Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad
CGPA to percentage

How Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad converts CGPA to percentage

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad (Karnataka) uses the formula % = CGPA × 10 ('equivalent % = (CGPA x100)/10') — SDM University M.Sc. curricula (Biomedical Sciences, By Research, Computational Biology, Human Genetics); applied university-wide with a warning to convert a 10-point CGPA into a percentage for transcripts, job applications and higher studies. Enter your CGPA above to convert it instantly.

Worked example

Take a CGPA of 8 on the 10-point scale. Applying the official Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad formula % = CGPA × 10 ('equivalent % = (CGPA x100)/10') — SDM University M.Sc. curricula (Biomedical Sciences, By Research, Computational Biology, Human Genetics); applied university-wide with a warning gives a percentage of about 80%. Change the CGPA in the calculator above and the percentage updates instantly using this same formula.

Why the formula matters

Using the official conversion keeps your percentage defensible if an admissions office or employer asks how you calculated it.

Source & verification

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University — curriculum for M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences (PDF p. 30): 'CGPA = PERCENTAGE The value or the denominator for the 10 Point Scale System to calculate the equivalent % = (CGPA x100)/10'. The same wording appears in the curricula for M.Sc. Human Genetics (p. 29), M.Sc. Computational Biology (p. 27) and M.Sc. by Research (Medical Science) (p. 23, 'CGPA – Percentage equivalence … Percentage = (CGPA x100)/10'). These curricula also state that candidates passing in more than one attempt are placed in Pass class irrespective of percentage.

EXPLICIT rule, but only in four M.Sc. curricula; published university-wide at your instruction (2026-09-29) with a warning. Of 167 PDFs on the site, 150 were read: the MBBS, BDS, B.Pharm, BPT, nursing, allied-health B.Sc., MD/MS and MDS curricula give grade tables only, and no university-wide academic regulation is posted. Not SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad (sdmcet, VTU-affiliated). Also +91-836-2321117; admissions@sdmuniversity.edu.in. In effect from 19 December 2018 (home page).

College contact

Address: Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, 6th Floor, Manjushree Block, Manjushree Nagar, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka – 580009, India
Email: registrar@sdmuniversity.edu.in
Phone: +91-836-2477511
Website: official contact page

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