Course Credits

Credit Processing

Your study abroad credit can take 8-10 weeks to work through the entire process once we receive your official transcript—assuming that there are no delays due to courses not being approved or fellowship projects not being completed. 

Before leaving your study abroad program, please make sure to request that your foreign transcript be sent directly to the IPENG office. You should also verify that you have done everything you need to do for the foreign institution (paid all outstanding balances, signed any transcript release forms, etc) in order for the foreign institution to release your transcript. You will receive a letter or percentage grade on your foreign transcript for every course. Keep this in mind if you are planning to apply to graduate school because the graduate school may require a copy of the foreign transcript as part of your application.

If it is on your foreign transcript, it has to be approved and processed, even if you don't need the credit from a course taken abroad

Remember, as a College of Engineering student, you took all of your courses for CR/NC only. The only exception to this rule is if you took a course for a major or minor outside the College of Engineering. You have to be enrolled in the major or minor at the time your study abroad credit is processed in order to receive a grade on your University of Illinois transcript.

IPENG must receive an original transcript—we cannot accept an electronic transcript. We cannot accept a transcript that has been sent directly to the student unless it is brought into the IPENG office in the sealed envelope it was mailed in.

Once the IPENG office receives the official transcript, we check the following:
• Are all of your courses approved? If there are any courses on your foreign transcript that have not been approved, you must get those courses approved before we can proceed with processing your study abroad credit.
• If you participated in a research program, you will have to take the research materials to the Chief Advisor of your department for review and approval.

Once requirements are met, your study abroad credit will be sent to the Registrar's Office for posting to your record and to the Records Officer in 206 Engineering Hall. The IPENG office has no control over the time it takes for the Registrar's Office to post study abroad credit to your record, or how long it takes the Records Officer to get the course usage applied correctly to each course. Study abroad courses will always show up as ENG388 even if you had the course approved as the equivalent of a specific University of Illinois course.

Course Credit-Grade Conversion

Below is credit-grade conversion information for all semester/academic year programs offered through the IPENG office. If you are going on campus Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange Office programs, you can find credit-grade conversion information here.


Transcripts from foreign universities must reflect a letter or numeric grade for all courses taken.

College of Engineering students only receive CR/NC for study abroad courses when they are transferred to the University of Illinois. (The only time a College of Engineering student can receive a letter grade on their Illinois transcript for a study abroad course is if the course is for a major or minor outside the College of Engineering.) Courses which are articulated as a UIUC DIRECT EQUIVALENTS, may not be worth the same UIUC credit. Consult the TABLE below for appropriate Credit and Grade Conversion scales for our schools. If you do not see your school listed please email ipeng@illinois.edu.

Following the same rules that apply when taking a course on campus for credit/no credit, you must receive the equivalent of a University of Illinois D- in order to receive credit for a study abroad course. Courses taken for credit/no credit do not affect a student's GPA.

If you are in in another College (College of Business, College of ACES, LAS, etc…), you should follow your College's instructions. LAS Students will follow LAS Rules. ABE Freshmen and Sophomores will follow the College of ACES rules. Both ABE (Fresh and Sophomores) and CHBE students the CR/NC rule does not apply.

Country City University Credit Conversion Grade Conversion
Argentina Mendoza UC Direct 8 - 10 = A
6 - 7 = B
4 - 5 = C
0 - 3 = F
Australia Melbourne UniMelb 6.25 Melbourne = 2 UIUC
12.5 Melbourne = 4 UIUC
25 Melbourne = 8 UIUC
50 Melbourne = 16 UIUC
80 - 100 = A
75 - 79 = A
70 - 74 = A
65 - 69 = B
50 - 64 = C
NCP (Conceded Pass) = D
0 - 49 = F
Australia Sydney UNSW 3 UNSW = 2 UIUC
4 UNSW = 3 UIUC
6 UNSW = 4 UIUC
85 - 100 = A
75 - 84 = A
65 - 74 = B
50 - 64 = C
Pass Conceded = D
Fail = F
Austria Vienna TUWien ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
Direct Grades for IiVP Program Core Courses
Other Vienna universities
1 = A
2 = B
3 & 4 = C
5 = F
Chile Concepcion UBB Direct Credit for lecture credit and 1/2 credit
for laboratory and practice credit hours
6.0 - 7 = A
5.0 - 5.9 = B
4.0 - 4.9 = C
0 - 3.9 = F
Denmark Copenhagen DTU ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
12 = A
10 = B+
7 = B
4 = C+
2 = C
00 = F
France Compiegne UTC ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
A = A
B = B+
C = B
D = C+
E = C
FX and F = F
Germany Darmstadt TUD ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
1 - 2.5 = A
2.6 - 3.5 = B
3.6 - 4 = C
4.1 - 6 = F
Germany Munich TUM ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
1 - 2.5 = A
2.6 - 3.5 = B
3.6 - 4 = C
4.1 - 6 = F
Hong Kong Hong Kong CityU Direct Credit Direct Grades
Hong Kong Hong Kong HKU HKU = 1/2 US
4 HKU = 2 UIUC
Direct Grades
Hong Kong Hong Kong HKUST Direct Credit Direct Grades
Ireland Dublin UCD 5 UCD = 3 UIUC
10 UCD = 5 UIUC
A+, A, A- = A
B+, B, B- = A-
C+, C, C- = B
D+, D, D- = C
E+, E, E- = F
F+, F, F- = F
G+, G, G- = F
Italy Pisa Pisa ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
27 - 30 = A
21 - 26 = B
18 - 20 = C
17 and below = F
Japan Fukuoka KU Currently under review Currently under review
Japan Nagoya NU Direct Credit Direct Grades
Netherlands Delft TUDelft ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
8 - 10 = A
7 - 7.9 = B
6 - 6.9 = C
0 - 5.9 = F
Singapore Singapore NTU-Sing Direct Credit Direct Grades
Singapore Singapore NUS Direct Credit Direct Grades
South Korea Pohang POSTECH Direct Credit Direct Grades
Spain Madrid UPCo ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
9.0 - 10 = A
8.0 - 8.9 = A-
7.0 - 7.9 = B+
6.0 - 6.9 = B
5.5 - 5.9 = B-
5 - 5.4 = C
0 - 4.9 = F
Spain Valencia UPV ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
9.0 - 10 = A
8.0 - 8.9 = A-
7.0 - 7.9 = B+
6.0 - 6.9 = B
5.5 - 5.9 = B-
5 - 5.4 = C
0 - 4.9 = F
Sweden Lund LTH ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
5 = A
4 = B
3 = C
(G-Pass = S)
Sweden Stockholm KTH ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
A = A
B = B+
C = B
D = C+
E = C
F & FX = F
Switzerland Lausanne EPFL ECTS = 1/2 US
4 ECTS = 2 UIUC
5.5 - 6 = A
4.5 - 5.4 = B
4.0 - 4.4 = C
0.0 - 3.9 = F
Taiwan Hsinchu NCTU Direct Credit Direct Grades
Taiwan Taipei NTU Direct Credit Direct Grades
United Kingdom Bristol UB 10 Bristol = 3 UIUC
15 Bristol = 4 UIUC
20 Bristol = 5 UIUC
30 Bristol = 8 UIUC
40 Bristol = 10 UIUC
70 - 100 = A
60 - 69 = A-
50 - 59 = B
40 - 49 = C
0 - 39 = F
United Kingdom Cardiff CarU Currently under review Currently under review
United Kingdom London UCL 10 UCL = 3 UIUC
15 UCL = 4 UIUC
70 - 100 = A
60 - 69 = A-
50 - 59 = B
40 - 49 = C
0 - 39 = F