Sheffield Hallam University
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Sheffield Hallam takes the better of two methods — Level 5 at 25% with Level 6 at 75%, or Level 6 alone — and the Assessment Board picks whichever gives you the higher class. The part most summaries miss: for results confirmed before 2 November 2026, both methods average only the 100 highest marked credits at each level, so your worst 20 credits at each level are thrown away first. After that date all 120 credits count. A First needs 70%, or 68.01% with 70% or more in at least 60 credits at Level 6. There is no borderline route at the Third boundary.
Sheffield Hallam degree classification calculator
Best of two methods, on the 100 highest marked creditsThis is about when your Assessment Board confirmed your results, not when you started. Regulation 10 prints both versions.
Level 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 | or 68.01% with at least 60 credits in the final year at 70% or above |
| Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) | 60% or above | or 58.01% with at least 60 credits in the final year at 60% or above |
| Lower Second Class Honours (2:2) | 50% or above | or 48.01% 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 Sheffield Hallam’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 best-credits rule 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.
Two methods, and the better one is chosen for you
Regulation 10.4 gives two calculations and says the method used “will be the one that gives the student the best outcome and will be automatically selected and verified by the Assessment Board”. Method 1 weights Level 5 at 25% and Level 6 at 75%. Method 2 ignores Level 5 entirely and runs on Level 6 alone. You do not choose and you do not apply; whichever is higher is the one that counts. Level 4 does not enter either calculation.
Your worst 20 credits at each level are discarded — for now
This is the rule that makes Sheffield Hallam different from every other best-of-two university on this site. For results confirmed before 2 November 2026, both methods average only the 100 highest marked credits at each level, not all 120. A single bad 20-credit module at Level 6 simply vanishes from the calculation. For results confirmed after that date, the regulation replaces both methods with versions using all 120 credits at each level. Same weightings, same two methods, different denominator — and it can move a class on its own.
The borderline is a volume of final-year credits, not a judgement
Each of the top three classes has a second route, and all three have the same shape: an average in the band just below the boundary, and at least 60 credits at Level 6 marked at the class you are asking for. A First needs an average of 68.01% to 69.99% with 70% or more in 60 Level 6 credits; a 2:1 needs 58.01% to 59.99% with 60% or more in 60 credits; a 2:2 needs 48.01% to 49.99% with 50% or more in 60 credits. Note the band opens at 68.01, not 68.00 — a flat 68.00 is outside it. No committee discretion is involved: the credits are either there or they are not.
There is no borderline at the Third boundary
The Third Class row in Regulation 10.4 is a bare band — 40% to 49.99% — with no second route printed beside it. An average of 39.99% is not an honours degree, and there is no volume of credits that changes that. Sheffield Hallam says this by omission rather than by a clause, which is the same way Queen Mary, Nottingham and Nottingham Trent handle the pass border. What may be available instead is an ordinary degree, which needs 300 credits including at least 60 at Level 6 and is graded Pass, Merit or Distinction on its own bands (10.7).
Credit from elsewhere counts towards the award but not towards the class
Regulation 10 is explicit about transferred credit: it can be used towards your award, but “the marks for that credit will not be used to calculate classification”. So a module studied at another institution fills a gap in your 360 credits and then disappears from the arithmetic. An honours degree also needs a minimum of 120 credits studied at Sheffield Hallam. Do not enter transferred modules in this calculator.
What this page does not model
Regulation 10.5 classifies integrated master’s degrees on Levels 6 and 7 with its own pair of methods, including a three-level 20:30:50 variant, and its borderline tests count Level 7 credits rather than Level 6 — a different calculation that deserves its own page rather than a checkbox here. Postgraduate awards (10.6) and the ordinary degree (10.7) use Pass, Merit and Distinction bands instead of honours classes. This calculator covers the honours bachelor’s degree in 10.4 only. Regulation 10 also states no rounding rule for the final average, so this page classifies the unrounded figure, which is the cautious reading.
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 Sheffield Hallam’s own regulations:
- Sheffield Hallam University — Standard Assessment Regulations, Regulation 10: Calculation of Awards — read in full: 10.4 the honours degree classification table with its three borderline routes and the 60-credit Level 6 condition, both pairs of calculation methods and the 2 November 2026 split between the 100-highest-marked-credits regime and the all-120-credits regime, and the minimum credit requirements; 10.5 the integrated master’s methods and its Level 7 borderline tests; 10.7 the ordinary degree bands; and the opening statement that transferred credit counts towards the award but not towards the classification.
- Sheffield Hallam University — Standard Assessment Regulations — the regulation set Regulation 10 sits in, including Regulation 6 on compensation and Regulation 9 on late submission, both of which affect the module marks that reach the classification.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.