If applying to Sustainability Science and Solutions with a degree in Natural Sciences, the ECTS credits for studies in Mathematics/Physics have an impact on the evaluation and you must therefore, list them in ECTS credits by each course under the related field of study and indicate the total ECTS credits for all the listed courses.
Studies not originally in ECTS credits >> Conversion needed
In case of the completed courses not originally listed in ECTS credits (or opintopiste in Finnish) on your Transcript of Records, you are responsible for converting the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) to ECTS credits according to the following conversions.
The Transcript of Records uploaded to the application form must include the total number of the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) for the related degree.
If there is no total number of the original study units included, an official statement about the included original study units given by the university must be uploaded as well.
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?
How to get the conversion factor?
Studies on Bachelor's level
- Divide 180 ECTS credits (= total credits for a LUT Bachelor’s Degree) by the total number of all the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) you have completed for the Bachelor’s degree that you are applying with
- As a result you will get a factor for the following conversion.
Studies on Master's level
- Always use the factor 1.5 when converting the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) for the Master’s studies from which you are listing the programme-related studies as additional studies not included in the degree you are applying with
How to convert your study units to ECTS credits?
- Multiply the original number of study unit (credits, credit hours etc.) for your courses with the factor explained above
- As a result you will have your courses in ECTS credits
Case examples
Bachelor's studies
The total study units completed for your Bachelor’s Degree are 160 credits and you need to convert a course with 2 credits to ECTS credits.
- Divide 180 ECTS credits by 160 credits >> the conversion factor is 1.125
- Multiply 2 credits with the factor 1.125 >> your course is equal to 2,25 ECTS credits
Do not round up the result for the converted ECTS credits: If the result is 2.25 ECTS credits, you must also list the course with exactly 2.25 ECTS credits.
Master's studies
You have completed 60 credits of Master's level studies and you need to convert a course with 3 credits to ECTS credits.
- Multiply 3 credits with the factor 1.5 >> your course is equal to 4.5 ECTS credits
You have completed 95 credits of Master's level studies and you need to convert a course with 2 credits to ECTS credits.
- Multiply 2 credits with the factor 1.5 >> your course is equal to 3 ECTS credits
Do not round up the result for the converted ECTS credits: If the result is 2.25 ECTS credits, you must also list the course with exactly 2.25 ECTS credits.
Examples: How to correctly convert and list the required studies in ECTS credits