Turn a UK percentage mark into its degree classification and an approximate US 4.0 GPA, or convert a GPA back to a typical percentage. Values are indicative and vary by university.
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Pick a direction, then enter the grade: 0–100 for a percentage or 0–4 for a GPA.
Values are approximate. UK-to-GPA equivalents have no official formula and thresholds vary by university. For applications, use the receiving institution's own conversion.
Equivalent: 4.00 · First-class (1st)Tools for pupils and students. Approximate conversion between a UK percentage mark, the degree classification and a US-style 4.0 GPA. Everything runs instantly in your browser, no account, no data sent.
A percentage maps to a UK classification (First, 2:1, 2:2, Third, Fail), which in turn has an approximate GPA on the 4.0 scale. Converting the other way, a GPA is matched to the nearest classification and its typical percentage band.
72% → First-class (1st) → GPA ≈ 4.0. A GPA of 3.5 → Upper second (2:1) → typically 60–69%.
The usual bands are 70%+ First-class (1st), 60–69% Upper second (2:1), 50–59% Lower second (2:2), 40–49% Third (3rd) and below 40% Fail. Individual universities may set slightly different thresholds.
A First is usually equated with a 4.0 GPA, a 2:1 with roughly 3.3–3.7, a 2:2 with about 2.7–3.0 and a Third with about 2.0. These are approximations — there is no single official UK-to-GPA formula.
No. It is an indicative guide. For applications abroad, use the receiving institution's own conversion or a recognised credential-evaluation service (for example WES), as each defines its own scale.
US GPAs come from letter grades on a different distribution, so mapping a UK mark to a GPA is a judgement call. Universities and evaluators use different tables, which is why the values here are shown as approximate.
An Upper second (2:1) is typically 60–69%. In GPA terms it is usually treated as roughly 3.3–3.7 out of 4.0.
Your overall mark is a credit-weighted average of your module marks, often with later years weighted more heavily. Use the weighted-average or ECTS-credits calculator to compute it, then convert here.