Grading System for Cavendish University Uganda

USA Most Common (long)

You can enter either letter grades (A, B, etc.) or grade points directly (on a 4.0, 4.3, or 4.5-point scale).

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
A+		4.0 or higher	A+
A	90.00 - 100.00	4.0	A
A-		3.7	A-
AB		3.5	AB
B+		3.3	B+
B	80.00 - 89.99	3.0	B
B-		2.7	B-
BC		2.5	BC
C+		2.3	C+
C	70.00 - 79.99	2.0	C
C-		1.7	C-
CD		1.5	CD
D+		1.3	D+
D	60.00 - 69.99	1.0	D
D-		0.7	D-
-		0.5	-
F	0.00 - 59.99	0.0	F
P		Pass	P
S		Satisfactory	S
CR		Credit	CR
-		-	-

Most Common

Grade Description	Division	US Grade
First Class Honours		A
Second Class Honours	Lower Division	B
Pass		C
Second Class Honours	Upper Division	AB

Makerere University starting 2008/09

From 2008/2009 Academic Year

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	US Grade
A+	90.00 - 100.00	5.00	A+
A	80.00 - 89.00	5.00	A
B+	75.00 - 79.00	4.50	AB
B	70.00 - 74.00	4.00	B
C+	65.00 - 69.00	3.50	BC
C	60.00 - 64.00	3.00	C
D+	55.00 - 59.00	2.50	CD
D	50.00 - 54.00	2.00	D
E	45.00 - 49.00	1.50	F
E-	45.00 - 49.00	1.00	F
F	0.00 - 39.00	0.00	F