Forum: Application & Admission (4 Comments)

Grade System comparison

  • Posted by - DG - on 16 September 2014 - 4:59pm

    Dear Sir,

    I am a student from India. I am about to compleat my Bachalors in Commerce (Hons). from Calcutta University.
    I want to apply for MIM in either Germany, Switzerland or France.

    Could you please shed some light on the following:

    ECTS - I do not fully undersand this term. Whu/HHl is asking for around 180 ECTS what dose this mean and how do i convert my Indian degree to this.

    In India different universities have different greading systems -
    Calcutta University is arguably the 2-3rd ranked University but it has very poor grading system. Hardly anyone get above 70-80% and the average is less than 50% .
    If one were in India he would understand that Someone getting a 50% in CU would be equivalent to a 75% in a Private University.
    My question is would the european B schools take this into concidaration or would they view every one as the same?

    If they do not concider so could I make up for it with my GMAT. If so how much would I have to make up?

    Thanks

    • Posted by - DG - on 22 September 2014 - 10:40pm

      Thank you Mr Graf ..... this was very helpful !!!
      Will be back to your forum in a few weeks.

    • Posted by - Thomas Graf - on 17 September 2014 - 2:33pm

      Hi there,

      I recommend you reading the Wikipedia article (What is ECTS?) and to contact the schools (such as HHL and WHU) directly (using our Request Info Button).

      To speed up for you, I asked HHL and WHU, however. Here is the answer from WHU:


      Answer to your first question:
      "ECTS stands for ‘European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System”. The use of ECTS makes programmes and qualifications more transparent and facilitates the recognition of qualifications. 60 ECTS credits are attached to the workload of a fulltime year of formal learning (academic year). At WHU (and for Germany in most cases), student workload is 1,800 hours for an academic year, whereby one credit corresponds to 30 hours of work.

      On the certificates or transcript of records these hours per course/semester should be mentioned. Based on this information we can convert the degree to the ECTS system."

      Answer to your second question:
      "For our MSc Programs at WHU we try to gain an overall picture of each candidate. If a students graduated from a top-ranked university in the respective country, we will of course take this into consideration when evaluating the application. We also take the other requirements such as the GMAT score as well as international and first practical experience into consideration to gain a broader picture of each candidate."


      I will also let you know about HHL as soon as I have their answer. In general, you can be sure that quality schools (e.g., accredited schools) have experience with your education system and are able to translate into into European systems or requirements.

      Increasing the GMAT is always a good idea. Whenver you are a "borderline" candidate for a school, a top GMAT score my help you convince the school to take you.

      Best wishes
      Thomas

      By Thomas Graf
      Owner MIM Compass
      Author of the MIM eBook

      • Posted by - Thomas Graf - on 22 September 2014 - 11:48am

        Hi again,

        also the HHL confirmed to me that the institutio is important and that they inform themselves about it. in Germany. They also have an International office that translates the degree and grades into the German system. They also know if your institution is an accepted or acknowledged institution or not. If you have any doubts, feel free to contact the school directly.

        Best wishes
        Thomas