What are ECTS grades?

The evaluation of a course is made by the grading system of the responsible university. In order to make a conversion into the grading system of the home country easier, a describing ECTS grading system was developed, which does under no circumstances replace the national grading system.

ECTS grade definition

A         EXCELLENT - outstanding performance with only minor errors

B         VERY GOOD - above the average standard but with some errors

C         GOOD - generally sound work with a number of notable errors

D         SATISFACTORY - fair but with significant shortcomings

E          SUFFICIENT - performance meets the minimum criteria

FX       FAIL - some more work required before the credit can be awarded

F          FAIL - considerable further work is required

The ECTS grades equilibrium to Hungarian grades can be found in the table below.