Ratings for credits and “pass with credit” credits

Rating for “pass with credit”

Students on Master’s programmes at Södertörn University with a Bachelor’s degree from another university receive a merit rating of 6 for previous studies.

If you have courses from a higher education institution other than Södertörn University in your programme, you must upload a national official transcript of records from Ladok with your application, so that all your credits are registered prior to selection.

Ratings for credits and “pass with credit” credits

Only studies that are registered in Ladok on the application deadline will be included in your rating. Your rating for credits and “pass with credit” credits is calculated as follows:

• One year of studies at Södertörn University (60 credits) gives a rating of 2.
• “Pass with credit” on courses equivalent to 15 credits gives a rating of 0.5.
• Certification from the students’ union that you have held a position there gives 0.5 points.
• 2 + 0.5 + 0.5 = 3 selection points.

Where students have the same number of credits, the student with the most passes with credit is prioritised. If two or more students have the same selection points and the same number of passes with credit, an exchange place is allocated by lottery.

Order of priority

Students who have already been on exchange through Södertörn University may apply again, but their application will have a lower priority than applications from students who have not had an exchange semester.

What activities are advantageous?

Being involved in student life and the development of courses and programmes is a vital part of creating high quality and legally certain education, with strong student influence and a thriving campus. The university therefore wants to reward students who have had positions within and worked for the students’ union and contributed to achieving the university’s and the students’ unions’ visions and goals, so selected student activities at the university are worth extra points when you apply for exchange studies as a student.

An application for points must be made in association with an application for exchange studies. Several associations and positions may be included in your documentation. Tasks must have been completed if they are to provide points. You cannot request points for the same position/task more than once.

Requirements for the award of points

To receive points for activities and commitments, a student must:

• have completed and ended their task
• have been formally awarded the task by an authorised function within SöderS, its associations or activities
• be a member of SöderS on the date of application

Points

A student can be awarded 0.5 to 5 points. If the accumulated points for tasks exceed 5, only 5 points are awarded. If the total for the tasks is below 0.5, no certificate is awarded.

List of tasks that provide points:

Event and project staff 0.25 points

• Event official
• Host at a fair
• Mentor during “inspark”

Tasks to promote studies 0.5 points

• Project group participant
• Student representative on a subject or programme council
• Nominations committee or auditor for student association
• Activity official
• Mentor for ESN Södertörn

Event and organisation management 1 point

• Member or other position on an association board
• Project manager
• Student representative at central or school levels
• Student health and safety officer
• Member or other position in activity management

Management tasks 2 points

• Activity manager
• Chair (or equivalent) of a student association
• Member of SöderS’ board

Chair of SöderS 2.5 points

• Chair or deputy chair of SöderS’ board

Apply for points

More information and an application form are available at soders.nu/meritpoäng External link.