Grading System for University of Edinburgh

Most Common

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	Division	US Grade
	70.00 - 100.00	First Class Honours		A
	65.00 - 69.99	Second Class Honours	Upper Division	A-
	60.00 - 64.99	Second Class Honours	Upper Division	B+
	50.00 - 59.99	Second Class Honours	Lower Division	B
	45.00 - 49.99	Third class		C+
	40.00 - 44.99	Pass		C
P		Pass		S
	0.00 - 39.99	Fail		F
CP		Condoned Pass		C

Most Common Postgraduate

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
	70.00 - 100.00	Distinction	A
	65.00 - 69.99	Merit	A-
	60.00 - 64.99	Merit	B+
	50.00 - 59.99	Pass	B
	0.00 - 49.99		F
CP		Conceded Pass	C

The University of Edinburgh (Postgraduate Extended Common Marking Scheme)

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
A1	90.00 - 100.00	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	A
A2	80.00 - 89.00	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	A
A3	70.00 - 79.00	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	A
B	60.00 - 69.00	A very good performance	B
C	50.00 - 59.00	A good performance, satisfactory for a master's degree	C
D	40.00 - 49.00	A satisfactory performance for the diploma, but inadequate for master's degree	D
E	30.00 - 39.00	Marginal fail	F
F	20.00 - 29.00	Clear fail	F
G	10.00 - 19.00	Bad fail	F
H	0.00 - 9.00	Bad fail	F