UCL · 2026–27 numeric academic records
UCL Degree Classification Calculator
Compare counting credits, year weights and final-year borderline credit shares.
Example record — replace with yours
Use final numeric marks, including any official caps. No student identifiers needed.
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UCL 2026–27 standard numeric rules. Programme and Board decisions remain authoritative.
Calculation and rule trace
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Choose the programme scheme, not the most favourable result
UCL programmes identify their approved classification scheme in their programme information. This calculator covers the numeric marking scale for a standard three-year Bachelors record with 120 credits in each year. Confirm your own scheme before changing the example. Scheme A counts the best 90 credits from year one, the best 90 from year two and all 120 from year three. The year weights are 1:3:5. Scheme B counts all 120 credits in every year but still uses 1:3:5, not three equally weighted annual means.
Scheme C excludes the first year from the final weighted mark and uses all year-two and year-three credits at 3:5. You must still enter the complete first-year record: exclusion from classification does not mean those modules disappear from award requirements. Enter officially recorded final marks, including caps already applied, and original study years. Do not move repeated modules into a later year to change the weighting.
Check the counting-credit trace
The worksheet first calculates each counting annual mean, then applies year weights and rounds the final weighted mark to two decimal places. For Scheme A it orders modules by mark and selects whole modules up to 90 credits. If the boundary crosses a module, the tool stops rather than inventing a partial credit allocation. Confirm that counting set with your programme instead of changing credit sizes just to force a result.
For example, Scheme B annual means of 50, 60 and 70 produce (50 + 3×60 + 5×70) ÷ 9 = 64.44, not 60.00. This asymmetric example distinguishes year weighting from an ordinary average. The trace separates the counting-credit amount from the annual multiplier so both can be checked against your record.
Classification follows award eligibility
A first-class estimate requires a final weighted mark of at least 69.50, or at least 68.50 with module marks of at least 70.00 in at least half the final-year credits. The upper-second thresholds are 59.50, or 58.50 with half the final-year credits at least 60.00. Lower-second uses the corresponding 49.50 and 48.50 thresholds; third-class requires at least 40.00. Credits, not the number of modules, determine the borderline share.
The award confirmation is an input, not an automatic decision from this classification calculation. Uncheck it if award requirements have not been established. Integrated Masters, additional placement years, top-up degrees, non-modular schemes, letter grades and programme exceptions are outside this three-year worksheet. The Board of Examiners, not this estimate, confirms the award.
Official sources
UCL 2026–27 regulations reviewed 7 October 2026. Use your programme information to confirm scope and exceptions.