As part of the AUREA project, ELTE experts prepared a comprehensive report on the current state of automatic credit recognition in the context of mobility within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The report was prepared by Tekla Gaál, Lilla Gilián and Nóra Frank, ELTE experts with extensive experience in international affairs, with contributions from members of the consortium.
The study outlines the legal and policy framework for credit recognition, identifies the main barriers, and also presents good practices that can support automatic credit recognition. Our experts drew on both quantitative and qualitative data and incorporated the experiences of students, higher education institutions and professionals working in the field. As a result, the study provides a comprehensive picture of how automatic credit recognition currently works in practice.
The report shows that, although significant progress has been made in recent years in supporting student mobility and the recognition of studies completed abroad, there is still a long way to go before fully automatic credit recognition becomes a reality. The challenges are diverse: differences in institutional and national practices, curricula that are difficult to reconcile, and institution-specific procedures for issuing Learning Agreements can all make the process more complicated.
The study also focuses specifically on factors that can help make automatic credit recognition more effective. Based on the experiences and data collected, the authors formulate evidence-based findings that, in the longer term, can contribute to making European higher education mobility easier and credit recognition processes more streamlined and up to date.
The topic is highly important: one of the major barriers to student mobility is that the recognition of studies completed abroad is still not sufficiently predictable, transparent or efficient. The report therefore not only maps the current situation but also provides a professional basis for further steps towards a more harmonised automatic credit recognition system that can function effectively across Europe.
The material produced as part of the AUREA project provides valuable background knowledge for both higher education institutions and professionals working in the fields of mobility and credit recognition. Its findings can contribute to improving existing practices and reducing the administrative barriers faced by students participating in mobility programmes.
The report can be downloaded by clicking here.
