ECTS-Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Medicine Click here for an Index
ERASMUS European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students		ECTS European Community Course Credit Transfer System
Departmental Co-ordinator: Prof. Dr. Eric Metzen Institut für Physiologie Universität Duisburg-Essen Medizinische Fakultät D-45122 Essen	Institutional Co-ordinator: Frau P. Günther Universität Duisburg-Essen Dez. 06 der Universitätsverwaltung Universitätsstraße 2 D-45117 Essen
Published with the support of the Commission of the European Community within the framework of the ERASMUS Programme

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Introduction: ECTS - What Does It Mean ?

Part I

The University of Duisburg-Essen

• History of the University of Duisburg-Essen
• The University of Duisburg-Essen today
• The Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen
• The City of Essen
• Why it is attractive to studying in Essen

• General Aspects
• Structure of Medical Studies
  • Preclinical Part
  • Clinical Part
    • Clinical-Theoretical Part
    • Clinical-Practical Part
    • Practical Year ('PJ')

Part II

Erasmus-Partner

Appendix

• Allocation of Credit Points
• Comparison of Lectures, Courses and Practicals:
  • Antwerpen - Maastricht (about 106 kB)
  • Manchester - Wien (about 95 kB)
• Comparison of Examinations (about 132 kB)

• The City of Essen
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• University Clinics Essen
  Faculty of Medicine (Fachbereich 14) of the University
• Student representatives of the faculty of medicine

• Medical Education and Didactics Network
  The site for discussion and communication concerning actual topics and issues in medical education in Europe
• Zentrale Koordinierungs- und Dokumentationsstelle beim Landesprüfungsamt für Medizin und Pharmazie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  Vergleich der Studieninhalte der am ERASMUS ECTS "Inner Circle" beteiligten ausländischen Universitäten im Studiengang Humanmedizin

Set of forms in German	Winword6 27 kB
Set of forms in English	Winword6 27 kB
Set of forms in French	Winword6 27 kB

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ECTS - What Does It Mean ?

ECTS 'European Community Course Credit Transfer System' is a voluntary, decentralised system based upon the principle of mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions. ECTS ensures transparency in the academic courses offered. It divides the academic courses available at partner universities into small units so that the participating universities taking the students receive direct, objective information about the previous studies of these students and can categorise them accordingly. The students participating in ECTS will receive full credit for all academic work successfully carried out at any ECTS partner institutions and they will be able to transfer these academic credits from one participating institution to another as long as there is prior agreement between the institutions involved.

All students registered in the relevant faculties of the participating universities can take part in ECTS if there is a sufficient number of university places available. The Commission of the European Communities can provide mobility grants and their award is subject to certain conditions. The selection of students who will receive these grants will be carried out by each institution. Students may only be awarded grants if they fulfil the general conditions of eligibility for the ERASMUS grant. These are :

• students must be citizens of one of the EC Member States (or recognised by one of the Member States as having an official status of refugee or stateless person),
• the student shall not be required to pay tuition fees at the host university,
• the student is, however, required to continue to pay her/his normal tuition fees to the home university during the study period abroad,
• the national grant/loan to which a student may be entitled for study at his/her university may not be discontinued, interrupted or reduced while that student is studying in another Member State and is receiving an ERASMUS grant,
• one study period abroad should not last less than three months or more than one year,
• students in the first year of their studies are not eligible to receive ERASMUS grants.

Information about ECTS is summarised in a brochure that is available in all languages of the Member States.

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