Grades and grading

Utrecht University assigns grades on a 10-point scale: 1 is the lowest grade and 10 is the highest grade. On this page you will find more information about grades and results, including a table of final grades.

Rules for grading and results

  • A 5 (or lower) counts as fail; a 6 (or higher) as pass.
  • You will need a passing grade for all courses that are part of your degree programme in order to be able to graduate.
  • Only passing grades are recorded on the International Diploma Supplement. 
Read more about deregistration from tests and retakes

Final course grades

Final course grades are rounded off according to these rules:

From 5 tot 5.5

Round off to 5

From 5.5 to 6.25

Round off to 6

From 6.25 tot 6.75

Round off to 6.5

From 6.75 to 7.25

Round off to 7

From 7.25 to 7.75

Round off to 7.5

From 7.75 to 8.25

Round off to 8

From 8.25 to 8.75

Round off to 8.5

From 8.75 to 9.25

Round off to 9

From 9.25 to 9.75

Round off to 9.5

From 9.75 to 10

Round off to 10

Your UU grades abroad: grading tables

    To help foreign universities interpret the value of our grades, we publish grading tables that show which percentage of all passing grades in the past 3 years were a 6.0, a 6.5, a 7.5, etc. The tables are published on your International Diploma Supplement.

    More information

    Conversion table Gemma

    Full table

    Download the full conversion table for GEMMA students (pdf)

    8.5 - 10
    • ECTS: A+ (5%)
    • YORK: 81-85
    • OVD/GR: 10 MH
    • CEU: A 4 (GPA) 93-100
    • LODZ: 5
    • BOL: 30 Lode
    8-8.4
    • ECTS: A (25%)
    • YORK: 75-80
    • OVD/GR: 9.5-10 Sob
    • CEU: A 4 (GPA) 93-100
    • LODZ: 5
    • BOL: 30
    7.5-7.9
    • ECTS: A (25%)
    • YORK: 70-74
    • OVD/GR: 9 - 9,4 Sob
    • CEU: A- 3.67 85-92
    • LODZ: 4.5
    • BOL: 29
    7-7.4
    • ECTS: B (30%)
    • YORK: 65-69
    • OVD/GR: 8 – 8,9 Not
    • CEU: B+ 3.33 84-76
    • LODZ: 4
    • BOL: 28
    6.5-6.9
    • ECTS: B (30%)
    • YORK: 60-64
    • OVD/GR: 7-7.9 Not
    • CEU: B 3 67-75
    • LODZ: 4
    • BOL: 27
    6-6.4
    • ECTS: C (25%) 
    • YORK: 55-59
    • OVD/GR: 6 – 6.9 Ap 
    • CEU: B- 2.67 58-66 
    • LODZ: 3.5
    • BOL: 25-26
    5.5-5.9
    • ECTS: C (25%)
      • YORK: 50-54
      • OVD/GR: 5,5 - 5,9 Ap
      • CEU: C+ 2.33 50-57
      • LODZ: 3
      • BOL: 24-22
    • ECTS: D (10%)
      • YORK: 40-49
      • OVD/GR: 5-5.4
      • CEU: C+ 2.33 50-57
      • LODZ: 2.1-2.9
      • BOL: 18-21
    0-5.5
    • ECTS: F (5%)
    • YORK: 0-39
    • OVD/GR: 0-4.9 Susp
    • CEU: F 0-5.5
    • LODZ: 2
    • BOL: 0-17

    Gemma conversion table York University (for students on the GEMMA degree programme only)

    Full table

    Download the conversion table for York University (pdf)

    Distinguished performance at postgraduate level
    • 100  = 10 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 95 = 9.5 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 90 = 9 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 85 = 8.5 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 84 = 8.5
    • 83 = 8.4
    • 82 = 8.4
    • 81 = 8.3
    • 80 = 8.3
    • 79 = 8.3
    • 78 = 8.2
    • 77 = 8.2
    • 76 = 8.2
    • 75 = 8.1
    • 74 = 8.1
    • 73 = 8.1
    • 72 = 8 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 71 = 8
    • 70 = 8
    Good performance at postgraduate level
    • 69 = 7.9
    • 68 = 7.8
    • 67 = 7.7
    • 66 = 7.6
    • 65 = 7.5 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 64 = 7.4
    • 63 = 7.3
    • 62 = 7.2
    • 61 = 7.1
    • 60 = 7 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    Satisfactory performance at postgraduate level
    • 59 = 6.9
    • 58 = 6.8
    • 57 = 6.7
    • 56 = 6.6
    • 55 = 6.5 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    • 54 = 6.4
    • 53 = 6.3
    • 52 = 6.2
    • 51 = 6.1
    • 50 = 6 (this reflects a mark York students would receive for grades at Utrecht University)
    Fail
    • 0-49 fail = 5.9 or below