ECTS & Grading System
ECTS Guide / Regulations for Incoming Law Students
Please click here to watch the ECTS Tutorial.
Please note that this system is only valid for incoming law students - other faculties may have a different ECTS credit system.
ECTS
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
ECTS credits are awarded according to the following scheme:
| Veranstaltungstypus type of course | Leistung requirements | SWS** contact hours | ECTS-Punkte ECTS credits | ||||||
| a | Vorlesung* lecture | regelmäßige Anwesenheit und Prüfung* regular attendance and examination | 1 | 2,5 | ||||||
| b | Ferienhausarbeit assignment between the terms | schriftlich ausgearbeitete Falllösung elaboration and discussion of a case solution | -- | 3,5 | ||||||
| c | Grundkurs basic course | regelmäßige Teilnahme und schriftliche Klausur regular attendance and written examination | 1 | 2,5 | ||||||
| d | Übung exercise | Teilnahme mit Klausur und Hausarbeit attendance with written examination and assignment | 1 | 3,5 | ||||||
| e | Seminar seminar | regelmäßige Anwesenheit mit schriftlich ausgearbeitetem Referat regular attendance with written paper and report | 1 | 3,5 | ||||||
| f | Drei- bzw. vierwöchiger Intensivkurs Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Blockkurs in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit) Intensive German language course of 3 or 4 weeks duration (block course during lecture-free time) | regelmäßige Teilnahme und Klausur regular attendance and written examination | Blockkurs: 25 Stunden pro Woche block course 25 contact hours per week | 10 | ||||||
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| 8-9 4 3 2 | 10 6 4 2 |
Please note:
The home university of the student concerned has the sole right to decide on the number and type of courses to be taken. The ECTS credits categorized above are a proposal of the Faculty of Law at the University of Würzburg. The courses may be weighted by the home institution in a different way.
*Lectures are an essential part of the total workload in the humanities, and normally do not finish with an examination. An oral or written examination can only be taken with the previous agreement of the instructor.
**Semesterwochenstunde (SWS) = Unterrichtsstunde pro Woche der Vorlesungszeit/ hour per week during the semester
Grading Scale at the Faculty of Law
The law faculties of Germany have developed their own grading scale, unique among the faculties. Marks run from zero to eighteen points, a pass being four points upwards.
Click here to view the grading scale.
