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Grades

How to get grades

To get grades you have to fulfill the course's requirements to get the amount of credit which you indicated in your learning agreement or course list. This might be a presentation during the semester, a test at the end of the semester, or a term paper. Shortly before doing the examination, you need to remind your instructor of two things.

Firstly, you need a grade (0-15 points) at the end of the course, and a pass/ fail does not suffice. Some classes or some examinations are only pass/ fail for local students, so make sure to stress that you as an international student need a grade nonetheless.

Secondly, instructors cannot enter your grades on the campus-management site Marvin, but have to send your grade to the e-mail iaasokra@uni-marburg.com. They have to provide your name, your matriculation number, the course title, the LV-code of the course, and the number of ECTS you get for the type of examination, and, of course, your final grade.

Grading system

The grades you can achieve range from 0 to 15 points. In the table below, you can see what each grade means, and how it is convertable to a scale of 1 to 6. In most courses you pass when getting more than 50 %, in some you only need 40 % to pass.

Grading Points Grade in Words Grade (with tendency) Decimal Grade Percentage Definition

15

14

13

 outstanding

1+

1

1-

0.7

1.0

1.3

≥ 98 %

≥  93 %

≥  88 %

 outstanding performance

12

11

10

 good

2+

2

2-

1.7

2.0

2.3

≥ 85 %

≥  80 %

≥  75 %

 performance that is significantly above the average requirements

9

8

7

 satisfactory

3+

3

3-

2.7

3.0

3.3

≥ 72 %

≥  67 %

≥  62 %

 performance that corresponds to average performance requirements

6

5

 sufficient

4+

4

3.7

4.0

≥ 58 %

≥ 50 %

 performance meets requirements despite its shortcomings
4 barely sufficient 4- 4.3 ≥ 44 % performance that only meets requirements with limitations and shows shortcomings

3

2

1

 not sufficient

5+

5

5-

5.0

5.3

≥ 36 %

≥ 28 %

≥ 20 %

 performance that does not meet the requirements
0 not sufficient 6 6.0 ≥ 0 % performance that does not meet the requirements and basic knowledge