Conversion of grades: University table and ECTS tables
The ECTS scheme is a tool that ensures the transfer of academic results (expressed in terms of grades) between different national evaluation systems, in a fair and transparent manner.
The use of the ECTS scheme is one of the commitments signed by the University for the application of both the EUC (Erasmus University Charter for the period 2007/2013) and the ECHE (European Charter for Higher Education for the period 2014/2020 and for the new period 2021/2027), essential documents that allow access to European education programs.
1) the ECTS tables for the degree courses of the University of Padova are binding for the conversion of the grades obtained by students during a period of mobility abroad in the presence of Transcript of records showing the distribution of foreign grades according to the ECTS scale
(2) a generic binding table for the conversion of grades in cases where the partner campus does not provide references to the ECTS scale or to the distribution of grades in their institution.
The ECTS Users' Guide published in 2009 by the European Commission provides for the passing of the ECTS scale divided into 5 levels (A: 10% higher; B: next 25%, C: next 30%, D: next 25%; E: 10% lower) replacing it with a simple statistical distribution of marks based on the scale used in the different national systems, drawn up for each degree course or for each group of homogeneous courses, and has been called the ECTS Table for the conversion of grades.
The new ECTS Table allows for a more immediate comparison between two or more grading systems and cultures, and allows for simple and transparent interpretation and conversion of grades from one system or context to another, and thus does justice to the level of academic achievement of all students, as can be made clear by the example in the file below.
Since many European universities still release the Transcript of Records with the local grade and the old ECTS scale (grades A-B-C-D-E-F), the grade of the old ECTS scale has been included in the published ECTS tables next to the percentage in order to facilitate the conversion until the new system is acquired by all the European institutions.
Example:
University of Almeria (Spain) issues a Transcript of Records to a student enrolled in the First-cycle/Bachelor's degree course in Astronomy with the following information:
- UAL MARK: Notable
- UAL Numeric MARK: 7.4
- ECTS Credits: 6
- ECTS Mark: C
In the ECTS Table of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences for the First-cycle/Bachelor's degree course in Astronomy, the ECTS C grade corresponds to the range of marks between 24 and 28 thirtieths. The Spanish grade "7.4 Notable" will be converted into one of the five grades of the Italian interval on the basis of all available information (evaluation of the student's previous career, news from the host campus through the flow co-responsible, course syllabus, etc.) and, as such, will be recorded in the Minutes for International Mobility.
This table should be used for grade conversion in cases where the partner campus does not provide references to the ECTS scale or grade distribution.
Below are the ECTS tables for the Degree Courses of the University of Padova, elaborated by the Educational Offer Office,
Until the year 2012, only statistical distributions based on ECTS scales based on grades A-B-C-D-E are provided.
By clicking on the name of the school of reference of the course of study, it is possible to view the data relating to all the degree courses ordered as follows: degree courses ex Ministerial Decree 509, degree courses ex Ministerial Decree 270, master's degree courses ex Ministerial Decree 509, master's degree courses ex Ministerial Decree 270, single-cycle degree courses. The courses are then ordered according to the ministerial field of study code and the code (cod cdl).
Starting from the year 2017 the statistics are calculated according to the ministerial field of study code as per ministerial provisions.
ATTENTION: the votes may differ depending on the reference legislation (Ministerial Decree 509 or Ministerial Decree 270)
