Rule SAC045: EFTS value of qualifications - compressed or integrated programmes

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Rule or condition

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) only recognises two situations where the Equivalent Full-Time Student (EFTS) value for a qualification (or combination of qualifications) may differ from the norm:

• Where a tertiary education organisation is delivering a programme in less than the normal amount of time
  Note: This normally results in a reduced EFTS value in relation to the qualification’s credit value
• Where a learner is studying integrated programmes.

In the situations above, the EFTS value of a one-year qualification must still equate to the lesser of:

• one EFTS unit, unless the TEC has approved an exception to the one EFTS per year funding limit
• 0.03 EFTS units multiplied by the number of equivalent full-time weeks of learning.