Academic Grading in Australia - Grade Point Average

Grade Point Average

Grade point averages are not generally used in Australia below a tertiary level. They are calculated according to a more complicated formula than in some other nations:

Grade Point Average (GPA) = Sum of (grade points × course unit value) / total number of credit points attempted

Where grade points are as follows:

Grade CSU USQ Monash Macquarie Bond
RMIT		 Flinders
Newcastle
SCU		 UWS
QUT
UQ
Griffith		 ACU UTS UWA Adelaide UniSA
High Distinction
7
7
4
4
4
7
7
7
4
7
7
7
Distinction
6
6
3
4
3
6
6
6
3.5
6
6
6
Credit
5
5
2
3
2
5
5
5
2.5
5
5
5
Pass
4
4
1
2
1
4
4
4
1.5
4
4
4.5 (P1) / 4 (P2)
Conceded Pass / Near Pass / Fail Level 1
3
3
0.7
1
0
n/a
3
3
0.5
4
3
3.5 (Supp.) / 3 (Conc.)
Fail
0
1.5
0.3
0
0
0
2
1
0.5
0
1.5
1.5 (F1 / F) / 1 (F2)
Withdrawn Fail
0
1.5
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1.5

A conceded pass is a pass for a course that has been awarded only after supplementary assessment has been undertaken by the student.

Where a course result is a Non-Graded Pass, the result will only be included if the GPA is less than 4, and will be assigned the grade point of 4, otherwise NGP results will be disregarded. The term course unit values is used to distinguish between courses which have different weightings, for example between a full year course and a single semester course.

Some other universities, such as the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and the University of Wollongong, use a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for the same purpose as a GPA, however this is based on the raw percentage grades, or marks, achieved by the student rather than grade points such as High Distinction or Distinction.

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