Queen Mary University of London
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Queen Mary is one of the few UK universities where your first year counts towards the class. The Classification Mark weights the three years 1 : 3 : 6 — 10%, 30% and 60% — and is held to one decimal place, so the bands are 70.0, 60.0, 50.0 and 40.0 exactly. A mark within 1.5% of a boundary falls in the “zone of consideration”, and a student there with at least half their final-year credits already in the higher class will be raised into it. There is no such consideration at the 40.0 border.
Queen Mary degree classification calculator
Years 1, 2 and 3 at 10% : 30% : 60%Developmental year one (weight 1, about 10%)
Developmental year two (weight 3, about 30%)
Final developmental year (weight 6, about 60%)
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 68.5% with at least at least half of final-year credits at 70% or above |
| Second Class (Honours) (Upper Division) | 60% or above | or 58.5% with at least at least half of final-year credits at 60% or above |
| Second Class (Honours) (Lower Division) | 50% or above | or 48.5% with at least at least half of final-year credits 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 Queen Mary’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.
Your first year counts, and it is 1 : 3 : 6
Regulation 4.32 sets the weighting for every BA, BEng, LLB, BSc, BSc (Econ) and BSc (Eng): developmental year one counts 1, year two 3 and the final year 6, which the regulation itself prints as roughly 10% / 30% / 60%. Most UK universities discard the first year entirely, so a weak first year at Queen Mary is not simply forgotten. The regulation notes that the percentages are approximate guidance and that official calculations use the weighting units themselves, which is what this calculator does.
Each year is averaged first, then the years are combined
The table in 4.32 weights “each development year’s credit weighted average”. So your modules are averaged by credit within a year, and it is those three year marks that are combined 1 : 3 : 6 — not every module thrown into one pool. The distinction changes the answer whenever a year carries more or fewer than the standard 120 credits, and 2.113 adds that the mark is always calculated as if the required volume of credit had been taken.
One decimal place, and the bands start on the round number
Regulation 2.113 holds the Classification Mark to one decimal place, and 4.33 sets the bands as 70.0–100.0, 60.0–69.9, 50.0–59.9 and 40.0–49.9. There is no rounding up to a whole number here, so 69.9 is a 2:1 and not a First — it is the borderline policy below, not rounding, that can close that gap.
The borderline policy is written as a right, but framed as a judgement
The two regulations do not quite say the same thing, and the page follows both rather than picking one. Regulation 2.114 describes the policy as something a Subject Examination Board may use where it agrees, with collective academic judgement, that the higher class better reflects your performance. Regulation 2.115(ii) is flatter: a student in the zone of consideration with at least half their final-year credits at the higher level “will be raised”. The calculator applies 2.115(ii), because that is the operative condition — but the Board is still the body that makes the recommendation.
No borderline at the pass/fail border
Regulation 2.115 states it outright: there is no discretion at the pass/fail border, because 40.0 is a minimum standard of achievement rather than a boundary between classes. So 38.7 is not a borderline Third, however good the final-year profile behind it. The Third row on this page carries no uplift rule for that reason.
Only Queen Mary credits count towards the borderline test
Where your final year includes advanced standing credits from another institution, 2.115(iii) counts only the Queen Mary credits — at least half of those must be at or above the higher class. Regulation 2.6 separately excludes accredited prior learning from the mark and truncates the weighting. If you study part-time, 2.115(iv) uses all the modules making up the full-time equivalent final year.
A year abroad or placement year is weighted zero
A compulsory extramural year must be passed but does not count towards your classification (4.28): the other three years keep the 1 : 3 : 6 weighting between them. Note also that a compulsory year abroad requires a weighted average of 60.0, not 40.0, to progress into it. Four-year degree apprenticeship programmes use 1 : 3 : 3 : 6 instead, and an integrated master’s (MEng or MSci) uses 1 : 3 : 6 : 6 under 4.43, with the same four bands.
A resit is capped, and some programmes are outside this scheme
Regulation 2.87 caps a resit module mark at the pass mark, so enter the capped figure rather than the mark you achieved. And 4.34 lists programmes with their own special regulations that override this scheme — among them all Engineering Council accredited BSc and BEng programmes in EECS and in Engineering and Materials Science, all LLB programmes in the Department of Law, BA Modern Languages, and BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene. The MBBS and BDS do not classify on a Classification Mark at all.
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 Queen Mary’s own regulations:
- Queen Mary University of London — Academic Regulations 2026/27 — 4.32 the 1 : 3 : 6 year weightings and the extramural and degree apprenticeship variants, 4.33 the classification bands, 4.30 the award requirements, 4.28 the extramural year, and 4.43 the integrated master’s weighting; together with 2.113 the Classification Mark, 2.114 to 2.116 the borderline classification policy, 2.6 advanced standing and 2.87 the resit cap.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.