A process whereby all students who satisfy academic criteria on one programme are automatically entitled (on academic grounds) to be admitted with advanced standing to a subsequent part or year of a programme of a degree-awarding body. Arrangements, which are subject to formal agreements between the parties, normally involve credit accumulation and [..]

An arrangement which enables students to progress from a completed qualification to another with admission and/or credit in a defined qualification pathway. (AQF definition 2011)