University of Sydney (USYD) GPA Calculator

Sydney grades coursework on a five-band scale of High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DI), Credit (CR), Pass (PS) and Fail (FA), tied to a single university-wide mark range: HD 85-100, DI 75-84, CR 65-74, PS 50-64, FA 0-49. The Coursework Policy 2021 (Schedule 1) prints only these mark bands per grade -- there is no separate grade-point column attached to any of them.

Sydney also uses Absent Fail (AF) for a student who fails to submit or attend compulsory assessment tasks, five 'Aegrotat' grade variants (CA/DA/HA/PA/SA) that a Dean alone may award to a student too ill to complete a unit but assessed pro rata at that standard, and Satisfied Requirements (SR) / Failed Requirements (FR) for units of study graded pass/fail only, without a numeric mark.

The University of Sydney does not calculate or publish a Grade Point Average. Instead it uses the Weighted Average Mark (WAM), calculated directly from your course marks (0-100), not from grade points: WAM = sum(mark x credit points x level weight) / sum(credit points x level weight). Since May 2020 the level weight for every unit of study is uniformly 1.

Marks are included in or excluded from the WAM on a per-grade basis set out in Schedule 1 -- graded results (HD/DI/CR/PS/FA/AF and their Aegrotat equivalents) are included, while ungraded pass/fail results (SR/FR) and administrative outcomes (Cancelled, Discontinued, Incomplete, Withdrawn, etc.) are not. In late 2023 the Academic Board decided the WAM would no longer be shown on final transcripts for most students; where a teaching period is designated as subject to an extraordinary adverse impact, the University also calculates a Converted WAM (CWAM) that excludes marks from that period, published on graduating transcripts alongside the WAM.

Sydney monitors academic progression by course completion rate (the proportion of attempted credit points a student has passed), not directly by WAM. A student is identified as at risk of not meeting progression requirements at the end of a teaching period if their periodic completion rate is 50% or less of credit points attempted, if they fail a compulsory or 'barrier' unit for the first time, or if they haven't reached 50% of the credit points needed for their award by the midpoint of their course's maximum completion time.

A student is identified as not meeting progression requirements if their course completion rate is under 50% after attempting 48 or more credit points (AQF level 7 or above) or 24 or more credit points (AQF level 6 or below), if they fail a compulsory or barrier unit they've already failed before, or if they can't finish within their course's maximum time limit on a full-time load. Students in either category are notified in writing and may be required to consult an academic adviser; repeated or serious cases can lead to a requirement to show good cause, and ultimately to exclusion from the award course.

Sydney's Coursework Policy sets no single, university-wide minimum WAM to graduate -- consistent with the University not using a GPA/CGPA system. The total number of credit points required to complete an award course (including a combined or double degree) is instead set by the Senate resolutions and each award course's own resolutions, and a student must pass a unit of study to gain its credit points.

Sydney awards Honours degrees in one of four classes -- First Class, Second Class Division 1, Second Class Division 2, and Third Class -- based on a separately-calculated honours mark, not the course WAM. For appended honours and most integrated honours (a mark calculated across 48 to 96 credit points): First Class 80-100, Second Class Division 1 75-79, Second Class Division 2 70-74, Third Class 65-69, with no honours awarded below 65. For integrated honours calculated across 96 or more credit points, the bands widen: First Class 75-100, Second Class Division 1 70-74, Second Class Division 2 65-69, and Third Class 50-64 (award course resolutions may set higher thresholds, or allow Third Class down to a mark of 50).

A University Medal may additionally be awarded to a First Class Honours graduate with an outstanding academic record across their whole degree, at the University's discretion.

Sydney recognises prior learning by granting credit -- as specific credit (recognised as directly equivalent to a particular Sydney unit of study), non-specific 'block' credit (a set number of credit points at a level or in a subject area, not tied to one unit), or a reduced volume of learning for the whole course -- or by waiving a compulsory or prerequisite unit. Credit can be granted for study completed in another course at Sydney, at another Australian or recognised overseas institution, in an accredited private-provider course, in a VET course, or in a non-award program including a microcredential. Where possible, credit is assessed and offered alongside an applicant's offer of admission.