Zo houdt de studiepuntenregeling die in verschillende Europese landen wordt of is goedgekeurd (en kan leiden tot de organisatie van de studieprogramma's in modules) in feite in dat het ECTS-systeem, dat in het kader van de Erasmus-uitwisselingen tot stand is gekomen, tot alle "nationale" studenten wordt uitgebreid.
The adoption, for instance, of the system of credits decided or in the process of being decided by a number of European countries (and which can lead to the organisation of module-based studies) is in fact the extension to all "national" students of the ECTS system which emerged from the Erasmus exchanges.