Grades and grading
Some important facts about grading at Urecht University:
- Utrecht University uses a 10-point scale: 1 being the lowest grade and 10 the highest grade.
- 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 (addendum to your diploma).
- Did you fail a course with a score of 4 or more? In that case, you can take 1 additional or substitute test in order to pass, if you have fulfilled all obligations during the course. If you fail this test as well, you must retake the course.
- You cannot take an additional or substitute test if you have been awarded a pass.
- Final course grades are rounded off according to this table:
Final course grades
| From 5 to 5.5 | Round off to 5 |
|---|---|
| From 5.5 to 6.25 | Round off to 6 |
| From 6.25 to 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.