200 hours. With the conversion also a correction of the workload in clock hours is taken into account.
Conversion of workload ECTS credits are related to study workload and do not provide information about the quality level of education. Deriving from that, the conversion from NON-ECTS credits to ECTS credits is also only a conversion from the workload. When the examination board examines the courses that an exchange student wishes to follow abroad, the examination board needs to judge the number of credits and the quality level of the courses.
Additions and Maintenance Recurrently, additions to this table will be made, and current conversion methods will be checked upon and, if needed, adjusted. For conversions of credits from partner universities missing in the table, you can contact the faculties exchange contact.
Within the table will be mentioned when the latest update of the table was made.
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