Each course at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University comprises both local and ECTS credits. The local credit hours of an undergraduate course encompasses all weekly hours of theoretical courses plus half the weekly hours of practical, or studio, or laboratory, or workshop sessions. The courses, which are not included in the Grade Point Average (GPA) as determined by the University Board, are not given any credit hours. Only the weekly theoretical and practical hours of such courses are to be specified.
For the initial ECTS credit allocation, lecturers determıne the student average workload in order for the student to be consıdered successful. The workload of each course is checked with students by evaluation questionnaires at the end of each semester.
Following the description of the learning outcomes and competencies for a specific course, ECTS credits are determined according to the exact workload of the student that s/he needs to acquire in order to succeed in the course; in other words, to gain the predefined learning outcomes. At TNKU, the minimum ECTS credits for a successful completion of a program per semester (16 weeks including the examination period) is 30 ECTS which is associated with 750-900 hours workload per semester including all the activities of the students (lectures, assignments, projects, midterms, finals, ad so on).
The calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is made according to the local credits and the grades of the students. On the student official transcript, however, both local credits and ECTS credits as well as the grades are displayed.