Two routes. One of them ends with an Assumption degree.
Twinning and semester abroad both put an Indian student on the Bangkok campus. Students, and parents, routinely confuse them — and the difference is the single most important thing on this page.
How credits actually move.
- Both institutions
Curriculum mapping
Academic staff on both sides map the two programmes module by module — learning outcomes, contact hours, credit weight and assessment. This is the real work, and it is where an arrangement either becomes possible or does not.
- Both institutions
Programme validation
The mapped programme is validated by each institution's own academic authority. Credits transfer only after this step is complete — a student cannot rely on an informal understanding between two departments.
- Written
Credit-transfer agreement
The validated mapping is recorded in a written agreement, so a student who transfers in year two is not renegotiating their own transcript.
- Per student
Student enrolment and transfer
Students are enrolled under the agreed structure from the start, not retrofitted into it later. For twinning this determines which registry holds the record and which institution issues the degree.
- On completion
Transcript and award
Under twinning, Assumption issues the transcript and the degree. Under semester abroad, Assumption issues a transcript for the semester and the home institution incorporates the credits into its own award.