University of the Punjab

Gujranwala Campus

 

Grading System and Calculation of GPA, CGPA

 

1.        Letter grading should only be used for representing the individual courses and not for semester GPA or CGPA.

2.        Equivalence in numerical grades, letter grades and grade points will be as follows:

 

Percent

Letter

Grade

Marks

Grade

Points

85 & above

A

4.00

80-84

A-

3.70

75-79

B+

3.30

70-74

B

3.00

65-69

B-

2.70

61-64

C+

2.30

58-60

C

2.00

55-57

C-

1.70

50-54

D

1.00

Below 50

F

0.00

Withdraw

W

 

 

Fail due to Attendance shortage will he represented as FW (forced withdraw!)

3.          Maximum possible Grade Point Average is 4.00

4.          Minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average for Obtaining 4 and / or.5 years Bachelors and 2 years MA/ M. Sc degree is 2.00.

5.          A fraction of mark in a course is to be counted as ' 1' mark e.g. 64.1 or 64.9 is to be shown as 65.

6.  Letter Grade and Grade Point for a course will be calculated according to Regulation XIV (1) above

Example:

Examination

Weightage

Marks Obtained

Mid Semester

35%

20.0

Assignment

25%

16.4

Final Examination

40%

35.0

Total:

100%

71.4

 

The score will be rounded to 72.

Letter Grade in this case will be 'B'

Grade Point in this case will be 3.00

7.     In order to calculate the GPA, multiply Grade Point with the Credit Hours in each Course obtain total grade points, add up to cumulative Grade Points and divide by the total number of Credit Hours to get the GPA for the Semester.

Example No. 1

In case of equal credit hour courses:

Course Grades

Course No

Credit Hours

Grade

Grade Point

Total Grade Point

531

3

B

3.00

             (3.00x3)   =    09.00

534

3

C+

2.30

            (2.30x3)   =    06.90

547

3

A

4.0

            (4.00x3)   =    12.00

550

3

A-

3.7

             (3.70x3)   =    11.10

571

3

F

Zero

             (0.00x3)   =    00.00

 

Cumulative Grade Points      =          39.00

Total Credit Hours                =          15

Grade Point average             =           2.60

 

Example No. 2

In case of equal credit hour courses:

Course Grades

Course No

Credit Hours

Grade

Grade Point

Total Grade Point

510

4

B

3.00

            (3.00x4)   =    12.00

511

3

A-

3.70

            (3.70x3)   =    11.10

512

4

C+

2.30

            (2.30x4)   =    09.20

550

2

A

4.0

            (4.00x2)   =    08.00

575

2

C

2.0

            (2.00x4)   =    04.00

 

Cumulative Grade Points      =          44.3

Total Credit Hours                =          15

Grade Point average             =           2.94

 

Course with 'F' will be counted as 'Zero' Grade Point for calculation of semester Grade Point Average.' Calculation of cumulative grade point average will only be made when a candidate has passed all the courses required for the award of degree.

 

The percentage of marks or values of grades other than given grade points should not be reported on the transcripts.