Grading System

Letter grades are used to indicate a student's academic performance in a course. Grades are awarded according to the following system:

* Not included in the calculation of GPA

1. Grade F indicates failure. A student who receives the grade in the first semester of a year course is not normally allowed to continue with that course in the second semester.

2. Grade I is a temporary grade which indicates that the course work or examination has not been completed for reasons acceptable to both the teacher and the Board of Examiners concerned. On completion of the required work or examination, grade I will be converted to a final grade which includes all assessment marks. If the work or examination has not been completed before the end of the following semester, grade I will be converted to grade F. The final grade will be used in the calculation of grade point averages.

3. A student who is absent from the final examination will normally receive “ABS”. If the student has a good reason which is acceptable to both the teacher and the Programme Director / Head of Academic Unit concerned, the student may be given a supplementary assessment. The ABS will be converted to the appropriate grade on completion of the assessment.

4. GPA is a figure ranging from 0 to 4.00 (A=4.00) used to indicate the overall performance of a student in all the courses up to date.

5. GPA is calculated according to the following formula:

Total weighted points for all approved courses taken
= ————————————————————————
Total number of credits of approved courses taken up
to date

(Weighted points = grade points x the number of credits for a course)

6. Courses enrolled, regardless of passed or failed, will be taken in the calculation of GPA. In principle, the assessment will follow University's existing policy, but the minimum GPA requirement for graduation will be 2.3 for the PgD and 2.7 for the MBA.