King’s College London
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: King’s weights every credit by the year you registered on it — year one at 0, year two at 2, year three at 3 — and pools them in a single calculation rather than averaging each year first. The score is rounded to a whole number, and 68, 58 or 48 is upgraded automatically if at least 60 final-year credits are already in the higher class.
King’s degree classification calculator
Years 2 and 3 weighted 2 : 3Year 1 (weighted 0 — does not count)
Year 2 (weight 2)
Year 3 (weight 3)
What do I need for a First?
Enter the marks you already have above. These boxes are the credits still to come in each year: a year with no marks yet is counted as all still to come. Change them if that is not right for you.
| Class | Mark needed in every remaining module |
|---|
Class boundaries
| Class | Weighted mark | Uplift rule |
|---|---|---|
| First Class Honours | 70% or above | or 68% with at least 60 credits in the final year at 70% or above |
| Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) | 60% or above | or 58% with at least 60 credits in the final year at 60% or above |
| Lower Second Class Honours (2:2) | 50% or above | or 48% with at least 60 credits in the final year at 50% or above |
| Third Class Honours | 40% or above | — |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from King’s’s own algorithm. Enter the marks you have so far, leave the years you have not finished empty (or set how many credits are still to come), and it shows the lowest mark you would need in every remaining module to reach each class. It runs the same calculation as the calculator, using the year weights and the secondary rules in the table above, so a class reached through one of those routes shows the lower figure.
The answer is a single mark repeated across every remaining module. Real marks vary, and where only some credits count or a class can be reached through a share of high marks, an uneven spread can sometimes get there with a slightly lower average. “Already secured” means the algorithm gives that class even at 0 in what is left, but you still have to pass those modules.
One pooled calculation, not a year-by-year average
Regulation 5.80 sets the classification score as the sum of every module’s mark × credit × year weight, divided by the sum of credit × weight. Where each year carries a full 120 credits that gives the same answer as averaging each year and then weighting 2 : 3 — but if your credit totals differ between years, it does not, and this calculator follows the regulation.
The weight follows the year, not the level
Modules are weighted by the year you registered on them rather than by their level: a level 6 module taken in year two is weighted two, not three.
Year one is weighted zero
Marks from year one are not used. From year two onwards every mark counts — there is no discounting of your weakest modules. Where credit was awarded for a module in the condonable range, the highest mark achieved is the one used.
The 2% rule is automatic
A score of 68, 58 or 48 — within two per cent of the next band — is upgraded automatically, with no Board discretion, provided you achieved the higher classification in at least 60 credits at level six or above in your final year. On an integrated master’s the same rule applies to 60 credits at level seven. There is no upgrade into a Third.
No exceptions
Regulation 5.55 is unusually blunt for a UK regulation: there are no exceptions to the award rules, boundaries cannot be lowered and exceptions cannot be made. Both module marks and the final score are rounded to the nearest integer, with 0.5 rounding up.
Four- and five-year programmes
A four-year degree with a year abroad or in industry is weighted 0 : 2 : 0 : 3, with the year away weighted zero and only King’s marks counted. An integrated master’s is 0 : 2 : 3 : 4.
What this calculator does not do
It applies the published algorithm to the marks you enter. It cannot know your programme’s approved variances, any extenuating circumstances, capped resit marks, or how a Board of Examiners will use its discretion. Where a rule is a judgement rather than a formula, the page says so rather than guessing.
Sources
Every figure on this page is read from King’s’s own regulations:
- King’s College London — Academic Manual, Chapter 5: Progression and Award for Taught Programmes — read in full: 5.55 no exceptions to the award rules, 5.57 the classification bands, 5.61 rounding of module marks and the final score, 5.63–5.67 which marks count and how modules are weighted by year, 5.68–5.69 the automatic 2% upgrade and its 60-credit condition, and 5.80 the award algorithm and the weighting table by programme type.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.