degree grading

bnev

hey,

does anyone know how degree results are graded......as in what average percentages you need for a 1.1, 2.1, 2.2???

thanks
bnev

Gazza22

I'm open to correction, but as far as i know it's:

First Class Honours, aka a 1st, is 70% or above

Second Class Honours Upper, aka a 2:1, is 60-69%

Second Class Honours Lower, aka a 2:2, is 50-59%

Pass is 40-49%

Fail is <40%

Darren1o1

Gazza22 wrote:

I'm open to correction, but as far as i know it's:

First Class Honours, aka a 1st, is 70% or above

Second Class Honours Upper, aka a 2:1, is 60-69%

Second Class Honours Lower, aka a 2:2, is 50-59%

Pass is 40-49%

Fail is <40%

I think some universities have 3rd class honours such as DCU where it goes

First Class Honours is 70% or above

Second Class Honours Upper is 63-69%

Second Class Honours Lower is 55-62%

Third Class Honours is 50-54%

Pass is 40-49%

Fail is <40%

claire h

Darren1o1 wrote:

I think some universities have 3rd class honours...

In Trinity, a III is 40-49%, there's no mark that's just 'pass'. In UCD, before they switched over to whatever crazy Americanised system they're on now, a pass was 40-44%, and a III was 45-49%.

As far as I know, a I being 70+ is pretty standard.

claire h

claire h wrote:

In Trinity, a III is 40-49%, there's no mark that's just 'pass'.

There's a corollary to this: It is still possible to obtain a pass degree, but that's usually by failing part of a course.