International exchanges of NKU graduate education have enjoyed booming success. International academic exchanges among NKU graduates have seen a growing trend and the ways that academic exchanges are conducted have become more diversified. The following procedures are specifically for the purpose of regulating credit recognition and transfer for graduate students studying in overseas institutions of higher education.

The procedures apply to off-campus courses relating to programs that are government-sponsored and those connected with inter-university exchange or inter-school exchange programs, during the student’s stay overseas. The procedures do not apply to off-campus courses completed on self-funding programs.

1.Requirements for Credit Recognition and Transfer

In principle, during their overseas study, graduates should study the same or a similar subject as their on-campus study, and courses taken overseas should be identical with or be correspond to those stipulated in the degree program. These courses will be evaluated by the school under which the graduates are registered, in accordance with the campus courses stipulated in the graduate degree program. The procedures are as follows:

1)The overseas study plan should be discussed and decided with the supervisor, while filling out “Courses Application Form for Graduate Off-campus Study”. The study plan approved by the supervisor will, in the meantime, needs to be approved by the corresponding school and archived. Students should not change the study plan without consent from the supervisor and the corresponding school. Courses completed outside of the study plan are not eligible for credit recognition.

2)For those graduates who study overseas, the recognized credits of core courses should not exceed 50% of the total credits of core courses prescribed in the degree program. (The same applies to elective courses).

3)   Graduates should obtain credits of both Marxist’s Theory and First Foreign Language on the NKU campus.

4)The following rules apply to credit transfer. During students’ overseas study, results calculated in 0-100 grading system are directly validated as the final score; results measured in the same grading system with NKU are directly validated as the final grade. If these two systems do not apply, transcripts should be submitted by the corresponding schools and departments and will be validated as the final result after the approval from the Graduate School.

5)   During their stay overseas, graduates are not allowed to obtain any credits related to on-campus courses or the NKU syllabus via self-study.

2.Procedures of Credit Recognition and Transfer

1)Graduates should complete the procedures of credit recognition and transfer in the semester they return to Nankai University.

2)Graduates who apply for credit recognition should fill out “The Application Form of Credit Recognition and Transfer for Graduate Off-campus Study” in triplicate while submitting “Courses Application Form for Graduate Off-campus Study”. These documents will need to be submitted with an original and a copy, along with the relevant course syllabus and the original and the printed copy of the off-campus courses transcript (will be returned after review). These documents will be submitted to the Graduate School for credit recognition when both the supervisor and the corresponding school have given their approval.

3)To complete the procedures required, graduates who are validated by the Graduate School for credit recognition need to select the relevant NKU on-campus courses online. If the relevant NKU on-campus courses are not available in the semester when graduates return, graduates need to complete all the procedures needed for credit recognition and transfer and select relevant courses when available. Graduates of the graduating class (the last semester) do not need to go through the online course selection process.

Attachments：

1.“Course Application Form for Graduate Off-campus Study”

2.“The Application Form of Credit Recognition for Graduate Off-campus Study”

Graduate School of Nankai University

May 2009

Course Application Form for Graduate Off-campus Study

Notes: Please fill out this form in duplicate. One is submitted to the corresponding school to keep on record, the other is for the applicant to keep as a record for the procedures of credits recognition and transfer.

The Application Form of Credit Recognition and Transfer for Graduate Off-campus Study

Notes: Please fill out this form in triplicate with one copy of following documents: ①the original and the printed copy of the off-campus courses transcript (will be returned after review); ② “Course Application Form for Graduate Off-campus Study”; ③ “information on off-campus courses ”.