What are the grade boundaries?

Undergraduate programmes, including Bachelor and Integrated Masters

If you are an undergraduate student, you need to obtain the following overall percentages to reach your desired final class:

• Below 40% - Fail

• 40% - 49% - Third

• 50% - 59% - 2:2 (Lower Second)

• 60% - 69% - 2:1 (Upper Second)

• 70% or over - First

For BVMSci Veterinary Medicine and Science (FHEQ Level 4, 5, 6 and 7 modules) the pass mark is 50%. For the pass mark for the Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS, School of Medicine, please see Exceptions to A1. Regulations for taught programmes for the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) Graduate Medicine programme document (PDF) for further details.

Classification outcomes are outlined within our A1: Regulations for taught programmes.

If you are a graduating undergraduate student on a Bachelor Honours or Integrated Masters degree programme, and your award classification result falls within 2% of a degree classification boundary, you may, subject to Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Body (PSRB) requirements, be considered for a final classification borderline upgrade. In such cases, we will review your academic performance at your final level of study and consider eligibility for this. Students on a Medicine or Veterinary Medicine course are excluded from this (these programmes are not eligible).

Postgraduate taught degree programmes

If you are a postgraduate student, you need to obtain the following overall percentages to reach your desired final grade:

• Below 50% – fail

• 50% - 59% - pass

• 60% - 69% - merit

• 70% or over - distinction

Further information about the final degree grading is outlined within our A1: Regulations for taught programmes.