Institute of Business Administration (IBA) GPA Calculator

The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) uses a fixed absolute grading plan adopted by its Academic Board and in effect for all IBA programs since Spring 2010. Each letter grade maps to a fixed percentage band and a grade point on a 0.00–4.00 scale — the exact bands and grade points are shown in the Grade Scale Reference on this page.

Alongside the absolute plan, IBA encourages relative grading: a faculty member may choose either the absolute or a relative scheme for a course and may set the percentages that earn A's, B's and C's, but must disclose the chosen plan in the course outline at the start of the semester. In every case the letter grade converts to the same grade point.

IBA computes a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) at the end of each semester as the credit-hour-weighted average of your grade points:

CGPA = Sum of (credit hours × grade points) ÷ Sum of credit hours

Within a single course, the final grade is built from 60% semester work (term exams, quizzes, assignments, presentations) and 40% the semester final examination. Two term examinations are held per course each semester and both count toward the final grade.

• Courses graded F are counted in the CGPA.
• Courses graded W (withdrawn) or I (incomplete), and remedial courses, are not counted toward the CGPA.

You must maintain a minimum CGPA of 2.2 throughout your studies at IBA. Standing is reviewed each semester once you have taken more than five courses:

• CGPA between 2.0 and 2.2 — a warning (probation) letter is issued and you are placed on probation for one semester; a full-time student must raise the CGPA to 2.2 in the chronologically following semester.
• CGPA still below 2.2 after improving — you are placed on a second probation; failure to reach 2.2 after the second probation results in being dropped.
• CGPA below 2.0 — you are dropped from the rolls of the Institute.

No semester break is allowed during probation for full-time students. If you have taken fewer than six courses, no action is taken.

To complete a degree at IBA you must maintain a minimum CGPA of 2.2 on a cumulative basis. A student who fails some courses but keeps the CGPA at or above 2.2 is allowed to repeat and clear those course(s), or permissible substitutes, before the degree is awarded.

IBA recognizes top academic performers each semester and at graduation:

• Dean's List — students in the top 5% of the class with a minimum CGPA of 3.5, no grade of C− or lower in any course that semester, and a normal completed course load. Separate lists are maintained for BBA/BS and MBA.
• Dean's List with Distinction — awarded to those with an academic semester average of 90% or more.
• Overall Gold Medal (BBA/BS) — the graduating student with the highest CGPA and no failure, provided the CGPA is at least 3.5; a student with a C+ or lower grade in any subject is not eligible.

Repeating a course to improve a grade disqualifies a student from Gold Medal nominations and the Dean's List.

A transfer applicant to IBA must have a CGPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. Only courses in which the applicant earned a grade of B or above are considered for credit transfer, and transferred courses are marked as transfer credits on the final transcript.

Grades earned at any of the world's top 100 universities (and at LUMS and IBA's MOU partner universities) are included in the CGPA; where such a transcript shows only letter grades, the mid-point of the letter grade's range is used. Credits from other universities are decided case by case and are not included in the CGPA.