University College London
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: UCL does not use a plain 70% boundary. A First needs a Final Weighted Mark of 69.50%, or 68.50% if at least half your final-year credits are 70% or more. Year 1 and Year 2 count only your best 90 credits, and the years are weighted 1 : 3 : 5.
UCL degree classification calculator
Scheme A, UCL’s defaultYear 1 (best 90 credits, weight 1)
Year 2 (best 90 credits, weight 3)
Year 3 (all 120 credits, weight 5)
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) | 69.5% or above | or 68.5% with at least 50% of final-year credits at 70% or above |
| Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) | 59.5% or above | or 58.5% with at least 50% of final-year credits at 60% or above |
| Lower Second Class Honours (2:2) | 49.5% or above | or 48.5% with at least 50% of final-year credits at 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 UCL’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.
Weighting
Scheme A, which UCL uses unless a programme is approved otherwise, weights a three-year bachelor’s Year 1 at 1, Year 2 at 3 and Year 3 at 5. A four-year integrated master’s adds Year 4 at 5.
Only your best credits count in Years 1 and 2
In Scheme A only your best 90 of 120 credits count in Year 1 and again in Year 2; all 120 count in the final year. The calculator does this for you — enter every module and it drops the weakest credits itself.
The thresholds are not 70 and 60
A First needs 69.50%, a 2:1 59.50% and a 2:2 49.50%. Each also has an uplift: 68.50% gives a First if at least half your final-year credits are 70% or above, and the same shape applies one class down.
Schemes B and C
Some programmes are approved to use Scheme B (all 120 credits every year, weighted 1 : 3 : 5) or Scheme C (Year 1 weighted 0, then 3 : 5). Your programme handbook says which applies. This calculator uses Scheme A.
Placement and study-abroad years
An additional or extra-mural placement or study-abroad year is weighted 0. If it falls in your final year, the year before it is treated as the final year for classification.
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 UCL’s own regulations:
- UCL Academic Manual — Chapter 4, Section 4: Classification — published for 2026–27. Read in full: 4.1 the calculation and rounding, 4.1.2 counting marks, 4.3.2–4.3.4 Schemes A, B and C, 4.3.5 the classification thresholds and uplift rules, 4.1.6 placements and study abroad.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.