University of Nottingham degree rules
How University of Nottingham turns your marks into a degree class: the year weights, the rounding and the rules near a boundary, written out from the published regulations. Then try your own marks below.
Nottingham's rules in plain English
These are estimates using the published rules. Your exam board makes the final decision.
- Year weights are set in each programme specification. This uses the weights in your own UniGrade setup.
- Module marks and your weighted average are rounded to whole numbers, with 0.5 rounding up, so 69.5 becomes 70, a First.
- Only a rounded 69, 59 or 49 is borderline. You must be given the higher class if two thirds or more of your final-year credits are in it, or two thirds or more of your final and penultimate year credits.
- There is no borderline between a Third and a fail.
Who this does not cover
- These rules apply to students who entered their Qualifying year or Part I from September 2020; earlier entrants are considered under the older borderline criteria.
- Nottingham does not publish one set of year weights, so check yours against your programme specification.
- Programmes with professional body exemptions can differ.
Source: Quality Manual: Undergraduate degree classification from September 2020 (sections 2.3 and 2.5), with rounding from Marking and grading (section 2.8). Checked 22 October 2026. If your programme handbook says something different, it wins.
Your weighted average with Nottingham's year weights, worked out in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere. For the method step by step, see the degree classification calculator.
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, 2.31 points below a First.
Upper second (2:1)
- Year 2 (33% of result)
- 63%
- Year 3 (67% of result)
- 70%
Modules without a mark are left out. Nottingham rounds the final score to a whole number, so 69.5 counts as a First. This calculator shows the weighted average only; it does not apply Nottingham's borderline zones.
Pro applies Nottingham's borderline rules to your marks.
Add your modules once and UniGrade Pro reruns Nottingham's full rules every time a mark lands: the class you are on, the rule that decides it and what each class needs. Tracking your marks and what-if scenarios stay free. These are estimates using the published rules. Your exam board makes the final decision.