Grades and Grading System

As per Academic Regulations

 Grades and Grading System
• GITAM follows mixed mode of evaluation
- Absolute Grading
- Relative Grading

• End of semester – ‘Letter Grade’ for each course in

which they are enrolled, based on their performance

• Letter Grade & Corresponding Grade point represents

the outcomes of qualitative & quantitative
assessments of a students performance in a course.
Absolute Grading (AG)
• AG – marks earned by the student falls within one of
the ranges (O, A+, A, B+, B, C, P, F, Ab, S, U, I, R, W).

• Ex., A student earns 72 marks in a course – Then

student will secure ‘A’ Grade in that course.
Contd.,
• AG will be adopted for the following courses.
1. Theory courses for student strength < 21
2. TP Courses (Combined) for student strength < 21
3. Lab/Practical courses
4. Project courses
5. Internship courses
6. Skill development courses
7. Audit/Mandatory courses
8. In any course, if the students strength ≤ 20
Grade Points & Symbols in Absolute Grading
(Final letter grade will be awarded in each course @ EoS)
Relative Grading (RG)
• RG system – Grades based on the other students
scores in the same class.

• Academic standing/merit of the student in the class.

• Class – Cohort of students who are taught by the

same faculty & have undergone the same assessment
pattern.

• Evaluation procedure is adopted for T & P combined

courses with a class strength ≥ 21.
Grades & Grade Points in RG system
Relative Grading (RG) - Procedure
• Class average mark (μ) is taken as
the midpoint of ‘B+ (Good)’ grade &
relative to this depending on this sigma (σ,
standard deviation) value
Computing Grade Point Average (SGPA,CGPA)

• Semester Grade Point Average • Cumulative Grade Point Average

(SGPA) (CGPA)

• n – No of courses taken by the • m – No of courses graded to date

student in a semester
• Ci – No of credits allotted to the
• Ci – No of credits allotted to the course ‘i’.
course ‘i’.
• Gi – Grade points secured by the
• Gi – Grade points secured by the student in course ‘i’.
student in course ‘i’.