What can be accredited in the syllabus of a course?
The maximum limits for accreditation, for the purposes of pursuing studies to obtain an academic degree or diploma, are set by the provisions of article 45 of Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24 March, with subsequent amendments, so the UPB:
a) accredits training completed as part of other higher education courses leading to a degree in national or foreign higher education institutions, both that obtained within the framework of the organisation resulting from the Bologna Process and that obtained previously;
b) accredits training undertaken within the scope of higher professional technical courses up to a limit of 50 per cent of the total credits of the study cycle;
c) accredits the curricular units successfully completed under the terms of article 46 – A, up to a limit of 50 per cent of the total credits of the study cycle;
d) accredits training undertaken as part of non-academic degree courses taught in national or foreign higher education institutions, up to a limit of 50 per cent of the total credits of the study cycle;
e) accredits the training carried out within the scope of technological specialisation courses up to a limit of one third of the total credits of the study cycle;
f) accredits other training not covered by the previous paragraphs, up to a limit of one third of the total credits of the study cycle;
g) accredits professional experience up to a limit of 50 per cent of the total credits of higher professional technical courses in situations where the student has more than five years of duly proven professional experience;
h) accredits duly proven professional experience, up to a limit of one third of the total credits of the study cycle, without prejudice to the provisions of the previous paragraph.
The total credits awarded under points d) to h) may not exceed two thirds of the total credits of the study cycle.