University of Nottingham
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Nottingham weights Part I (your second year) at 33% and Part II (your final year) at 67%, and rounds the weighted average to a whole number before classifying it. Only a rounded 69, 59 or 49 counts as borderline — and there, the higher class must be given if two thirds of your final-stage credits, or two thirds of your final and penultimate credits together, are already in it.
Nottingham degree classification calculator
Part I 33% : Part II 67%Qualifying year (does not count)
Part I / second year (weight 33%)
Part II / final year (weight 67%)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Class I (First) | 70% or above | or 69% with at least either two thirds of final-year credits at 70% or above, or two thirds of counting credits at 70% or above |
| Class II-1 (2:1) | 60% or above | or 59% with at least either two thirds of final-year credits at 60% or above, or two thirds of counting credits at 60% or above |
| Class II-2 (2:2) | 50% or above | or 49% with at least either two thirds of final-year credits at 50% or above, or two thirds of counting credits at 50% or above |
| Class III (Third) | 40% or above | — |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from Nottingham’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.
The weighting is a regulation, but not on the classification page
The degree classification page states only that standardised weightings between Parts apply unless a professional body exemption is recorded in your course specification. The numbers are set separately, in the Course specification regulations: a Bachelor’s degree must be 33/67 across Parts I and II, and an integrated Master’s 20/40/40 across Parts I, II and III. This calculator uses 33/67. If your course carries a PSRB exemption it will say so in your course specification, and that overrides this.
Your qualifying year does not count
Regulation 24 excludes marks from the foundation or qualifying stage from the final mark calculation. So for a three-year degree it is your second and third years that decide the class — Nottingham calls them Part I and Part II.
A resit mark never counts towards your class
Regulation 24 also excludes marks awarded on reassessment from the final mark calculation for Honours and integrated Master’s degrees. This is stricter than the usual “capped at 40”: the resit gets you the credit and lets you progress, but it does not feed the classification.
Everything is rounded to a whole number
A module mark is rounded to an integer, and the overall credit-weighted average is rounded to the nearest integer before it is read against the classification table — with x.5 going up, so 69.5 becomes 70 and a First is awarded outright.
Borderline means exactly 69, 59 or 49 — nothing else
Only those three rounded marks are borderline. There is no borderline at the III/Fail boundary, and none at Pass/Fail for ordinary degrees. Land on one and the standardised weighted profiling system applies: you must be given the higher class if either two thirds or more of your final-stage credits are in it, or two thirds or more of your final and penultimate stage credits together are. Either route is enough on its own.
The fraction counts modules the average left out
Regulation 26(a) is specific: when the fraction of credits at the higher level is worked out, all modules are counted — including any excluded from the final average because of approved extenuating circumstances under 26(b). This calculator works from the modules you enter, so if you had marks discounted, those credits still belong in the fraction.
The class can never be moved down
Regulation 27 leaves no discretion to award a lower classification than the final mark indicates.
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 Nottingham’s own regulations:
- University of Nottingham — Quality Manual: Undergraduate degree classification from September 2020 — read in full: 2.2 on standardised weightings between Parts, 2.3 the arithmetic mean model and Table 1 of classification bands, the list of rounded marks treated as borderline, and 2.5 the standardised weighted profiling system with its two-thirds criteria.
- University of Nottingham — Quality Manual: Course specification regulations — 2.3.8.1 gives the standardised weightings themselves — 33/67 for a Bachelor’s and 20/40/40 for an integrated Master’s, unless exempted for professional body requirements. These are regulations: course specifications form part of the university’s regulations and must be adhered to.
- University of Nottingham — Undergraduate Regulations from September 2020 — Regulation 24 on qualifying-stage and reassessment marks, 25 on combining stage marks, 26(a) on the borderline algorithm counting all modules, and 27 on there being no discretion to lower a class.
- University of Nottingham — Quality Manual: Marking and grading — 2.8 sets the rounding convention: the overall credit-weighted average is rounded to the nearest integer, with 69.5 going to 70.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.