Education

Credit Recognition Agent

Two officers, the same transcript. Two different module mappings.

Reviews study credits earned abroad and drafts the reasoning for the examination board.

Open agent
Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

A recognition application with 23 modules ties up the examinations office for longer than the meeting that decides it.

The application arrives with transcript, Diploma Supplement and module descriptions, usually in a foreign language. Each listed module is matched to a module in the university's own examination regulations, their level and scope are compared, and the result goes into a paper for the examination board. If the case comes back from the meeting because the reasoning was too thin, the comparison starts all over again.

23modulesThe application lists 23 modules from the period of study abroad.
2foreign languagesTranscript and module descriptions are not available in German.
4attributes per moduleLevel, scope, learning outcomes and profile are each checked against the university's own module.
4 weeksuntil the meetingThe examination board meets monthly; a case sent back has to wait for the next meeting.

55% faster processing here means one board meeting instead of two: the 92 individual comparisons are ready with source references when the examination board first convenes.

Processing 55% faster is the Credit Recognition Agent's headline figure. An application with 23 modules and a board that meets monthly reflect a typical course of events in an examinations office, not measured values.

Three steps through the process.

The examination board decides on recognition; the agent prepares the module comparison and the reasoning behind it.

Capture the documents and modules

The agent reads the transcript, Diploma Supplement and module descriptions and creates a separate entry for each listed module. It keeps the original wording alongside any description in a foreign language.

Module list for recognition PA-4471/26, 23 modules captured, 2 foreign languages

Check the modules against the examination regulations

The agent compares each foreign module with the corresponding module in the university's own examination regulations, looking at level, scope, learning outcomes and profile. Wherever they diverge, it flags the point with the source reference in the transcript.

92 individual comparisons, 5 modules with a flagged difference in scope

Submit the draft reasoning to the examination board

The agent writes the reasoning based on the criteria of the Lisbon Recognition Convention, citing a source for every sentence. The board decides on this basis.

begruendung_PA-4471-26.docx, 6 pages, 23 module mappings with reasons

What the agent does not do.

It does not take the decision on recognition.

It submits the module comparison and the draft reasoning. The decision is taken by the examination board and signed by its chair.

It does not weigh substantial differences within the meaning of the Lisbon Recognition Convention.

It sets level, scope, learning outcomes and profile side by side for each module and supplies the source reference in the transcript for every divergence, such as the five modules with a gap in scope. The examination board weighs whether that amounts to a substantial difference, which the university has to demonstrate; the officer in the examinations office is responsible for the paper submitted to it.

It cannot see other proceedings for the same person in another faculty.

If someone applies in parallel to the examinations office of a second faculty for recognition of the same credits, it does not see that. It compares the 23 modules from PA-4471/26 and nothing else.

Connected systems

  • Campus management system
  • examination administration
  • examinations office document store

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud or private cloud
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsExaminations office, International Office

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Credit Recognition Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud or private cloud. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “55% faster processing” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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