When the acronym ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is googled, the number of hits (6.650.000) is higher than that of EHEA (91.500), which stands for European Higher Education Area. However, both concepts have become increasingly popular nowadays not only within the tertiary education context, but also at primary and secondary levels. The vast amount of information available may make it hard for the reader to become familiarized with the different concepts associated with the Bologna Process. For this reason, the paper will be divided into different sections concemed with sorne of the main aspects related to the ECTS.
Antonio Vicente Casas Pedrosa (Tue,) studied this question.