Formal
basis for organizing student exchanges within the system of ECTS are
Bilateral Agreements signed between partner institutions. These agreements
describe the rules and organization of student exchanges between two
partners. Students wishing to study abroad get acquainted with the program
and curricula of the host institutions from the ECTS Information Packages.
After choosing the appropriate subjects students sign a Learning Agreement
with the home and host institution, which is a formal approval of the
selected program. Completing the study program described in the Learning
Agreement ensures full recognition of the period of study abroad by the
home institution. To present evidence of satisfactory completion of the
program, transcript of records is prepared which is given to the student
and exchanged between home and host institution before and after the
period of study abroad. ECTS credits are the key element in the system.
They are a value allocated to course units to describe the workload
required for students to complete them in relation to the total workload
required for a complete academic year. In ECTS 60 credits are given for
one academic year. For more information about this system please refer to
the ECTS section of the official web site of Socrates/Erasmus Programme
at:
The introduction of ECTS in
UM-Pleven started in 1999 with signing of the first bilateral agreements
with European universities for student exchanges and other activities
aimed at improvement of quality of education in the framework of
Socrates/Erasmus Programme. The first Bilateral Agreements were signed
with Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Humboldt Universitat zu
Berlin. As all students that had the opportunity to participate in student
exchanges have shown very good knowledge and clinical skills, the
faculties of medicine in ULB and in Humboldt Universitat signed new
agreements with UM-Pleven for the next three years. UM-Pleven welcomes
every opportunity to extend its network of ECTS partners by signing of new
Bilateral Agreements in the framework of Socrates/Erasmus Programme.
