Conversion of results for local admission

If you are applying through local admission, we use the conversion scales below to calculate your points for admission.

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Important

Conversion scales for education from outside of Norway are guiding scales, and will be used as a starting point for the assessment of the application. If we do not have information regarding your grading scale below, you must upload documentation of the grading scale used in your diploma. The documentation of grading scale might be the diploma supplement, or a different official document from your university that shows the entire grading scale used in your degree.

The conversion tables on this website are in use by the local admission office for admission to Master's degrees. If you have questions regarding them, please send the questions to masteropptak@uis.no.

Norwegian grading scale

Regulations concerning admission to studies and courses at the University of Stavanger, section 3-3, part 2, contains grading scales from letter grade (passing grade A-E) and numerical grade (passing grade 1,0-4,0) to numerical value that we use to calculate the grade point average.

Letter gradeNumerical grade from former systemNumerical value
A1,0 - 2,25
B2,3 - 2,54
C2,6 - 2,73
D2,8 - 3,02
E3,1 - 4,01

Letter grade A-F is usually in use in Norway currently, and the Numerical grade system was mostly in use in Norway before the ECTS letter grades were introduced. The Numerical value is the scale that we use to calculate a Grade point average for local applicants.

Australia

Australia have multiple grading systems. We have included percentage grades and other grades (Distinction (DN)) in our table.

GradePercentage grade from AustraliaNumerical value at UiS
High Distinction (HD)80-1005
Distinction (DN)70-794
Credit (C)60-692,5
Pass (P)50-591
Fail (F)Lower than 50Fail

Denmark

Denmark have multiple grading scales. We have included the 13-scale and the 7-step-scale in our table.

13-scale7-step-scaleECTSNumerical value at UiS
1312A5
1112A5
1010B4
97C3
87C3
74D2
602E1
500FFail
0300FFail
00-3FFail

England, Wales and Northern-Ireland

England, Wales and Northern-Ireland may have different scales, but the scales below are most common.

Number gradeLetter gradeNumerical value at UiS
70 or higherA5
65 - 69B4
60 - 64B3
55 - 59C2,5
50 - 54C2
40 - 49D1
0 - 39FFail

Scotland is not included here, as they have a different education system with a separate grading system.

Finland

Finland have two common grading systems, 1-3 and 1-5.

Finnish scale 1-5Numerical value at UiS
55
44
33
22
11
0Fail
Finnish scale 1-3Numerical value at UiS
35
23
11
0Fail

Germany

Germany have multiple grading systems, and we have a conversion table for the most common below.

German numerical value gradeGerman written gradeECTSNumerical value at UiS
1,0 - 1,5HervorragendA5
1,6 - 2,0Sehr gutB4
2,1 - 3,0GutC3
3,1 - 3,5BefriedigendD2
3,6 - 4,0AusreichendE1
4,1 - 5,0Nicht ausreichendFFail

Iran

The most common grading system in Iran is a scale from 0 to 20, where 10 is the lowest pass grade for Bachelor degrees.

Iranian number gradeNumerical value at UiS
205
195
184,5
174
164
153
142,5
132
122
111
101
0 - 9Fail

Philippines

The Philippines have multiple grading systems, but these two are the most common we receive.

Filipino number gradesFilipino percentage gradesNumerical value at UiS
1,097-1005
1,25-1,591-964
1,75-2,085-902,5
2,25-2,580-842
2,75-3,075-791
4,0-5,0Below 75Fail

This is the conversion from the most common grading scales, and we convert from GPA to numerical value at UiS. If GPA is not included in the transcript, we convert from grades to numerical value at UiS.

Poland

Poland have multiple grading scales. Many Universities use ECTS now, but some still use numerical grades.

Polish grades in numbersECTSNumerical value at UiS
5A5
4,5/4+B4
4C3
3,5/3+D2
3E1
2FFail

Russian Federation

Russian Federation have multiple grading systems, below is the most common.

Russian numerical valueRussian grade (translated)Numerical value at UiS
5Excellent5
4Good3
3Satisfactory1,5
2Not satisfactoryFail

Sweden

Sweden may have multiple grading scales and we have included the most common scales in our table.

Swedish grading scare from G to VGNumerical value at UiS
Väl godkänd (VG)4
Godkänd (G)2,5
UnderkändFail
Swedish grading scare from G to VGNumerical value at UiS
Mycket väl godkänd (MVG)5
Väl godkänd (VG)3,5
Godkänd (G)1,5
UnderkändFail

Ukraine

Ukraine may have multiple grading systems, but the scales below are the scales we receive the most.

Ukrainian numerical gradeUkrainian gradeNumerical value at UiS
5Excellent5
4Good3
3Satisfactory1,5
2Not satisfactoryFailure
5
Ukrainian numerical gradeUkrainian gradeNumerical value at UiS
5Excellent5
4,5Very good4
4Good3
3,5Satisfactory2
3Sufficient1
2InsufficientFailure
1FailedFailure

USA

USA have multiple different systems across the states and institutions. This is conversions from the most common scales, and we convert from GPA to numerical value at UiS. If the GPA is not mentioned in the transcript of records, we convert from letter grades to numerical value at UiS.

Letter grade in USAGrade point average (GPA) in USANumerical value at UiS
A4,05
B3,5 - 3,94
B/C2,8 - 3,43
C2,0 - 2,72
D1,0 - 1,91
F0 - 0,9Fail

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