also fulltime, 1895; full-timer is attested from 1855, in reference to students; see full (adj.) + time (n.).

Definition adjective, adverb

Employment for the number of working hours considered normal for a given position, in the United States no more than 40 hours per week without overtime or flextime. Full-time employees are usually ent [..]

(adj) for the entire time appropriate to an activity(adv) for the standard number of hours

Refers to the number of points you take during any one year or semester. A normal full-time enrolment is 120 points for the first year.

See - Type of Attendance

Students registered for 12 or more credits in the fall or spring semester.

To be regarded as full-time, a student must be undertaking a load of at least 0.75 EFTSL. For example, in a course with the standard annual credit point load of 80 credit points, to be enrolled full-time a student must undertake at least 30 credit points per semester.

A full-time student carries a full-time academic workload, which, as an undergraduate, typically involves at least 12 credit hours per academic term or 24 clock hours per week.

For BC Student Loan purposes, full-time is considered enrolment in at least a 60% course load for their program of studies. Some external agencies may set different requirements and guidelines. Full-time definition may vary for other purposes at North Island College.

   A full-time student is anyone enrolled in at least 12 credit hours for the Fall and Winter semesters or 9 credit hours during the Summer semester.

studying 8 standard units (totalling 100%) in semesters 1 and 2 in one calendar year constitutes full-time study for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements for a degree.

A full-time course is generally between 54 and 72 points in any one semester or 108 and 144 points in any one year. (Also see Workload.)

Definition from the University of Sunderland: a full-time student is one who is enrolled to study 120 credits. Any less than this is considered part-time study. Definition from the Home Office: for a [..]

Any programme of study of 32 weeks or more and at least 0.8 EFTS is designated full-time/full-year. Any programme of study of at least 12 weeks and at least 0.3 EFTS or the equivalent on a pro rata ba [..]

The number of individuals that are working full-time, full-year as a percent of the civilian non-institutional population Back to top

An undergraduate student who is enrolled for 12 credits or more is generally considered to be attending full-time. A graduate student is generally considered full-time when enrolled for 9 or more credits.

 Minimum of 12 credits for undergraduate students and six credits for graduate students.