The University of Manchester
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Manchester lets each school choose between two weightings for a three-year degree: Year 1 at 0%, Year 2 at 33% and Year 3 at 67%; or Year 1 at 10%, Year 2 at 30% and Year 3 at 60%. Pick your school’s option in the calculator; your programme handbook says which applies.
Manchester degree classification calculator
Option 1 (0 : 33 : 67) or option 2 (10 : 30 : 60)Paragraph M59 lets each school choose one of these two for three-year bachelor’s degrees. It is set by your school, not chosen per student — and not the better of the two. Your programme handbook says which.
Year 1 / Level 4 (weight 0 in option 1, 10 in option 2)
Year 2 / Level 5 (weight 33 in option 1, 30 in option 2)
Year 3 / Level 6 (weight 67 in option 1, 60 in option 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) | 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’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 options, chosen by your school
Manchester’s Undergraduate Degree Regulations let schools implement either 0 / 0.33 / 0.67 or 0.1 / 0.3 / 0.6 across Levels 4, 5 and 6. Your programme handbook says which. The difference can change a class, so it is worth checking before you rely on any figure.
Four-year integrated master’s
A four-year degree is weighted 0.06 at Level 4, 0.19 at Level 5, 0.375 at Level 6 and 0.375 at Level 7.
A rule that can move you down
Manchester’s regulations also provide that a student whose overall mark falls in a class but who has less than a specified fraction of final-year credits at 40.0% or above is awarded the class below. The calculator does not model this; it is set per programme.
Programme handbooks take precedence
Faculty-approved variances to the degree regulations are described in programme handbooks and override the general rules, including for professional accreditation.
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’s own regulations:
- The University of Manchester — Undergraduate Degree Regulations — paragraph 59: the two weighting options schools may choose for three-year bachelors, and the four-year weights; the borderline provisions and the rule that can reduce a classification; and the note that programme handbook variances take precedence.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.