Calculating your GPA

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GPA Calculation

Students are assessed throughout each course using the following methods:

Assignments
Tutorials and laboratory sessions

You will receive a letter grade for each completed subject. This letter is associated with a numerical grade point (see below).

Overall program performance is expressed as a Grade Point Average (GPA). A GPA is calculated as an average score across your subjects using your grade point multiplied by the unit of each respective subject.

Grading system

Students in each course are allocated a final mark out of 100 and a corresponding final letter grade on an A to F scale. Each letter grade has an associated grade point on a 10-point scale. Overall performance is expressed as a weighted grade point average (GPA) out of 10, based on all units attempted.

Course grades are descibed in the table below.

Course Grade	Grade Point	Description
A+	10.0	Excellent achievement
A	9.5	Excellent achievement
A-	9.0	Excellent achievement
B+	8.5	Very good achievement
B	8.0	Very good achievement
B-	7.5	Very good achievement
C+	7.0	Good achievement
C	6.5	Moderate achievement
C-	6.0	Moderate achievement
D+	5.5	Marginal achievement
D	5.0	Marginal achievement
D-	4.5	Marginal achievement
E+	4.0	Limited achievement
E	3.5	Limited achievement
E-	3.0	Limited achievement
F	0	Fail
UF	0	Unsatisfactory - Failure

Sample calculations

Example 1

Academic English (B+), Mathematics S (A), Physics (C+), Chemistry (B-), Computing (D+)

(10x8.5) + (12x9.5) + (10x7) + (10x7.5) + (6x5.5) = 377/48 = 7.9

Example 2

Academic English (B), Design (A+), Australian Studies (B+), Maths Essentials (C-), Computing (C-)

(10x8) + (12x10) + (12x8.5) + (8x6) + (6x6) = 386/48 = 8.0

The subjects listed for each stream of study are accurate at the time of publishing. If you would like to confirm subjects and streams of study before your program begins, please contact UNSW College Admissions:

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