Guidelines on UPC Grades and A level equivalence
Equivalence with A-Level Grades
The table below gives approximate equivalences to A-level grades:
| A-Level |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
| UPC Percentages | 72+% | 64 - 71% | 56 - 63% | 48 - 55% | 40 - 47% |
| & Grades |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
Please note that an UPC percentage of 75% or higher can also be considered as an A* A-Level grade.
Experience suggests that 65% in the Academic English unit is of approximate equivalence to 6.5 in IELTS, 60% to 6.0 and so on.
Types of Offer
It is suggested that conditional offers are expressed in one of the following ways:
- As an overall average percentage.
- As an overall average with a specified percentage in one or more units (normally Academic English and the two core science/humanities units).
- As a specified percentage in each of the four units studied.
Note: the 25% of the mark awarded to the extended
research project in Science/Culture and Society should be borne in mind
when making offers on the basis of overall percentages.
Examples of Offers
Below are some suggestions for broadly typical offers and their UPC equivalents:
| A-level offer: | UPCSE offer: | UPCH offer: |
|
AAA+ |
75%+ in each core science unit and 72%+ overall average | 75%+ in each core humanities unit and 72%+ overall average |
|
AAA |
72% in each core science unit and 72% overall average | 72% in each core humanities unit and 72% overall average |
|
ABB |
72% in one science unit, 68% in 2nd science and 68% overall average | 72% in one humanities unit, 68% in 2nd humanities and 68% overall average |
|
BBB |
68% in each core science unit and 65% overall average | 68% in each core humanities unit and 65% overall average |
|
CCC |
58% overall average | 58% overall average |
|
DDD |
45% overall average | 45% overall average |
|
EE |
Successful completion | Successful completion |
|
UPCSE academic enquiries: Dr. Peter Bowman
UCL Centre for Languages & International Education peter.bowman@ucl.ac.uk |
UPCH academic enquiries: Raphaela Armbruster UCL Centre for Languages & International Education r.armbruster@ucl.ac.uk |
