Manchester Metropolitan University
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Manchester Met works your degree out two ways and gives you the better one: Level 5 at 25% plus Level 6 at 75%, or your final year alone. The calculator runs both and shows which one wins.
Manchester Met degree classification calculator
Best of two methodsLevel 5 (second year)
Level 6 (final year)
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 (1st) | 70% or above | — |
| Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) | 60% or above | — |
| Lower Second Class Honours (2:2) | 50% or above | — |
| Third Class Honours (3rd) | 40% or above | — |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from Manchester Met’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.
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.
Two methods, always the better outcome
Method 1 combines your Level 5 and Level 6 averages, weighted 25% and 75%. Method 2 uses your final year alone. Manchester Met applies whichever gives the better result, so a weak second year cannot by itself hold you back.
If Level 5 is incomplete
If you did not pass all 120 credits at Level 5 — because you passed the year under earlier regulations, studied abroad, or joined directly at Level 6 — Method 1 becomes a 100% Level 6 average, which makes the two methods identical.
Within each level
Your level average is the credit-weighted mean of your module marks, so a 40-credit module counts four times as much as a 10-credit one.
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 Manchester Met’s own regulations:
- Manchester Metropolitan — Assessments and results — the two classification methods, the 25/75 weighting, and the rule that the University always applies whichever gives the better outcome.
- Manchester Met Student Hub — How is my degree calculated? — the same two methods, and what happens when Level 5 is not completed in full.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.