Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations
– Part III. Student Standards –
Chapter III.2. Study and Examination Regulations
9. CREDIT TRANSFER
Article 44 [Credit Transfer]
(1) During credit transfer, for any passed course, completion of a course shall be recognised if the correspondence (match) is at least 75%. If the correspondence is less than 75%, the Credit Transfer Committee may approve recognition after considering the circumstances, in particular the role of the course subject played in achieving the training objectives and may also request the opinion of the program director. In accordance with the nature of credit transfer, the educational-research unit shall recommend the same decision for students presenting the same circumstances.
(2) If the correspondence is less than 75%, instead of credit transfer, it is possible to recognize certain elements of the course as completed and exemption for these may be granted. In such a case the student will be required to take a special examination (i.e., an equivalency examination not including the completed require elements) before the examination period (during the final three weeks of the study period) or during the examination period. Registration to these courses shall be done by the Registrar’s Office for these specific students, and students shall report to the course coordinator of the course about the equicalency examination within 10 working days of receiving the decision.
(3) Registration to a course identical to an already completed course is not allowed. One course is different from another if the course content or the knowledge to be acquired differ by more than 25%.
(4) Only courses which are different from all the courses already taken into account for the completion of the curriculum requirements may be taken into account for the completion of the curriculum requirements.
(5) Prior to registration/enrollment for a given semester, students may request credit transfer for the courses already completed and passed at another faculty or higher education institution in accordance with the credit transfer procedure of the given faculty. The credit transfer decision shall be taken by the Credit Transfer Committee in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (4), also taking into account the proposals of the program director or course coordinator. During the credit transfer procedure, it is required to consider that the student must complete at least one third of credit value of the study program at Semmelweis University in order to obtain a degree at Semmelweis University, which shall also include credits for courses completed in other programs of Semmelweis University accepted during credit transfer.
(6) Any credit transfer based on the specified outcome requirements of a course (module) is done solely by comparing the content elements on which the credit is based. The credit shall be recognized if the content elements compared shows correspondence in at least 75%.
(7) Students whose student status has been terminated and who have been re-admitted in a new admission procedure shall have their previously completed courses accepted and the credits earned recognized by the Credit Transfer Committee.
(8) The Credit Transfer Committee shall consider applications submitted to it within the deadline – in the case of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, no later than 2 weeks before the registration week – and within the deadline – in the case of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, no later than the last workday before the registration period – so that the students applying for admission can prepare their next semester’s curriculum taking into account the decision.
(9) The rules, options and typical modalities of credit transfer, as well as the list of documents required for the procedure, are set out in the credit transfer procedure of the specific faculty or the rules of procedure of the faculty’s Credit Transfer Committee. Only applications duly completed and submitted by the deadline set out in this document will be accepted.
(10) If the course requested by the student for substitution of a course was completed in a non‑credit course, the credit shall be given taking into account the number of hours indicated in the course records, with regard to the valid ratio of contact and individual hours of the current course. If neither the credit value nor the number of hours of the substitute course is known, the application for recognition of credit cannot be considered.
(11) The faculties of Semmelweis University mutually allow registration for their courses, with the credit value granted by the announcing faculty, and any course announced at Semmelweis University may be registered for and recognized as an elective course, based on the provisions of paragraph (4).
(12) If a course to be recognized can be assigned a credit value I accordance with the faculty’s curriculum, the grade obtained in the course shall be accepted. If multiple grades were obtained, their rounded average shall be considered and accepted.
(13) The maximum number of credits for work experience is 30.
(14) The rules governing credit transfer procedure are set out in the rules of procedure of the committee competent in credit transfer.
(15) The rules of the credit transfer procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis where the student requests the recognition of achievements from non-formal or informal learning or work experience.
(16) Faculties may keep a credit transfer equivalence register for their courses, driven by content, in which they may provide students with preliminary information on the equivalence of courses already recognized in previous procedures indicating data such as the date and name of a course, the higher education institution or other relevant data. When considering courses included in the register on the basis of a previous decision, with an unchanged course syllabus, the Credit Transfer Committee may also follow a simplified procedure, thus waiving the need to consult the course coordinator or to attach the course syllabus; however, previous decisions shall not be binding.
(17) A simplified procedure may also be applied where credit transfer is between the old and the new syllabuses of the same course and an equivalence table is created with or after the change in curriculum.