ISA Lille uses the European Credit Transfer System to facilitate the transfer of credits and ensure the validity of learning outcomes according to the European system. In the ECTS, a full semester consists of 30 credits and a full year of study is 60 credits. ISA Lille’s credit and grading system is fully compatible with the ECTS.
In addition to a numerical mark, students are given a rank-based grade of their academic performance relative to all students validating the course credits. A student’s general average is calculated on the totality of all marks obtained, including teaching units not validated.
| Rank-based Grade | Distribution among students within course |
| A | Top 10% of students who validated the course credits |
| B | Next 25% of students who validated the course credits |
| C | Next 30% of students who validated the course credits |
| D | Next 25% of students who validated the course credits |
| E | Remaining 10% of students who validated the course credits |
| FX | Incomplete: more work required to validate course credits |
| F | Fail: considerable work required to validate course credits |
| NS | The size of the group doesn’t allow for the grade to be calculated. The number of students must be more than or equal to 30. The quality of the work provided is therefore indicated solely by the numerical mark out of 20. |
| Numerical mark out of 20 | |
| > 18 | Excellent |
| 15-18 | Very good |
| 12-15 | Good |
| 10-12 | Average |
| 8-10 | Satisfactory |
