In order to meet the minimum requirement for graduation of 242 credits for Undergraduate programs, a student is generally expected to execute a load of 30 credits per semester with Internship and Thesis Defense credits counted on the top of 242 credits.

During the summer school, students may enroll for a maximum of 18 credit hours.

Students who do not successfully complete 30 credits each academic semester may not be on track to graduate in four years. According to the State standards, the normative period of undergraduate studies is 4 academic years (eight full-time semesters). The study period may extend beyond four years to meet graduation requirements (including participation in various study abroad programs). This also applies to students who participate in AUCA exchange programs.

Students must have a minimum of:

• 54 credits to advance from the first year to the second year
• 114 credits to advance from the second year to the third year
• 174 credits to advance from the third year to the fourth year

including credits earned during AUCA Summer schools.

One ECTS credit is equal to 30 academic hours and one academic hour is equal to 50 minutes of class time. For each hour in class students are expected to complete two hours of independent, out of class work.

Number of credits per semester for full-time students:

• First-year students - 30 credits;
• Second-, third-, and fourth- year students - 33 credits (30+3 additional credits). Please note that 3 additional credits cannot be transferred to the next semester with an exception of senior students maintaining GPA of 3.0 and higher, and with 180 credits earned.
• Minimum number of credits per semester equals 15, maximum number is 45; maximum number of credits per academic year is 75.