When you go on exchange, you must study the equivalent amount of credits at your host university as you would at Swinburne. This ensures you stay enrolled full-time while studying overseas.
This credit equivalence guide is here to help you figure out how many credits you’ll need to take at the partner university when filling out your proposed exchange study plan. Because each partner university has a different academic credit system, it’s important to make sure you’re studying enough units and credits at the university to equal a full-time load.
At Swinburne, each unit is usually worth 12.5 credit points. A full-time study load for one semester is:
3 units = 37.5 credit points, or
4 units = 50 credit points
What you need to do:
If you're planning to study the equivalent of 3 Swinburne units while overseas, ensure you choose enough units to equal the equivalent of 37.5 Swinburne credit points.
- If you want to take 4 Swinburne units, choose enough units to equal the equivalent of 50 Swinburne credit points.
Check the credit equivalence table below to see how your Swinburne credit points convert to a full-time semester load at each partner university.