Assessment, Examinations & Honours Classification
University Assessment Policy
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Grading System
Candidates shall be assessed for each of the courses for which they have registered, and assessment may be conducted in any combination of coursework and/or written examinations. Only satisfactorily completed courses will earn credits.
(a) For courses with letter grades:
Grade | Standard | Grade Point |
| A+ | Excellent | 4.3 |
| A | 4.0 | |
| A- | 3.7 | |
| B+ | Good | 3.3 |
| B | 3.0 | |
| B- | 2.7 | |
| C+ | Satisfactory | 2.3 |
| C | 2.0 | |
| C- | 1.7 | |
| D+ | Pass | 1.3 |
| D | 1.0 | |
| F | Fail | 0 |
(b) For courses graded as "Pass, "Fail" or "Distinction", they will not be included in the calculation of the GPA.
Procedures for Checking of Assessment Results of Taught Courses
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Matters Related to Examinations
Please refer to the website of the Examinations Office for details.
Absence from Written Examination
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Common Core Courses: Special Proviso in the Determination of the Graduation Grade Point Average
[For Undergraduate Programmes]
(Applicable to students of the 2017-18 intake and thereafter)
Please refer to https://commoncore.hku.hk/special-proviso/for details.
Honours Classification
[For Undergraduate Programmes]
(Applicable to students of the 2017-18 intake and thereafter)
The classification of honours shall be determined by the Board of Examiners for the degree in accordance with the following Graduation GPA (GGPA) scores, with all courses taken (including failed courses) carrying weightings which are proportionate to their credit values [*see note below]:
| Class of honours | GGPA range |
| First Class Honours | 3.60 – 4.30 |
| Second Class Honours | (2.40 – 3.59) |
Division One | 3.00 – 3.59 |
Division Two | 2.40 – 2.99 |
| Third Class Honours | 1.70 – 2.39 |
| Pass | 1.00 – 1.69 |
Honours classification may not be determined solely on the basis of a candidate’s Graduation GPA and the Board of the Examiners for the degree may, at its absolute discretion and with justification, award a higher class of honours to a candidate deemed to have demonstrated meritorious academic achievement but whose Graduation GPA falls below the range stipulated in the above table of the higher classification by not more than 0.1 Grade Point.
[*Note: For students in the 2017-18 intake and thereafter who have successfully completed six Common Core courses on letter grading basis, the calculation of Graduation GPA is subject to the proviso that either five Common Core courses with the highest grades (covering all four Areas of Inquiry), or all six courses will be counted towards Graduation GPA, depending on which generates the higher Graduation GPA.]
For details, please refer to the REGULATIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE CURRICULA (Regulation UG9).