Credit transfer

In the context of the IQS, credit transfer means the recognition by an awarding body of a positive validation result (of individual sets of learning outcomes) that has been carried out by other institutions.

The IQS Act gives the awarding body the ability to recognise credits that have not been validated under its supervision, but awarding bodies are not obliged to approve every request for a credit transfer submitted by an applicant.

Credit transfer allows a person to opt out of repeating the validation of learning outcomes that have already been validated.