Degree classification calculator
Enter your modules, credits and marks for each year, add your year weights, and see your overall average and the class it falls in on the usual UK boundaries.
Your years and modules
Set each year's weight in your final degree, then add its modules with credits and marks.
That is a 2:1 on the usual UK boundaries, 2.8 points below a First.
Upper second (2:1)
- Year 2 (40% of result)
- 63%
- Year 3 (60% of result)
- 70%
Modules without a mark are left out. Boundaries are the typical 70, 60, 50 and 40; check your university's regulations for borderline rules.
How it works
UK universities build a degree average in layers, and this calculator follows the same steps. It uses the figures you enter and nothing else, so the result is only as accurate as the weights you give it.
- Modules become a year average. Each module mark is multiplied by its credits, the results are added, and the total is divided by the credits in that year. A 40-credit module counts twice as much as a 20-credit one.
- Years become a degree average. Each year average is multiplied by that year's weight, and the total is divided by the sum of the weights. Many universities give first year a weight of 0%.
- The average meets the boundaries. 70 and above is a First, 60 to 69 a 2:1, 50 to 59 a 2:2 and 40 to 49 a Third. These are the usual boundaries; see how classifications work.
Worked example: Jane Doe
Jane Doe's course weights second year at 40% and final year at 60%. Each year is 120 credits. These are the figures the calculator starts with.
Jane's average is 67.2%, a 2:1. The weighting also shows where marks matter most: one extra mark on her 40-credit dissertation is worth 0.2 of a point on her degree average (40 of 120 credits, in a year worth 60%), three times what the same mark is worth on a 20-credit second-year module.
Missing weights and missing marks
If you leave every year weight blank, each year with marks counts equally, and the result says so. If your weights do not add up to 100, each counted year is scaled to its share of the total. Modules without a mark and years without any marks are left out, so the figure is your average on the work marked so far.
The calculator does not apply borderline rules, discount your lowest credits or cap resit marks, because those rules differ between universities. Read how borderline cases work and check your own regulations before relying on a number close to a boundary.
Questions about this calculator.
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Does first year count towards my degree?
At many UK universities first year has to be passed but carries a weight of 0%. Others give it a small weight, such as 10%. Your programme handbook or classification regulations list the weights. Enter 0 for any year that does not count, or leave that year out.
What year weights should I use?
Use the figures in your own course regulations. Common schemes for a three-year degree include 0, 40 and 60, or 0, 33 and 67, for first, second and final year. If you leave every weight blank, the calculator counts each year with marks equally and says so under the result.
Why does a module with more credits count for more?
Within a year, each module mark is weighted by its credits. A 40-credit module is twice the size of a 20-credit one, so its mark counts twice as much towards the year average.
What if some modules have not been marked yet?
Leave their mark blank. Modules without a mark are left out, so the result is your average on the work marked so far rather than a prediction. A year with no marks at all is left out too, and the other years are scaled to fill its share.
Is this my final classification?
No. It is the weighted average of the marks you enter, placed on the typical 70, 60, 50 and 40 boundaries. Universities can also apply borderline rules, discount some of your lowest credits or cap resit marks, and only the exam board decides your classification. Check your own regulations.
Are my marks saved or sent anywhere?
No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. Refreshing the page resets it to the example. A free UniGrade account keeps your modules and marks between visits.
Track the real thing, not one sum at a time.
UniGrade keeps your modules, credits and year weights in one place and reruns this maths every time a mark comes in.