Earn ECTS credits for entrepreneurship competence!

Self-assessment helps you structure your entrepreneurship competence and helps you integrate entrepreneurial competence acquired outside higher education as part of your studies.  Self-assessment supports the practices of your higher education institution.

Select the descriptions that best match your competence and describe what kind of activities have generated your competence.
As a result, you will receive an assessment of your entrepreneurship competence.

You can use self-assessment to prepare for the recognition of your existing entrepreneurship competence, or the accreditation of entrepreneurship competence demonstrated in some other manner.

When you receive a summary of your responses to the self-assessment, compare it with your course. Contact the teacher responsible for the course to discuss your competence and how it matches the course.

Then think about how to demonstrate your competence (see the following question for tips) and present your suggestions to the teacher in charge of the course.

Each higher education institution has its own procedures for the recognition of (prior) learning and accreditation of learning demonstrated in some other manner. Tips for demonstrating competence can be found in the Tips section.

They mainly differ in terms of when the competence has been acquired. Recognition of (prior) learning refers to previously acquired competence which can be integrated as part of your studies through accreditation or demonstration of competence.

Through the accreditation of learning demonstrated in some other manner, on the other hand, you can use the competence acquired either at work or in pastime activities alongside your studies as part of your degree in a predetermined manner. In order to have such competence accredited, you will need to draw up a plan together with a person responsible for the studies.

Each higher education institution has its own way of accrediting competence acquired elsewhere as part of the studies. You can contact, for example, the teacher responsible for the course, a teacher tutor or a study counsellor for more information.

Familiarise yourself with your university’s study guide and the description of the course in question.

The competence to be recognised and accredited depends on your study field and the practices of your own higher education institution. You can ask, for example, a teacher tutor or a study counsellor for more information.

It is essential that your competence meets the learning objectives of the course. Review your competence and compare it with the course objectives. Consider whether your competence is still relevant today.

Familiarise yourself with the contents of your degree and compare your competence as an entrepreneur with the learning objectives of different courses. The expertise you have already acquired can be recognised as prior learning. The competence you gain as an entrepreneur during your studies can be accredited as learning demonstrated in some other manner.

Each higher education institution has its own way of accrediting competence acquired elsewhere as part of the studies. You can contact, for example, the teacher responsible for the course, a teacher tutor or a study counsellor for more information.

Recognition of (prior) learning consists of the demonstration and accreditation of competence.

You can present the competence accumulated in your work or pastime activities through the demonstration of competence. There are many methods of demonstrating your competence, and the implementation of the demonstrations varies from one higher education institution to another.

Credit transfer is a term for the procedure of granting credit for higher education level studies acquired elsewhere as part of your current studies. They can either be included in whole or in part depending on the content of your studies.

Through the accreditation of learning demonstrated in some other manner, you can use the competence accumulated either at work or in pastime activities alongside your studies as part of your degree in a predetermined manner.