Selv om insti­tutterne ikke havde haft større vanskelig­heder med at tildele godskrivningspoint til hvert af deres kurser eller med at sikre, at der i alt blev tildelt 60 point pr. studieår, regnede man med at få konkrete problemer, når ECTS's første pionerstu­derende vendte tilbage til deres hjeminsti­tutioner og forventede fuld anerkendelse for kurser og eksaminer, de havde bestået på værtsinstitutionerne.
Although depart­ments had experienced few difficulties when allocating credit points to each of their courses and ensuring that the total number of points awarded per study year was 60, real problems were expected when the first "pioneering" ECTS students re­turned to their home institutions and ex­pected full recognition for courses and examinations successfully completed at the host institutions.