University of Sheffield
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Sheffield’s boundaries are not 70 / 60 / 50 / 40. A First starts at a weighted mean grade of 69.5, a 2:1 at 59.5, a 2:2 at 49.5 and a Third at 44.5. Level 5 counts 33.3% and Level 6 counts 66.7%, and a mark in the 1.5-point borderline band below a boundary is raised if half your credits already sit in the higher class.
Sheffield degree classification calculator
Levels 5 and 6 at 33.3% : 66.7%Year 1 / FHEQ Level 4 (does not count)
FHEQ Level 5 (weight 33.3%)
FHEQ Level 6 (weight 66.7%)
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) | 69.5% or above | or 68.0% with at least 50% of counting credits at 69.5% or above |
| Class II Division I (2:1) | 59.5% or above | or 58.0% with at least 50% of counting credits at 59.5% or above |
| Class II Division II (2:2) | 49.5% or above | or 48.0% with at least 50% of counting credits at 49.5% or above |
| Class III (Third) | 44.5% or above | or 43.5% with at least 50% of counting credits at 44.5% or above |
| Pass (unclassified) | 39.5% or above | or 38.0% with at least 50% of counting credits at 39.5% or above |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from Sheffield’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 thresholds are not round numbers
Regulation 61 sets Class I at 69.5, Class II Division I at 59.5, Class II Division II at 49.5, Class III at 44.5 and a Pass at 39.5. Sheffield is the only university on this site so far whose Third starts at 44.5 rather than 40, with an unclassified Pass below it.
The 1.5-point borderline band
Each class has a borderline range immediately below it — 68.0–69.4 for a First, 58.0–59.4 for a 2:1, 48.0–49.4 for a 2:2, 43.5–44.4 for a Third and 38.0–39.4 for a Pass. Land in one and the higher class is recommended where at least 50% of the credits you took at FHEQ Levels 5, 6 and 7 already meet the higher class’s threshold. Note what is being counted: plain credits across both counting levels, not final-year credits and not credits re-weighted by year.
Which years count
Classification takes account of performance at FHEQ Levels 5 and 6 (and Level 7 where a programme has it). Year 1 does not count. Level 5 is weighted 33.3% and Level 6 66.7%, unless an alternative calculation is required for external accreditation.
Integrated master’s
A four-year integrated master’s is weighted 20% at Level 5, 40% at Level 6 and 40% at Level 7, and needs a weighted mean grade above 49.5 for the award. This calculator uses the three-year bachelor’s weighting.
Rounding and resits
The weighted mean grade is calculated to one decimal place, and unit grades are whole numbers — so “meets the threshold for the higher class” means a unit grade of 70 or more for a First. A unit passed after a resit is capped at the pass mark.
What the examiners still decide
Regulation 62 keeps the last word with the Examiners: they recommend the classification that, on all the evidence, best reflects your overall performance.
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’s own regulations:
- University of Sheffield — Regulation XV: General Regulations for First Degrees — read in full: paragraph 58 on which levels count, 59 for the 33.3 / 66.7 weighting and one-decimal-place calculation, 60 for the integrated master’s weighting, 61 for the classification thresholds, borderline ranges and the 50%-of-credits rule, and 62 on the Examiners’ overall judgement.
- University of Sheffield — Degree Outcomes Statement — confirms the change from two calculations to a single weighted mean grade for awards from 2023–24 onwards, and restates the 1.5-point borderline with the 50%-of-contributing-credits uplift.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.