Taylor's University GPA Calculator

For its general undergraduate programmes (Diploma, Advanced Diploma, and Bachelor's Degree, excluding MBBS), Taylor's University grades every module on a fixed scale from A down to F, out of 100 marks, with no curving or class-relative adjustment -- the same marks band always maps to the same grade and grade point.

The university groups its own grades into six qualitative bands: Excellent (A), Very Good (A-), Good (B+ and B), Pass (B-, C+, and C), Marginal Fail (D+, D, and D-), and Fail (F). In other words, C (50 marks) is the passing floor for this track -- anything from D+ downward is a failing grade, though each still carries its own grade point toward GPA/CGPA.

Taylor's uses separate grading scales for other programme types: the American Degree Transfer Program (ADP) uses a finer 13-band scale (marks 97-100 down to 0-54); the MBBS programme is graded on marks bands alone with no grade-point value at all; and Postgraduate programmes use a shorter scale with no D-band (a straight fail below C).

Taylor's reports a semester GPA and a cumulative CGPA, both on the 0.00-4.00 grade-point scale:

• GPA = Total Grade Points earned in a semester ÷ Total Credit counted for that semester.
• CGPA = Total Grade Points earned across all counted modules ÷ Total Credit Load across all counted modules.

Best-grade rule (effective March 2018 intake onward): when the credits you've attempted (including electives) exceed your programme's minimum graduating credits, the modules selected for your CGPA are whichever give the best possible outcome -- so a failed elective you don't need can be left out of your CGPA entirely, as long as you still meet your graduation requirements.

Weighted GPA/WCGPA (Bachelor's Degree only, not MBBS): from January 2021 intakes onward, bachelor's degree students' semester and cumulative performance is calculated as a Weighted GPA/CGPA, giving later year-levels more weight than earlier ones -- 20:30:50 across Years 1-3 for 3-year/3.5-year programmes, or 10:20:30:40 across Years 1-4 for 4-year programmes (excluding Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Quantity Surveying, which don't use WGPA/WCGPA).

Taylor's own regulations do not publish a formula for converting CGPA to a percentage -- there is no official Taylor's equivalent of a "CGPA × 25" or similar rule.

If you fail a module at Taylor's, here's what happens on each attempt:

• 1st attempt (fail) -- you must repeat the module at the earliest possible offering.
• 2nd attempt (repeat) -- repeat the module again; if you fail this attempt too, you get only one final opportunity.
• 3rd attempt (final repeat) -- your last chance. Failing again means exclusion from the programme.

When you repeat a module, only your retaken attempt's grade counts toward your CGPA -- the university marks the earlier, superseded grade(s) so they're excluded from the CGPA calculation.

Taylor's University's own Awards Classification rules state that a CGPA (or WCGPA) below 2.00 receives no award classification for both Bachelor's Degree and Diploma/Advanced Diploma programmes -- 2.00 is the floor for the lowest classification band (Third Class Honours for a degree, Pass for a diploma). Taylor's regulations don't separately state a different, higher CGPA floor purely to be allowed to graduate beyond this classification-band language.

For Postgraduate programmes (intakes after 1 August 2012), the classification bands run from Distinction (CGPA 3.67-4.00) down to Pass (3.00-3.66), with no award below CGPA 3.00.

Degree classification (Bachelor's Degree, effective from January 2021 intakes):

• First Class Honours -- CGPA/WCGPA 3.67-4.00
• Second Class Upper Honours -- 3.00-3.66
• Second Class Lower Honours -- 2.67-2.99
• Third Class Honours -- 2.00-2.66
• No Award -- below 2.00

Diploma and Advanced Diploma classification: High Distinction (3.67-4.00), Distinction (3.33-3.66), Merit (2.67-3.32), Pass (2.00-2.66), No Award (below 2.00).

Dean's List Award (Diploma & Degree programmes, except MBBS): awarded each semester to students who achieve a GPA/Weighted GPA of 3.50 or higher with at least 14 credits (or 4 modules) in a typical long semester (6 credits/2 modules in a short semester), no barred or repeated modules, no grade 'C' or below, and no breach of Taylor's rules and regulations. Both the classification and the Dean's List award are recorded on the student's academic record.