University of Notre Dame Australia GPA Calculator

The University of Notre Dame Australia grades higher education courses on a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) scale, with five academic grades: HD (High Distinction, 80–100%, 4 points), D (Distinction, 70–79%, 3 points), C (Credit, 60–69%, 2 points), P (Pass, 50–59%, 1 point) and F (Fail, 0–49%, 0 points).

Assessment is criterion-referenced and standards-based, so there is no requirement for grades to reflect a fixed distribution — a class of students can, in principle, all receive a High Distinction if the work merits it.

Notre Dame Australia also uses a small number of administrative result codes alongside these five grades — for example a conceded pass for students who narrowly fail, or a fail recorded for non-completion of required work — but these apply the same underlying grade points rather than adding new ones to the scale.

Each course grade is assigned a grade point value — HD = 4, D = 3, C = 2, P = 1, and F (along with a conceded pass, a fail for non-completion, or a withdrawal with fail) = 0. Each course's grade point value is multiplied by its units of credit; these products are summed and divided by the total units of credit, producing a GPA rounded to two decimal places.

A GPA is not calculated for students in a program with a volume of learning of 100 units of credit or less, or (other than in the Doctor of Medicine program) for students who have received academic grades in fewer than six courses. Courses graded on an undifferentiated pass/fail basis, the research component of a bachelor honours program, and most credit granted for prior learning do not contribute to the GPA calculation.

Notre Dame Australia reviews every student's academic standing at the end of each teaching period. A student keeps Good Standing provided they achieve a pass grade or better in at least 50% of their courses (by units of credit) in each half of the calendar year.

A student who passes fewer than 50% of their attempted courses is placed on Conditional standing. They can still re-enrol, though their School may set conditions on that re-enrolment, and they must return to satisfactory progress in the following half-year to avoid meeting the criteria for university suspension.

An undergraduate degree at Notre Dame Australia can be awarded with Distinction or High Distinction where a student's performance is of an excellent standard, based on their GPA: High Distinction requires a GPA of 3.5 or greater, and Distinction requires a GPA of 3.25 or more but less than 3.5. Eligibility also requires the program to be at least three years in duration, with a minimum of two years of graded study, at least two of which were completed at Notre Dame Australia.

For bachelor (honours) programs, a board of examiners decides the class of honours from a student's average final mark in the courses used to calculate it: First Class Honours (H1) for 80–100%, Honours Division IIA (H2A) for 70–79%, and Honours Division IIB (H2B) for 60–69%. These honours classes are separate from — and use different mark ranges than — a student's course-by-course academic grades and overall GPA.