Degree Classification Calculator
Degree classification
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Enter a mark for one year that counts to see your class.
- Years counted
- 0 of 3
- Credits counted
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Year by year
| Year | Average | Credits | Share | Contribution |
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- Weighted mark across the years that count: 0
- Classification:
A year weighted at zero does not count toward the class. It still has to be passed.
Both algorithms
| Algorithm | Weighted mark | Class |
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How a degree classification is worked out
Two weightings stack. Inside a year, each module counts for its credits, so a 40 credit dissertation carries twice the weight of a 20 credit option. Across the degree, each year average counts for the share your university's regulations give it.
| Module | Mark | Credits | Mark x credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissertation | 74% | 40 | 2,960 |
| Advanced option | 66% | 20 | 1,320 |
| Seminar | 58% | 20 | 1,160 |
| Capstone | 71% | 40 | 2,840 |
| Year average | 69% | 120 | 8,280 |
8,280 divided by 120 credits is 69%, and the same arithmetic on year 2 gives 62.5%. Averaging the four module marks instead would let the 20 credit seminar pull as hard as the dissertation, which is the error the credit weighting exists to stop. The year average calculator does this step for a single year, and the module mark calculator does it for the components inside one module.
King's College London weights those years 0:2:3, which puts the weighted mark at 66.4% and the class at Upper Second Class Honours.
Why the same marks give a different class at each university
That transcript does not change. The scheme it is run through does. Across the five below, the weighted mark moves 4.87%, and at the University of Greenwich it crosses the 70% First boundary.
| University | Scheme | Weighted mark | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's College London | Award algorithm 0:2:3 | 66.4% | 2:1 |
| University of Leeds | Years 2 and 3 weighted 1:2 | 66.83% | 2:1 |
| University of Birmingham | Weighted mean 0:25:75 | 67.38% | 2:1 |
| University of Manchester | Weighted mean 10:30:60 | 65.98% | 2:1 |
| University of Greenwich | Current scheme, 10:90 on the best 90 Level 6 credits | 70.85% | 1st |
The University of Greenwich counts the best 90 of 120 Level 6 credits, so 30 credits of the weakest final year work drop out before the years are weighted 10:90. The University of Leeds weights years 2 and 3 alone. Only the University of Manchester carries year 1 into the class here, at 10%. Every scheme in the table is read from the university's own regulations, and each one is listed with its source and the date it was read.
Where a university runs two algorithms and awards the better outcome, both are computed and the one that wins is marked.
Degree classification marks
| Class | Short | Weighted mark |
|---|---|---|
| First Class Honours | 1st | 70% and above |
| Upper Second Class Honours | 2:1 | 60% up to 70% |
| Lower Second Class Honours | 2:2 | 50% up to 60% |
| Third Class Honours | 3rd | 40% up to 50% |
Those boundaries hold across the sector. What differs is the band just under each one, where a mark can still take the higher class: automatically at some universities once enough final year credits sit above the line, and by a Board of Examiners at others. The calculator flags the zone, names the rule and tests the credit condition where your scheme has one, and the zones and the Pass degree are set out in full.
With two years banked, the average the remaining credits have to reach for the next class up is a fixed number, which is what the 2:1 target calculator works out.
Schemes read from each university's published regulations on 20 September 2026.