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UK undergraduate honours

Degree classification calculator

Generic calculators average your modules and hope for the best. Universities do not work that way: the years carry different weights, credits carry different weights within a year, and each institution has its own rule for what happens when you land a mark short of a boundary. Pick your university to use its actual rule.

Universities with a verified rule

Each of these was read off the institution's own regulations, and the page links to the document and says when we last checked it. Your programme can still differ — the regulations are the authority, not this site.

University of Leeds1 : 2 year weightingBachelor with Honours, students who began in 2022/23 or laterUniversity of Leeds (integrated masters)1 : 2 : 2 year weightingIntegrated Master/Bachelor, students who began in 2022/23 or laterUniversity of Bristolprogramme-specific weightingUndergraduate modular programmesCardiff Universityprogramme-specific weightingUndergraduate honours degreesSwansea Universityprogramme-specific weightingThree-year initial degrees, standard systemUniversity of Nottinghamprogramme-specific weightingStudents who began in September 2020 or later

Generic calculator

Your university is not in the list yet. This uses the most common English and Welsh shape — years 2 and 3 weighted 1:2 — and lets you change the weights to match your own regulations.Check your programme handbook for the real ratio before you rely on the number.

Year 2 (Level 5)

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Year 3 (Level 6, final)

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Add your modules above to see your classification.

Classification boundaries

ClassificationShortWeighted average
First class honours1st70 and above
Upper second class honours2:160–69
Lower second class honours2:250–59
Third class honours3rd40–49

Common questions

Which years count towards a UK degree classification?
Most English and Welsh universities exclude the first year and weight years 2 and 3, commonly at 1:2 so the final year is worth two thirds. Integrated masters usually add a fourth year. The exact ratio is set by your university, and sometimes by your individual programme.
What average do I need for a 2:1?
A weighted average of 60 or above is an upper second at almost every UK institution, with 70 for a First, 50 for a 2:2 and 40 for a Third. What differs between universities is how that average is calculated and what happens when you land just below a boundary.
What is a borderline rule?
A rule that can promote you when your average falls just short of a class. Leeds simply rounds up anything within 0.5. Bristol reviews anything within two marks and promotes you only if half your weighted credits are already in the higher class. Cardiff publishes explicit uplift bands. They are not interchangeable.
Do module credits matter?
Yes. Marks are weighted by credit, so a 40-credit module counts four times as much as a 10-credit one. Averaging your module marks without weighting them by credit is the most common way to get the wrong answer.