Examination grades
- HD High distinction, with marks in the range 80-100 per cent.
- D Distinction, with marks in the range 70-79 per cent.
- C Credit, with marks in the range 60-69 per cent.
- P Pass, with marks in the range 50-59 per cent.
- NP Near pass, with marks in the range 45-49. Students whose first
enrolment in an undergraduate Science degree is prior to 1999 may be awarded a
maximum of twenty-four points at NP level throughout the course of their
degree, with no more than twelve points to be counted at level three (or level
four in the case of four-year undergraduate degrees). Students whose first
enrolment in an undergraduate Science degree is in 1999 may be awarded a
maximum of two NP grades in their first year of enrolment (twelve points).
- NN Fail result, with marks in the range 0-44 per cent.
Honours
results are notified in the following grades without marks:
- HI Honours, first class;
- HIIA Honours, second class A;
- HIIB Honours, second class B;
- HIII Honours, third class.
As an MSc part 1 program
does not lead to a course award, results are notified as follows:
- SFR (equivalent honours grade) meaning that the student has
satisfied the program requirements at an equivalent honours grade of HI, HIIA,
HIIB or HIII as indicated within the brackets;
- NE Not examinable, ie a code to indicate that the program is not
complete in the current year;
- NN Fail result.