Grade Scale Converter

What you know

Percentage

Result

Five-point4
ECTSB
GPA on 4.03
LetterB
Percentage85%
Resulta pass

Five systems for one piece of knowledge

Converts a mark between percentages, the Russian five-point scale, ECTS, a 4.0 GPA and letter grades.

The Russian five-point scale is really a four-point one: a 1 is never awarded and a 2 signals the absence of a grade rather than a grade. That makes conversion to percentages coarse — each mark covers a wide band.

A 4.0 GPA and letter grades are finer: A− and B+ sit between A and B, and three percentage points move the final average. Which is why equating a five with an A is not quite right.

What this calculator shows

The same mark in five systems at once
The percentage band a five-point grade corresponds to
Whether the result is a pass

What to keep in mind

The ECTS boundaries follow the version most Russian universities use: A from 90, B from 82, C from 74, D from 64, E from 60.
Converting from a five-point grade to percentages uses the middle of the band: a single grade cannot recover the exact figure.

FAQs

What percentage is needed for the top grade?

From 85 at most universities, from 90 at some. The exact threshold comes from the institution's grading regulations.

How do I convert grades to GPA?

Through percentages: 93 and above is 4.0, 83 to 86 is 3.0, 73 to 76 is 2.0. The final GPA is a credit-weighted average.

What does an ECTS FX mean?

A fail with the right to resit. An F means a fail requiring the whole course to be retaken.

Why is grade conversion approximate?

Because the scales have different resolutions. The five-point scale distinguishes four levels and the hundred-point one distinguishes a hundred; converting back inevitably loses information.

Worked example

Eighty-five percent

Input: 85% on a hundred-point scale

Output: 4 on the five-point scale, B in ECTS, GPA 3.0

Note: Two points short of a five here, and one point short of GPA 3.3. In systems with fractional grades every percentage point is worth considerably more than in the five-point scale.

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