Documents! ECTS Equivalent

"Until now, the concept of credit in Spain was set to 10 hours of learning, whether theory, practical or equivalent (work placements, study abroad, etc. ) y and was regulated by RD. RD. 1497/1987, 27th November Art. 2. 7. of which the national general guidelines and validity of the study of the official degrees is based upon (updated by the Royal Decrees 1267/1994, 2347/1996, 614/1997 y 779/1998). "

"The new ECTS credit system is regulated by Royal Decree 1125/2003 (BOE of 18/09/2003), of which the European credit system and national system of officially recognising and validating qualifications are based on. According to this system, the minimum number of hours per credit will be 25, the maximum, 30. "

(Source (in Spanish): http://eees.universia.es/preguntas-frecuentes/conceptos-basicos/)

Source

This means that undergraduates/those studying a diploma will earn a credit for every 10 hours of learning per subject.

It breaks down like this:

• 1 Spanish credit = 0. 8 ECTS.
• 1 ECTS credit = 1. 25 Spanish credits.

http://campus.usal.es/~socrates/ects/index.html

Looking at the Aber's (Aberystwyth) university page I saw that credits there are also the equivalent to 10 hours of learning and 10 credits are equal to 5 ECTS.

http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/regulations/credit/

http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/visiting-students/ects/

Aber also made it clear how many credits each subject is worth.

Each subject as a preceding number, for example EL20110, with the last 2 numbers correspond to the number of credits, so in this case the number of credits would be 10. When they end in 00 it's because the subject is annual and in this case you have to look at the last two digits of the subject that complements it (the second part).

On Aber's page I also found a list of all the degrees on offer for 2011/2012 (Undergraduate courses).

http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-schemes/deptfuture/

Other useful source: http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/rd1125-2003.html

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