ECTS Coordinators (Exchange Coordinators)
Sabancı University has been introduced to Erasmus Program in 2003-2004 Academic year as one of the 15 pilot universities selected jointly by the Turkish National Agency and the European Commission. During the pilot period, the University coordinated student exchanges successfully with its partner, Aarhus University in Denmark.
Sabancı University’s credit and grade system has been adapted to the ECTS
ECTS credits at Sabancı University are calculated based on student workload. All contact hours, recitations, laboratory work and self-study are included in this calculation. Through the use of student course evaluations the workloads are updated regularly.
workload per semester: 30 ECTS Credits
workload per year: 60 ECTS Credits
Sample ECTS credit allocation for a course:
Course Code: ENS 203
Course: Electronic Circuits I
Course Type: Core Elective
SU Credit: 4
ECTS: 7
Class: 3
Recitation: 1
Lab: 2
Self-Study: 4
Total Workload: 10
ECTS grades at Sabancı University are based on statistical data which is up-dated regularly. Based on the statistical distribution of SU grades of our students, the following scale has been developed to convert SU grades into ECTS grades.
The below table is used to convert SU grades to ECTS grades.
SU Grade ECTS Grade
| SU Grade | ECTS Grade |
| A | A |
| A- B+ |
B |
| B B- C+ |
C |
| C C- D+ |
D |
| D | E |
| I | FX |
| F | F |
| P | P |
| W | W |
| S | S |
| U | F |
The below table is used to convert ECTS grades to SU grades
| ECTS Grade | SU Grade |
| A | A |
| B | A- |
| C | B |
| D | C |
| E | D |
| FX | I |
| F | F* |
| P | P |
| W | W |
| S | S |
(*) This “F” is treated as “U” for non-credit courses.
ECTS Coordinators (Exchange Coordinators) :
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Inci Gumus incigumus@sabanciuniv.edu
Yoong Wah Alex Wong alexw@sabanciuniv.edu
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Kursat Sendur sendur@sabanciuniv.edu
Cem Ozturk cemozturk@sabanciuniv.edu
School of Management:
Ulf Nilsson: nilsson@sabanciuniv.edu (Management, UG)
Burçin Bozkaya: bbozkaya@sabanciuniv.edu (MBA)
School of Languages:
Meltem Bizim, SL Coordinator, meltemb@sabanciuniv.edu
