What is credit transfer?

Credit transfer means that you can have previous studies or experiences approved as part of your education, allowing you to avoid retaking equivalent courses.

To be eligible to apply for credit transfer, you must be, or have been, registered for a course at the University of Skövde.

If you wish to apply for credit transfer for multiple courses, you must submit a separate application for each course.

You generally do not need to apply for credit transfer:

• If you have completed a course at another Swedish university, that is, if you are enrolled in a program leading to a general degree and wish to include previous studies in your degree.

You need to apply for credit transfer in the following cases:

• If the course is to be included in the main field of study for a general degree or in a professional degree.
• If the course you do not wish to take in the program has prerequisite requirements.
• If you want to include studies from a foreign higher education institution in your degree or if you have participated in an exchange program.

Preparing before applying

Make an independent assessment of your knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements of the course you wish to have credited (the course you intend not to take). Your assessment should be based on the learning outcomes, course content description, and course literature specified in the syllabus.

Use our search function to find the course syllabus or program.

Applying for credit transfer

If you believe that your knowledge and skills correspond to the course content, proceed to submit your application in “Ladok for students”. Your application must include the syllabus or syllabi that form the basis of your request.

Please continue attending the course until a decision has been made.

For questions, contact the Study and career Counsellors at the University of Skövde.

Transfer of Credits for prior learning

Prior learning refers to knowledge and skills acquired through education other than higher education, as well as through professional experience.

When applying for recognition of prior learning, you will required to conduct a self-assessment based on the course syllabus. A self-assessment involves describing, reflecting on, and analyzing your prior learning in relation to the course's learning objectives and content.

Documents to include with your application if it is based on other education:

• Self-assessment
• Verified transcripts/certificates along with educational information

Documents to attach when applying based on professional experience:

• Self-assessment:
  • Provide examples of situations where you have applied knowledge relevant to the learning objectives in the course syllabus.
  • Describe the tasks you have worked on and explain how your responsibilities have contributed to achieving the learning objectives of the course in question.
  • Link your self-assessment to theoretical perspectives that fall within the scope of the course content.
    Attach supporting documents to strengthen your self-assessment, such as employment certificates, job descriptions from employer, letter of recommendations, or references from previous employers/supervisors.

You should be aware of the following

• Credited education is not graded. If you receive credit transfer for part of a course, meaning one or more of the examination components listed in the syllabus, this may affect your ability to achieve a higher final grade (for example VG or A) for the entire course.
• A credits transfer may affect your eligibility for student financial aid. As a student, you are responsible for reporting any changes in your studies to CSN (Swedish student financial aid agency) if you have financial aid from them.
• You may include either the course previously completed or the course you have received credit transfer for in your degree, not both.
• If you have received credit transfer for an entire course, you are no longer permitted to participate in lectures, exercises, or examinations related to the course.

Processing time

The processing time for credit transfer is up to two months, provided that your application is complete.

Decision on credit transfer

Once your application has been reviewed, you will receive a decision in “Ladok for students”, which will also be sent to you via email. There are three possible outcomes:

1. Approved: Your application has been granted. The decision specifies which of your previous studies or professional experience form the basis of the approval.
2. Partially Approved: If only part of your application is granted, you will receive partial approval. This means the remaining part of your application is rejected. The decision will include information on which part of the course you have credited has been approved, along with a justification for why the remaining part could not be granted. You will also receive instructions on how to appeal.
3. Rejected: Your application could not be granted, either in full or in part. The rejection decision will include instructions on how to appeal.

Appeals

An appeal should be addressed to the Higher Education Appeals Board but must always submitted to the University of Skövde. You have three weeks from the date you received the decision to submit your appeal.

More information on how to appeal will be provided when the decision is sent to you, in what is referred to as appeal instruction.