Grade conversion at FEA
Universities abroad often use a different grading system and scale than what we use at Ghent University. That means the grades you obtain abroad are not automatically incorporated into your Transcript of Records at UGent. Most grades have to be converted to "UGent grades".
Grade conversion options
The grade conversion FEA applies, depends on the information that is available from the receiving institution. There are 4 options:
- The received Transcript of Records specifies statistical distribution of grades (or percentiles):
- statistical distribution of grades (SD)
- cumulative percentages for all students (100% -> 20/20)
- cumulatieve percentages for all students that passed (100% -> 10/20) (CSD)
- The received Transcript of Records specifies ECTS grading scale (EGS)
- The received Transcript of Records specifies a percentage (so scale linearly to /20 (+ round). If range-% are used, use lowest number in range (+ round))
- No conversion method is mentioned
Option 1 is the most precise and will lead to a more accurate grade conversion. The accuracy of the grade conversion diminishes from option 2 to option 4.
Grade conversion table
| 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | |
| SD | 0,80% | 2,40% | 6,80% | 11,50% | 15,10% | 15,70% | 13,70% | 12,30% | 9,00% | 6,50% | 6,30% | |||
| CSD | 0,80% | 3,30% | 10,10% | 21,60% | 36,60% | 52,30% | 66,00% | 78,30% | 87,20% | 93,70% | 100,00% | |||
| EGS | A | B | C | D | E | Fx | F |