Wrexham University
degree classification calculator
Quick answer: Wrexham takes the better of two methods: your Level 5 and Level 6 averages weighted 30 : 70, or your Level 6 average on its own. Marks are rounded to a whole number, so 69.5 is a First. The borderline is the strictest on this site: land within 2% of a boundary and you need all four of half your Level 6 credits in the higher class, every Level 6 module passed first time, no compensation at Level 6, and a dissertation mark in the higher class. Unusually, the band reaches down to the Third at 38%.
Wrexham degree classification calculator
Levels 5 and 6 weighted 30:70, or Level 6 alone — whichever is higherLevel 5 — second year
Level 6 — final year
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 (1st) | 70% or above | or 68% with at least half of final-year credits at 70% or above, and every Level 6 module passed at the first attempt, and no compensation awarded for any Level 6 module, and a Level 6 dissertation mark in the higher class |
| Second Class Division One (2.1) | 60% or above | or 58% with at least half of final-year credits at 60% or above, and every Level 6 module passed at the first attempt, and no compensation awarded for any Level 6 module, and a Level 6 dissertation mark in the higher class |
| Second Class, Division Two (2.2) | 50% or above | or 48% with at least half of final-year credits at 50% or above, and every Level 6 module passed at the first attempt, and no compensation awarded for any Level 6 module, and a Level 6 dissertation mark in the higher class |
| Third Class (3rd) | 40% or above | or 38% with at least half of final-year credits at 40% or above, and every Level 6 module passed at the first attempt, and no compensation awarded for any Level 6 module, and a Level 6 dissertation mark in the higher class |
What do I need for a First?
The planner under the calculator works backwards from Wrexham’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.
Two methods, and Wrexham uses whichever is better for you
Regulation UG-G 1.2 reviews your mark profile under two methods and takes the highest of the two. Method A — described in the regulations as “consistent performance across Levels 5 and 6” — averages your Level 5 modules, averages your Level 6 modules, and combines the two in the ratio 30 : 70. Method B — “consistent performance in Level 6” — is your Level 6 average alone. A weak second year therefore cannot pull you down, because Method B is always available; a strong one can pull you up. Level 4 never counts, and only numerically assessed modules enter either calculation, so a pass/fail module is simply absent.
The strictest borderline rule on this site — four conditions, all of them required
If your overall mark falls within 2% of the next classification — 68, 58, 48 or 38 and above — the Assessment Board considers you for the higher class. Regulation UG-G 1.5 says all the following criteria must be met, and there are four of them: at least 50% of your Level 6 credits in the higher classification; all Level 6 modules passed at the first attempt; no compensation awarded for any Level 6 module; and the mark for your Level 6 dissertation, or the equivalent substantial piece of work named in your programme specification, itself within the higher classification. Miss any one of the four and 1.6 is explicit that the higher class is not awarded. Only the first condition can be read from your marks — the other three are facts about your assessment history and about which module a mark belongs to, so this calculator asks you to confirm them. Left unticked, it assumes they are not met.
The band reaches the Third, which is unusual
Most universities that operate a borderline zone stop at the third-class boundary: a mark of 38 or 39 is a fail and no profile of credits rescues it. Wrexham’s table at 1.4 runs all the way down — “38% and above: Borderline Third Class” — on exactly the same four conditions as the First. If you are at 38 or 39 with half your Level 6 credits at 40 or above, a clean first-attempt record and a dissertation in the passing range, the Board can award the Third.
Rounding happens before the boundary is tested
UG-G 1.2 says plainly that marks are rounded to the nearest whole number, and 1.3 then reads the classification off whole-number bands. So 69.5 becomes 70 and is a First outright, with no borderline consideration needed. This page shows you the rounded mark, which is the figure that decides your class.
A resit is worth exactly the pass mark, and a repeat year is too
This is the detail that most often makes a calculator disagree with a transcript. A module passed at resit is recorded at the minimum pass mark — 40% (UG-E6.3), however well the resit went, and the same applies to a module passed in a repeat year (UG-E7.3). Coursework submitted up to five working days late is capped at the minimum pass mark, and anything later scores zero (General Regulation E4.2). Enter the capped figure, not the mark on the script — and remember that a Level 6 resit also costs you the borderline, because the second condition requires every Level 6 module to have been passed first time.
Compensation keeps your real mark — and still blocks the borderline
Compensation works the other way round from a resit. Where the Assessment Board compensates a failed module, General Regulation E10.2 says you are given the credit but the mark you obtained remains and will contribute to your overall mark profile — so enter the actual failing mark, not 40. Compensation is capped at 20 credits across a programme (40 for a Foundation Year, 30 on 30-credit structures), and it needs a Level average of at least 40% with at least 35% in the failed module. Note the sting: a compensated Level 6 module satisfies the credit requirements but disqualifies you from the borderline rule under the third condition.
Other Wrexham programmes are classified differently
This page covers the standard three-year Bachelor’s Degree with Honours. Wrexham also runs two-year accelerated degrees structured in blocks rather than levels — Block A is 120 Level 4 credits plus 60 at Level 5, and Block B is the remaining 60 Level 5 credits plus 120 at Level 6 — along with Foundation Year and Industrial Placement Year variants, the latter adding a further 120 Level 5 credits. Foundation Degrees are classified on the average across Levels 4 and 5 with Pass, Merit and Distinction bands, and HNC and HND awards use a points system over the best 80 credits rather than a percentage at all. Your programme specification states any differences that apply to you.
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 Wrexham’s own regulations:
- Wrexham University — Academic Regulations 2025/26 — read in full for classification: UG-G 1.2 the two methods and the 30 : 70 ratio, the restriction to numerically assessed modules and the rounding to whole numbers; 1.3 the classification bands; 1.4 the borderline table including the 38% Third-class borderline; 1.5 the four conditions that must all be met and 1.6 the consequence of missing one; UG-C the programme structures including the two-year block model and the placement year; UG-D module pass marks; UG-E6.3 the recording of a passed resit at the minimum pass mark and UG-E7.3 the same for a repeat year; General Regulation E10 on compensation, including E10.2 that a compensated module keeps its own mark; and E4.2 the late submission penalties.
Regulations change between intakes. Your own cohort’s handbook is always authoritative.