Simple Degree Classification Calculator For 2026

What The Degree Classification Calculator Works Out

• Weighted average: most UK bachelor's degrees classify on a weighted average of year 2 and final-year marks, with the first year counting only as a pass gate. 40:60 is the commonest split, with 30:70, 25:75 and 50:50 all in circulation. On 40:60 a 62% second year and 68% final year lands at 65.6%, a comfortable 2:1.
• Classification: the standard boundaries are 70% for a First, 60% for an upper second (2:1), 50% for a lower second (2:2) and 40% for a Third. Roughly a third of UK graduates now take Firsts and the large majority a 2:1 or above, and the 2:1 works as the CV filter for graduate schemes and most postgraduate courses.
• To reach the next class: the final-year average that would lift the weighted result to the next boundary, the question every finalist actually has, or a note that the boundary is out of reach on this weighting.
• Custom weighting (advanced): type any year 2 percentage (for example 33 for a 1:2 split) to override the dropdown and match your handbook's algorithm exactly.
• Year 1 average and weight (advanced): a minority of courses, and many Scottish four-year degrees weighting junior and senior honours, count an earlier year. Give it a weight and the dropdown ratio then splits the remainder between years 2 and 3.
• Borderline check (advanced): universities typically consider marks within 1 to 2 points of a boundary, upgrading where enough credits (often half) sit in the higher class or where the final year alone would earn it, with exam boards holding discretion. Set the zone your handbook uses to see whether you are in it.
• Needed on the unmarked final-year work (advanced): for finalists part-way through the year: enter how much of the final year is still to be marked, and the calculator shows the average needed on that remaining work to reach the next boundary, assuming the marked portion stays at the figure entered.
• Final year alone (advanced): your classification if only the final year counted, which some institutions use as the better-of-two-formulae fallback or as the borderline tie-breaker.
• Weights used (advanced): the exact split applied, so you can check it against your course regulations. Some institutions weight modules by credit within years or exclude a worst module; a marginal miss is what resit boards, extenuating circumstances procedures and appeals exist for, and their deadlines are short and strict.