European Student Mobility
Programme SOCRATES II/ERASMUS

The action Erasmus aims to support the European activities of institutions of higher education and promoting mobility and exchange of faculty and students together.

To put academic recognition on a common basis, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) has been created, in the context of ERASMUS programme. Based on ECTS, each academic institution assigns a number of credits to each course unit. Credits represent the workload each course requires in relation to that required e.g. to complete a semester, which is 30. The University of Patras has implemented ECTS and participates in ERASMUS activities.