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International Credit Conversion Guide

This table serves as a guide for students and advisors to calculate University of South Carolina credit earned through international study. If you are looking for a conversion for an institution that is not in the chart, please contact the registrar’s office.

Country Name of School International Credit System Conversion Multiplier   Example
Argentina Universidad de Belgrano Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Argentina Universidad Torcuato di Tella Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Argentina University of Palermo Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Aruba University of Aruba ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Australia Murdoch University  Credit Points 1.25 3 Credit Points = 3.75 USC Credits
Australia Univeristy of Western Australia Credit Points 0.625 6 Credit Points = 3.75 USC Credits
Australia University of Newcastle Units 0.375 10 Units = 3.75 USC Credits
Australia Griffith University Local Credits 0.3 10 Credits = 3 USC Credits
Australia International College of Management US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Australia University of Melbourne Credit Points 0.3 12.5 Credit Points = 3.75 USC credits
Australia University of Queensland Local Credits 1.5 2 Credits = 3 USC Credits
Australia James Cook University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Australia Queensland University of Technology Local Credits 0.33 12 Credits = 4 USC Credits
Australia Bond University Local Credits   0.375 10 Credits = 3.75 USC Credits
Australia La Trobe University Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
Australia Deakin University Credit Points 3.75 1 Credit = 3.75 USC Credits
Australia RMIT University Units 0.25 4 Units = 1 USC Credit
Australia University of Sydney Units 0.625 1.6 Units = 1 USC Credit
Australia University of Technology, Sydney Credit Points 0.625 1.6 Credits = 1 USC Credit
Australia University of New South Wales Credits 0.625 6 Credits = 3.75 USC credits
Austria University of Vienna Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Austria Universitat Salzburg Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Austria Vienna University of Economics & Business ETCS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Belgium Vesalius College ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Belgium Universite Catholique de Louvain ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Belgium ICHEC Brussels Management School ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Brazil Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV-EBAPE) Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Local Credits 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Brazil Pontificia Universidade Catolica Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Brazil Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Chile Universidad Vina Del Mar Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Chile Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Chile Universidad de Chile Credits 0.5 2 Credits = 1 USC Credit
China Chengdu University of Technology Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
China East China Normal University Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
China Guangzhou University Local Credits 0.75 4 Credits = 3 USC Credits
China Shanghai Jiao Tong University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
China Ming Chuan University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
China Renmin University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC credit
China Fudan University Credits   1.2 1 Credit = 1.2 USC Credits
China Beijing Normal University Credits 0.75 4 Credits = 3 USC Credits
China Tsinghua University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
China  Institute for Tourism Studies  Local Credits  1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Costa Rica Universidad Veritas Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Croatia University of Dubrovnik ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Croatia DIU Libertas ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Cyprus Universoty of Nicosia ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Czech Republic  Charles University in Prague US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Czech Republic  University of Economics Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Czech Republic  Anglo American University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Denmark Aarhus University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Denmark Copenhagen Business Schoool ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Denmark Danish Institute for Study Abroad US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Dominican Republic Pontificia Universidade Catolica Madre y Maestra Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Dominican Republic Universidad IberoAmericana Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Ecuador Universidad San Fransciso de Quito Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Egypt American University in Cairo Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Finland Aalto University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France The American University of Paris Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
France Paris School of Business ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France Université Blaise-Pascal ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France Dauphine Universite Paris ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France The American Business School Paris US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
France Aix-Marseille University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France ESSEC Business School ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France Institute D'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France IAU College US Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
France Kedge Business School ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France SKEMA Business School ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France Universite Stendhal Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
France Institut Catholique De Paris Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
France Universite d'Artois ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
France  EM Lyon Business School  ECTS 0.5  6 ECTS = 3 USC Credits
Germany University of Bamberg ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Germany Universitat Mannheim ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Germany Freie Universitate of Berlin ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Germany Martin Luther University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Germany Humboldt University Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Germany Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Germany WHU: Otto Beisheim School of Management  ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Greece American College of Greece Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Credit Units 1 1 Credit Unit = 1 USC Credit
Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Hungary  Corvinus University of Budapest  ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland Trinity College Dublin ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland Maynooth University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland University of Limerick ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland Griffith College ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Ireland University College Cork ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC credit
Ireland University College Dublin ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Israel  Hebrew University Local Credits  1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Italy Catholic University of the Sacred Heart ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Italy John Cabot University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Italy Florence University of the Arts Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Italy Bocconi University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Italy LUISS Guido Carli ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Italy Sant'Anna Institute Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Italy  American University of Rome  US Credits  1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Japan J.F. Oberlin University  Credits 0.75 2 Credits = 1.5 USC Credits
Japan Hiroshima University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Japan Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Japan Hitotsubashi University Credits 0.75 2 Credits = 1.5 USC Credits
Japan Kansai University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Japan Toyo University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Jordan Al-Ahliyya Amman University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Latvia Daugavpils University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Mexico Tecnologico de Monterrey Units 0.375 8 Units = 3 USC Credits
Morocco Moulay Ismail University  Units 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Morocco ESCA School of Management ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands The Hague University  ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands Maastricht University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands Erasmus University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands Tilburg University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands University of Groningen ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Amersterdam ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Netherlands Nyenrode Business University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
New Zealand The University of Auckland Points 0.25 15 Points = 3.75 USC credits
New Zealand University of Waikato Points 0.25 15 Points = 3.75 USC Credits
New Zealand  Auckland University of Technology  Credit Points  0.25  15 Points =  3.75 USC Credits
New Zealand  Victoria University of Wellington  Local Credits 0.2 5 Credits = 1 USC Credit
New Zealand  University of Otago Local Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
New Zealand  Massey University Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
Norway University of Bergen ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Norway BI Norwegian Business School ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Peru Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima) Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Peru Peruvian University of Applied Sciences  Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Poland Jagiellonian University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Portugal ISCTE Univeristy Institute of Lisbon ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Portugal Catholic University of Portugal  ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Russia Moscow State University Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Russia St. Petersburg State University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Singapore ESSEC Singapore ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Singapore Singapore Management University Credits 2.67 1 SMU Credit = 2.67 USC Credits
Singapore  National University of Singapore Modular Credits 0.75  4 Modular Credits = 3 USC Credits
South Africa Stellenbosch University Local Credit 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
South Africa University of Cape Town Credits 0.2 18 Credits = 3.6 USC credits
South Korea Hanyang University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Kookmin University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Sookmyung Women's University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Korea University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Yonsei University Local Credits  1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Sogang University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Sung Kyun Kwan University  Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Konkuk University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
South Korea Chonnam National University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Spain University of Vic ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Autonoma de Madrid ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain University of Alicante ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain CUNEF ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain The Center for Cross-Cultural Studies US Credits  1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Antonio de Nebrija ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Pablo de Olavide ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universitat de Barcelona ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad de Navarra ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Carlos III de Madrid  ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad International Menendez Pelayo Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad de Malaga  Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain IE Universitas ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad de Granada Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain University of Seville Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad Francisco de Vitoria ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Universidad de Salamanca Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Spain Pompeu Fabra University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Spain Valencia Catholic Univeristy Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC credit
Spain ESADE Business School at Ramon Llull University Credits 0.5 2 Credits = 1 USC Credit
Spain  University of Deusto  US Credits  1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Sweden Jonkoping University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Sweden  University of Gothenburg Credits 0.5 2 Credits = 1 USC Credit
Switzerland Cesar Ritz College Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Switzerland University of St. Gallen ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Switzerland Zurich University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Taiwan National Taiwan Normal University Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
Taiwan  National Taiwan University  Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Taiwan     National Chengchi University Local Credits 1.2 3 Credits = 3.6 USC Credits
Thailand Mahidol University Local Credits 0.75 4 Credits = 3 USC Credits
Thailand Chulalongkorn University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
Turkey Koc University Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UAE American University of Sharjah Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UAE Ajman University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UK London Metropolitan University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK Bournemouth University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK Edinburgh Napier University Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
UK Richmond American International University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UK London South Bank University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC credit
UK University of Bristol   Credit Points 0.25 20 Points = 5 USC Credits
UK Queen Mary University of London   Local Credits 0.25 15 Credits = 3.75 USC Credits
UK Univeristy of Strathclyde ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK Kingston University - London Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UK The University of Leeds Local Credits 0.25 20 Credits = 5 USC Credits
UK University of Kent ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK University of Westminster Local Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
UK University of the Arts, London Local Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit
UK Queen's University, Belfast CATS Points 0.25 4 CATS = 1 USC Credit
UK University of Warwick CATS Points 0.25 4 CATS = 1 USC Credit
UK University of Reading ECTS  0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK Swansea University Local Credits 0.25 15 Credits  = 3.75 USC Credits
UK University of Saint Andrews ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK Oxford Brookes University ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
UK University of Stirling Local Credits 0.228 11 Credits =2.5 USC Credits
UK London School of Economics & Political Science Contact Hours 0.067 15 Contact Hours = 1 USC Credit
UK Roehampton University Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
UK King's College London Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit
UK University of Dundee Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credit 
UK University of Edinburgh Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credits
UK University of Liverpool Credits 0.25 4 Credits = 1 USC Credits
Uruguay Universidad ORT ECTS 0.5 2 ECTS = 1 USC Credit
Vietnam Foreign Trade University Credits 1 1 Credit = 1 USC Credit

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