International Grade Converter

Six systems, all bidirectional: US GPA (4.0 scale), Canadian GPA (4.0 scale), UK university classifications (First, 2:1, 2:2, Third), Australian (HD, D, C, P), German (1.0 to 5.0, where 1.0 is best), French (0 to 20) and Indian (percentage or CGPA on a 10-point scale, multiply CGPA by 9.5 for percentage). Pick your input system, enter the grade, and the tool shows the equivalent in every other system at once.

The conversion path is: input grade gets converted to a percentage on a 0 to 100 scale, then that percentage gets mapped onto every other scale. So a US GPA of 3.5 = 87.5%, which maps to a UK 2:1 (60-69% is the band, but 70%+ is First class so 87.5% would be a strong First in UK reckoning), an Australian D (75-84%), a German grade around 2.0, a French 17.5/20 and an Indian percentage of 87.5%.

No two grading systems mark the same way. A UK First-class degree (70%+) is genuinely rare (about 28% of graduates in 2023), whereas a US GPA of 3.7+ (the rough equivalent) is held by closer to 40% of US graduates. The percentages match on paper but the underlying difficulty curve doesn't. So a UK 2:1 might be 'better' than a US 3.5 in terms of relative ranking, even though the numbers convert directly.

Universities know this. When a UK 2:1 graduate applies to a US master's programme, the admissions office will use a conversion table broadly similar to this tool's output but will also weight the institution's reputation, the specific modules taken, and any standardised test scores like the [SAT](/sat-score-calculator) or GRE. Don't treat the converted GPA as definitive; treat it as the starting point for a conversation.

UK 2:1 (60-69%) converts to roughly US GPA 3.0 to 3.5, which is the cut-off most US graduate schools want. UK First (70%+) converts to US GPA 3.6 to 4.0, the range top schools (Harvard, MIT, Stanford) require. UK 2:2 (50-59%) converts to US GPA 2.4 to 2.9, which struggles to clear the GPA threshold at most American graduate programmes.

Going the other way: a US GPA of 3.0 (the typical 'B average') converts to a UK percentage of 75%, which lands at the top of the 2:1 range. US GPA 3.5 lands at 87.5%, well into First-class territory. The mismatch is mostly because UK degrees apply much harder grading curves at the top end, while US schools have grade-inflated for decades. For UK students applying to US schools, your degree is usually 'better' than the raw GPA conversion suggests; for US students applying to UK schools, the opposite. Use the [US GPA calculator](/us-gpa-calculator) if you need to compute your GPA from raw US course grades first.

It doesn't know about the institution. A 2:1 from Oxford and a 2:1 from a less selective university convert identically in this tool, but admissions offices treat them very differently. It also doesn't account for module weighting (a 2:1 with First-class marks in the dissertation reads stronger than a 2:1 with weak honours papers). For a final, signed-off conversion that universities will accept, use WES (World Education Services) which charges around $200 and produces an official document.

What the tool does well: gives you the ballpark in 10 seconds for free, lets you sense-check what a recruiter or university is asking for, and runs entirely in your browser so your grades don't leave your device. Useful for: writing a CV that needs both the UK and US versions, checking entry requirements before paying application fees, or just understanding what a friend's overseas degree means.