University of Warwick
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Warwick sets the year weightings in each course’s own regulations. Many three-year courses weight Year 2 and Year 3 equally at 50:50, which is what this calculator uses. Fall within 2.0% below a boundary and the Board of Examiners may consider you for the higher class.
Warwick degree classification calculator
Years 2 and 3 at 50:50Year 2 (weight 50%)
Year 3 (weight 50%)
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 Warwick’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.
Your course sets the weighting
Warwick’s conventions say course regulations specify the weightings for each year or stage. The 50:50 used here is common for three-year courses, but check your course handbook — if yours differs, the number this gives you will be wrong.
How the mean is formed
Module marks are weighted by credit (CATS) size and then by year, and the mean is expressed as a percentage rounded to one decimal place.
The 2% borderline zone
Where the mean falls below a class boundary but within 2.0% of it, the Board considers the candidate against published borderline criteria. The calculator tells you when you are in that zone; it cannot tell you the outcome, which is a judgement.
Which rules apply to you
Warwick has three sets of rules live at once: conventions for students who joined between 2013 and 2019/20, separate conventions for 2020/21 entrants, and the Rules for Award for anyone starting from 2021/22. The shape above is common to them, but confirm yours.
Minimum credits
For a bachelor’s degree a student must pass at least 270 CATS credits across the course, including at least 90 at FHEQ level 6.
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 Warwick’s own regulations:
- Warwick — Undergraduate degree classification convention — the classification rules: credit and year weighting, the mean rounded to one decimal place, and the 2.0% borderline zone with List B criteria. Also names the three rule sets by entry year.
- Warwick — End of year results — confirms that many three-year degrees use the Year 2 and Year 3 averages weighted equally at 50% each, and that year averages are credit-weighted.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.