INSTRUCTIONS FOR GRADE CONVERSION – NEW ECTS SYSTEM

The grade of exam taken during an international mobility period of study can be converted in the 30-point
scale, the following documents are required:

 Transcript of Records from the host institution with the description of the grading system with
percentage distribution.
 Ca’ Foscari table for grade conversion with cumulative percentages (it can be downloaded at
www.unive.it/ects-english)

The following example helps summarizing the main passages:

 Check the ministerial degree code (classe di laurea)

The student‘s degree course is Humanities.

Ministerial Degree Code L-10  you can find it in description of each degree programme

The student spent a mobility period of 4 months at the University of Reading in the frame of LLP
Erasmus programme and obtained the following grades:

COURSE TITLE GRADE

Italian history Second Class Honours Division (2:1)
Modernism First Class Honours

In the description of the grading system, which is attached to the transcript of records, you can find
the following percentage distribution:

GRADE PERCENTAGE
First Class Honours 24 %
2:1 35 %
2:2 27 %
Third 14 %

 Calculate the cumulative percentage, if not available in the transcript of records

GRADE PERCENTAGE CUMULATIVE

PERCENTAGE
First Class Honours 24 % 24 %
2:1 35 % 59 %
2:2 27 % 86 %
Third 14 % 100 %
 Compare the two grading system according to the cumulative percentages

I VENEZIA01 CUMULATIVE UK READING01 CUMULATIVE

PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
30L 7% First Class Honours 24 %
30 26 % 2:1 59 %
29 34 % 2:2 86 %
28 47 % Third 100 %
27 59 %
26 67 %
25 75 %
24 82 %
23 86 %
22 90 %
21 93 %
20 96 %
19 97 %
18 100 %

 As a result, the grade conversion at Ca’ Foscari can refer to the following intervals

First class honours : 30 – 30L

2:1 = 27 -29

2:2 = 23 – 26

Third: 18-23