UCAS Points Calculator: A Level, BTEC, IB

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Quick answer: Each Level 3 qualification and grade has a fixed number of UCAS Tariff points: an A level A* is 56, A 48, B 40, C 32; a Scottish Higher A is 33; an IB Higher Level 7 is 56. Add them up for your total: AAA is 144, ABB is 128, a BTEC Extended Diploma at DDM is 128. Universities set their own entry requirements and many make offers in grades rather than points.

UCAS Tariff points calculator

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Applies to: applicants to UK universities and collegesPoints: from UCAS’s Tariff tablesChecked: 2026-10-02Source: UCAS Tariff calculator

Unofficial. Points are copied from UCAS’s Tariff calculator data; universities decide which qualifications and points they count.

How to use it

Add one line per qualification: pick the qualification, then your grade (predicted or achieved). The subject is optional, but if you enter it the calculator can spot an AS level in a subject you also took at A level. The start buttons load a typical A level, BTEC, IB or Scottish set to edit. You get your total, and when you have more than three A levels or Highers, the total of your best three, because some universities count only those.

UCAS points for A levels, AS and Highers

Grade	A level	AS	Scottish Higher	Advanced Higher
A*	56	—	—	—
A	48	20	33	56
B	40	16	27	48
C	32	12	21	40
D	24	10	15	32
E	16	6	—	—

What UCAS says about using the Tariff

From the UCAS Tariff calculator:

“Universities and colleges set their own entry requirements and don’t have to accept a qualification just because it’s included in the Tariff.”
“They also don’t have to use the Tariff points given by UCAS. If a university feels the content of the qualification isn’t fully relevant to the course, they might count it as fewer points— but most of the time, the full points are accepted.”
“Tariff points only apply to Level 3/SCQF Level 6 qualifications, not Level 2 qualifications such as GCSEs.”
“Some limit the qualifications they accept. For example, they may only accept Tariff points from the highest scoring three A levels or Scottish Highers.”
“They generally only count the highest level of achievement – for example, they may not count a BTEC Award if you have the BTEC Certificate in the same subject, or an AS level if you have an A level in the same subject.”

IB Diploma: points by component

UCAS’s Tariff data has no entry for the IB Diploma as a whole and no conversion from your Diploma score out of 45. It tariffs the parts: the IBO Certificate in Higher Level (H7 56 to H1 12), Standard Level (S7 28 to S1 6), Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay (A 12 to E 4 each). For example, 3 HL at 6, 6, 5 = 48 + 48 + 40; 3 SL at 6, 5, 5 = 24 + 20 + 20; Theory of Knowledge B = 10; Extended Essay B = 10: 220 points.

Tariff tables for every qualification here

The 23 most common qualifications, out of the 9,807 in UCAS’s Tariff calculator. For anything else, use the UCAS Tariff calculator itself.

A level, AS and EPQ

A level

Grade	Points
A*	56
A	48
B	40
C	32
D	24
E	16

AS level (UCAS: AS)

Grade	Points
A	20
B	16
C	12
D	10
E	6

Extended Project (EPQ) (UCAS: Extended Project)

Grade	Points
A*	28
A	24
B	20
C	16
D	12
E	8

A level (Double Award)

Grade	Points
AA	112
A*A	104
AA	96
AB	88
BB	80
BC	72
CC	64
CD	56
DD	48
DE	40
EE	32

Core Maths (Level 3 certificate) (UCAS: AQA Certificate in Mathematical Studies (Core Maths) (601/4945/0))

Grade	Points
A	20
B	16
C	12
D	10
E	6

BTEC Nationals (Pearson, RQF)

BTEC National Extended Diploma (UCAS: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma)

Grade	Points
DDD*	168
DDD	160
D*DD	152
DDD	144
DDM	128
DMM	112
MMM	96
MMP	80
MPP	64
PPP	48

BTEC National Diploma (UCAS: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma)

Grade	Points
DD	112
D*D	104
DD	96
DM	80
MM	64
MP	48
PP	32

BTEC National Foundation Diploma (UCAS: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma)

Grade	Points
D*	84
D	72
M	48
P	24

BTEC National Extended Certificate (UCAS: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate)

Grade	Points
D*	56
D	48
M	32
P	16

BTEC National Certificate (UCAS: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate)

Grade	Points
D*	28
D	24
M	16
P	8

T Level

T Level (full T Level achieved) (UCAS: T level (Full T Level achieved))

Grade	Points
D*	168
D	144
M	120
P (A*-C)	96
P (D or E)	72

Scottish qualifications

Scottish Higher

Grade	Points
A	33
B	27
C	21
D	15

Scottish Advanced Higher

Grade	Points
A	56
B	48
C	40
D	32

Scottish Baccalaureate Interdisciplinary Project

Grade	Points
A	28
B	24
C	20

International Baccalaureate

IB Higher Level subject (UCAS: IBO Certificate in Higher Level)

Grade	Points
H7	56
H6	48
H5	40
H4	32
H3	24
H2	16
H1	12

IB Standard Level subject (UCAS: IBO Certificate in Standard Level)

Grade	Points
S7	28
S6	24
S5	20
S4	16
S3	12
S2	8
S1	6

IB Theory of Knowledge (UCAS: IBO Certificate in Theory of Knowledge (603/6253/4))

Grade	Points
A	12
B	10
C	8
D	6
E	4

IB Extended Essay (UCAS: IBO Certificate in Extended Essay (600/8641/5))

Grade	Points
A	12
B	10
C	8
D	6
E	4

Other

Irish Leaving Certificate, Higher Level (2017 onwards) (UCAS: Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017))

Grade	Points
H1	36
H2	30
H3	24
H4	18
H5	12
H6	9

Irish Leaving Certificate, Ordinary Level (2017 onwards) (UCAS: Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017))

Grade	Points
O1	12
O2	10
O3	8
O4	6

Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (WJEC) (UCAS: WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (C00/4571/8))

Grade	Points
A*	56
A	48
B	40
C	32
D	24
E	16

Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subject (UCAS: Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal)

Grade	Points
D1	56
D2	56
D3	52
M1	44
M2	40
M3	36
P1	28
P2	24
P3	20

Access to HE Diploma (45 graded credits) (UCAS: Access to HE Diploma) — all 136 credit combinations

Distinction / Merit / Pass credits	Points
D45 · M0 · P0	144
D42 · M3 · P0	141
D42 · M0 · P3	138
D39 · M6 · P0	138
D39 · M3 · P3	134
D36 · M9 · P0	134
D39 · M0 · P6	131
D36 · M6 · P3	131
D33 · M12 · P0	131
D36 · M3 · P6	128
D33 · M9 · P3	128
D30 · M15 · P0	128
D36 · M0 · P9	125
D33 · M6 · P6	125
D30 · M12 · P3	125
D27 · M18 · P0	125
D33 · M3 · P9	122
D30 · M9 · P6	122
D27 · M15 · P3	122
D24 · M21 · P0	122
D33 · M0 · P12	118
D30 · M6 · P9	118
D27 · M12 · P6	118
D24 · M18 · P3	118
D21 · M24 · P0	118
D30 · M3 · P12	115
D27 · M9 · P9	115
D24 · M15 · P6	115
D21 · M21 · P3	115
D18 · M27 · P0	115
D30 · M0 · P15	112
D27 · M6 · P12	112
D24 · M12 · P9	112
D21 · M18 · P6	112
D18 · M24 · P3	112
D15 · M30 · P0	112
D27 · M3 · P15	109
D24 · M9 · P12	109
D21 · M15 · P9	109
D18 · M21 · P6	109
D15 · M27 · P3	109
D12 · M33 · P0	109
D27 · M0 · P18	106
D24 · M6 · P15	106
D21 · M12 · P12	106
D18 · M18 · P9	106
D15 · M24 · P6	106
D12 · M30 · P3	106
D9 · M36 · P0	106
D24 · M3 · P18	102
D21 · M9 · P15	102
D18 · M15 · P12	102
D15 · M21 · P9	102
D12 · M27 · P6	102
D9 · M33 · P3	102
D6 · M39 · P0	102
D24 · M0 · P21	99
D21 · M6 · P18	99
D18 · M12 · P15	99
D15 · M18 · P12	99
D12 · M24 · P9	99
D9 · M30 · P6	99
D6 · M36 · P3	99
D3 · M42 · P0	99
D21 · M3 · P21	96
D18 · M9 · P18	96
D15 · M15 · P15	96
D12 · M21 · P12	96
D9 · M27 · P9	96
D6 · M33 · P6	96
D3 · M39 · P3	96
D0 · M45 · P0	96
D21 · M0 · P24	93
D18 · M6 · P21	93
D15 · M12 · P18	93
D12 · M18 · P15	93
D9 · M24 · P12	93
D6 · M30 · P9	93
D3 · M36 · P6	93
D0 · M42 · P3	93
D18 · M3 · P24	90
D15 · M9 · P21	90
D12 · M15 · P18	90
D9 · M21 · P15	90
D6 · M27 · P12	90
D3 · M33 · P9	90
D0 · M39 · P6	90
D18 · M0 · P27	86
D15 · M6 · P24	86
D12 · M12 · P21	86
D9 · M18 · P18	86
D6 · M24 · P15	86
D3 · M30 · P12	86
D0 · M36 · P9	86
D15 · M3 · P27	83
D12 · M9 · P24	83
D9 · M15 · P21	83
D6 · M21 · P18	83
D3 · M27 · P15	83
D0 · M33 · P12	83
D15 · M0 · P30	80
D12 · M6 · P27	80
D9 · M12 · P24	80
D6 · M18 · P21	80
D3 · M24 · P18	80
D0 · M30 · P15	80
D12 · M3 · P30	77
D9 · M9 · P27	77
D6 · M15 · P24	77
D3 · M21 · P21	77
D0 · M27 · P18	77
D12 · M0 · P33	74
D9 · M6 · P30	74
D6 · M12 · P27	74
D3 · M18 · P24	74
D0 · M24 · P21	74
D9 · M3 · P33	70
D6 · M9 · P30	70
D3 · M15 · P27	70
D0 · M21 · P24	70
D9 · M0 · P36	67
D6 · M6 · P33	67
D3 · M12 · P30	67
D0 · M18 · P27	67
D6 · M3 · P36	64
D3 · M9 · P33	64
D0 · M15 · P30	64
D6 · M0 · P39	61
D3 · M6 · P36	61
D0 · M12 · P33	61
D3 · M3 · P39	58
D0 · M9 · P36	58
D3 · M0 · P42	54
D0 · M6 · P39	54
D0 · M3 · P42	51
D0 · M0 · P45	48

Frequently asked questions

How many UCAS points is an A* at A level?

An A* is 56 points, an A 48, a B 40, a C 32, a D 24 and an E 16. So AAA is 144 points and ABB is 128.

How many UCAS points is a BTEC Extended Diploma?

From 168 points for D*D*D* to 48 for PPP; DDM is 128, the same as A level grades ABB (128). This is the Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma; UCAS notes there are many BTECs and not all include a D* grade.

How many UCAS points is the IB Diploma?

UCAS gives no points for the Diploma as a whole. It tariffs the parts: each Higher Level and Standard Level subject, Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay. For example, 3 HL at 6, 6, 5 = 48 + 48 + 40; 3 SL at 6, 5, 5 = 24 + 20 + 20; Theory of Knowledge B = 10; Extended Essay B = 10, a total of 220. Use the “IB Diploma” start button and change the grades to yours.

How many UCAS points is a Scottish Higher?

A 33, B 27, C 21, D 15. An Advanced Higher is worth A 56, B 48, C 40, D 32, the same as A level grades A to D.

Do GCSEs count for UCAS points?

No. UCAS: “Tariff points only apply to Level 3/SCQF Level 6 qualifications, not Level 2 qualifications such as GCSEs.” National 5s are not tariffed either.

Does the EPQ count?

Yes: the Extended Project is worth 28 points at A*, down to 8 at E, half an A level at the same grade. Whether a university counts it in an offer is up to the university.

Why is an AS level worth less than half an A level?

UCAS: “The AS is positioned at 40% – or as close to 40% as possible – of the A level at each grade: AS grade A aligned to A level grade B; AS grade C aligned to A level grade D; AS grade E is below A level grade E.”

Sources

UCAS: Calculate your UCAS Tariff points — the Tariff calculator page and its data (https://www.ucas.com/api/v4/tariff/list), read on 2026-10-02. Points and quotations are UCAS’s.

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