Fulfilling specific requirements with online courses?
Any online course including Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) will be assessed
in the same way as any other courses used for applying to Degree programmes or single subject courses at Chalmers. Please note that most MOOCS including coursera for example so far have not met the requirements set by Chalmers.
The
documentation must fulfill the same requirements as all academic documentation
used for the purpose of applying for a programme at Chalmers.
It
must be possible to verify the student who has passed the course from
the documentation; only first and last name
is insufficient.
The
student must have passed the course during a controlled/proctored examination
(situation) and the student’s result and identity can be verified.
Ideally,
it should be stated in the Bachelor
and/or Master’s academic transcripts used for application.
The
university offering the on-line courses must be internationally
recognized.
The course
syllabus (course description with the content and learning outcome) must be submitted to prove that the applicant fulfils the
specific course requirements. The contents and academic level of
the course must be clearly conveyed and the syllabus must be issued
by the university.
A
complete set of documentation (not URLs) is required and
must be submitted.
General requirements
Find out what requirements applies for any officially-issued academic
documents, at universityadmissions.se
MOOCs issued by Coursera
The courses have so far not met the requirements set by Chalmers on academic documentation. Several important criteria are inadequately documented such as lack of learning objectives, scope and depth of the courses, the name of the course, the student's name is not always stated correctly in English or Swedish and verification of identity is not structured and secured.
No pre assessment is offered, for any type of documentation
Chalmers will not pre-assess any documentation. Do not send any documents directly to Chalmers Admissions. All applications will be assessed on a national and local level, both by the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) and Chalmers Admissions.