What countries utilize the ECTS grading scale that Norway adopted?
Academic grading in Norway Universities and university colleges normally use the ECTS grading scale. Most institutions have official "explanations" of the grades equivalent to the following:
Abitur Abitur (] ) is a qualification granted by university-preparatory schools in Germany, Lithuania, and Estonia. It is conferred to students who pass their final exams at the end of their secondary education, usually after twelve or thirteen years of schooling (see also for Germany "Abitur" after twelve years). In German, the term Abitur has roots in "Abiturium" (old-fashioned) from the Latin "abiturus" (future active participle of "abire"): "someone who is going to leave", or "something (masculine) that is going to leave."