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Grades

How to get grades

There are two types of examinations: Studienleistungen and Prüfungsleistungen. Studienleistungen are ungraded assignments, that you only have to pass. Prüfungsleistungen are always graded. To finish a module completely and get the associated ECTS points, you have to pass all examinations within that module. That means passing all the Studienleistungen and usually getting a grade which is better than 4 points in all the Prüfungsleistungen. Single courses or examinations do not grant you any grades or ECTS points, but only entire modules. Instructors will enter your grades to the campus-management site Marvin. Then, you can download your Transcript of Records yourself.

If you fail an examination, there will always be a resit date offered to you. You have to register for that resit date yourself, see the deadlines for that period. Usually the resit takes place a couple of weeks after the semester has ended. If you fail a written assignment, you also have the option of rewriting it once.

Grading system

The grades you can achieve range from 0 to 15 points. In the table below, you can see what each grade means, and how it is convertable to a scale of 1 to 6. In most courses you pass when getting more than 50 %, in some you only need 40 % to pass.

Grading Points Grade in Words Grade (with tendency) Decimal Grade Percentage Definition

15

14

13

 outstanding

1+

1

1-

0.7

1.0

1.3

≥ 98 %

≥  93 %

≥  88 %

 outstanding performance

12

11

10

 good

2+

2

2-

1.7

2.0

2.3

≥ 85 %

≥  80 %

≥  75 %

 performance that is significantly above the average requirements

9

8

7

 satisfactory

3+

3

3-

2.7

3.0

3.3

≥ 72 %

≥  67 %

≥  62 %

 performance that corresponds to average performance requirements

6

5

 sufficient

4+

4

3.7

4.0

≥ 58 %

≥ 50 %

 performance meets requirements despite its shortcomings
4 barely sufficient 4- 4.3 ≥ 44 % performance that only meets requirements with limitations and shows shortcomings

3

2

1

 not sufficient

5+

5

5-

5.0

5.3

≥ 36 %

≥ 28 %

≥ 20 %

 performance that does not meet the requirements
0 not sufficient 6 6.0 ≥ 0 % performance that does not meet the requirements and basic knowledge