Steps To Calculate Your Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) In BUK

Performance in semester examinations and assessments for courses/subjects/modules are classified into letter Grades (from A, B, C, D, E, to F) which represent a range of score or marks a student can obtain. A particular grade point is assigned to these grades, see below.

Marks/Score                         Letter Grade                         Grade Point (GP)
70 – 100                                A                                            5.00
60 – 69                                  B                                             4.00
50 – 59                                  C                                             3.00
45 – 49                                  D                                             2.00
40 – 44                                  E                                             1.00
0 – 39                                    F                                              0.00

Calculating Your Grade Point Average (GPA)Every Course/subject/module carries a fixed number of Credit Units (CU). Quality points (QP) are derived from multiplying...
the Credit Units (CU) for a course by the Grade Point (GP) earned by the student in that course.


Eg. If in a 3 Credit Unit course, a student scores 63% which is a B with a Grade Point of 4, the Quality points for the student in that course is 3 x 4 = 12.
Grade Point Average (GPA)is derived by dividing the Total Quality point (TQP) for the semester by the Total Credit Unit (TCU) for that semester.


Eg. If in a semester, a student earned 56 quality points for 18 Credit Units, the students GPA is 56/18 = 3.11
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)is derived by adding the Total Quality Points (TQP) for all semesters to date and dividing by the Total Credit Units (TCU) for all semesters to date.


Eg. If a student earns a QP of 56 for 18 CU in the first semester and earns QP of 67 for 20 CU in the second semester, His CGPA is TQP/TCU = (56 + 67) / (18 + 20) = 123/38 =3.24
Below is a detailed example of how to calculate GPA and CGPA.

First Year, First Semester

Course Code
Credit Unit (CU)
Letter Grade
Grade Point (GP)
Quality Point (QP) = CU x GP

APC 100         PDP 101         APP 102        PPA 103        AIT 104         NTA 105
3                              2                              1                           4                            5                             2
B                             C                              C                          B                            A                           D
4                              3                              3                           4                            5                             2
12                            6                              3                         16                           25                            4
                                                                       Total 17


66QP = 66, CU = 17, TQP = 66, TCU = 17
GPA = QP/CU = 66/17 = 3.88
CGPA = TQP/TCU = 66/17 = 3.88

First Year, Second Semester

Course Code
Credit Unit (CU)
Letter Grade
Grade Point (GP)
Quality Point (QP) = CU x GP

APC 106                PDP 107                APP 108               AIT 109                  NTA 110
5                              4                              5                              3                            3
E                             D                              B                              F                            A
1                              2                              4                              0                             5
5                              8                              20                            0                            15
                                                                       Total 20

48QP = 48, CU = 20, TQP = 66 + 48 = 114, TCU = 17 + 20 = 37
GPA = QP/CU = 48/20 = 2.40

CGPA = TQP/TCU = 114/37 = 3.08

NB:This Procedure is repeated for following years until your final year  (graduation). 

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