University of Leeds
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Leeds weights Year 2 and Year 3 1 : 2, so the final year counts twice as much. Its boundaries are 70 / 60 / 50 / 40, but any average within 0.5 of a boundary is automatically lifted to it — so 69.5 becomes 70.0 and a First is awarded, with no Board discretion needed.
Leeds degree classification calculator
Years 2 and 3 at 1 : 2Year 2 (weight 1)
Year 3 (weight 2)
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 | — |
| Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) | 59.5% or above | — |
| Lower Second Class Honours (2:2) | 49.5% or above | — |
| Third Class Honours (3rd) | 40% or above | — |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from Leeds’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.
The automatic 0.5 lift
Leeds’s Annex 1 states that any classification average within 0.5 of a boundary is automatically lifted to that boundary, and gives 69.5 becoming 70.0 as its own example. That is a rule, not a favour, so the calculator applies it: a First shows from 69.5, a 2:1 from 59.5 and a 2:2 from 49.5.
Which set of rules applies to you
Leeds runs two iterations side by side. Iteration B, used here, applies if you started your programme in 2022/23 or later and started your final year in 2024/25 or later. Iteration A applies to everyone else, and it works differently: the class is the better of a 1:1 or a 1:2 weighting, the average sits on a 0–10 scale with thresholds of 6.85, 5.90, 4.95 and 4.00, and the 0.05 band below each threshold is Board discretion rather than an automatic lift.
Integrated master’s
A four-year integrated master’s weights Years 2, 3 and 4 at 1 : 2 : 2, and a 2+2 programme at 0 : 1 : 2. The thresholds are the same.
Things that can stop a classification
You must pass the module or modules designated as your Final Year Project to be eligible for a classified honours degree at all, and pass at least 100 credits at each of levels 1, 2 and 3. Resit marks are capped at 40.
Study abroad and placements
Most study-abroad and industrial-placement years are not weighted in the classification; where a term or semester is spent away, those modules are zero-weighted and the rest of the year is weighted normally. Some programmes weight them, and the programme specification says which.
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 Leeds’s own regulations:
- University of Leeds — Rules for Award — read in full: section 10 for classified honours (10.5 weighting, 10.6 minimum, 10.7 thresholds), section 13 for integrated master’s, Annex 1 for the classification boundaries and the automatic 0.5 lift, and the Iteration A and B scope statements.
- Leeds — Classification (for students) — confirms the 1:2 weighting between years 2 and 3 for bachelor’s degrees and 1:2:2 for integrated master’s, and points to Leeds’s own downloadable classification calculators.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.