Add higher education

Country where university education was undertaken

In the dropdown menu, select the country where you studied or are studying (location of face-to-face teaching). If the university is located in a different country, declare this under “Campus”.

Name of university

Search for your university under „ University name“. You may do this by entering the first three letters.

If the institution is not on the list, provide its official, complete name, with no abbreviations, under “Other university/college”. Please enter the university name as precisely as possible, together with the city/address and a link to the university website (homepage).

Location of teaching

If teaching took or takes place at another location and/or at an institution other than that which issued the degree certificate, please provide the additional information (e.g. offshore campus) separately by selecting „yes“ under offshore campus.

Status 

Select one of the following options from the dropdown menu:

• completed
• ongoing studies
• quit/failed
• discontinued/transfer to another university

Academic Title

Academic degree: qualification upon successful completion of your study (Degree incl. Major(s), Minors, if applicable the Distinction/Honors)
e.g.

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computing
• BTech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• BSc (Hons) in Theoretical Physics
• Bachelor's Degree in Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated System
• BEng with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering
• Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Biology
  

Overall grade point average (GPA)

Still studying: Enter your current average grade. Please note that you may only enter a number value here. Classifications (“Second class”) or letter classifications (A+, A, B etc.) are not permitted.

If your university computes and confirms an average grade, enter that value.

Do not convert your grades to another system, report your GPA as it is. (e.g. a value between 1-100 points; 1-4 grades; 1-20 etc.)

Do not convert mentions such as “with honors,” or “e lode” (in Italy) to any additional points. For example, “30 e lode” should be counted as a 30 in the average calculation.”

If your average grade is not confirmed by the university, calculate the unweighted average grade from all of the grades received up to the time of application and recorded in the transcript.
Please do not calculate your average grade in another grading system, but use the national one stipulated. To calculate the average grade you may use the following Downloadgrade calculator. (XLSX, 13 KB)vertical_align_bottom

Some universities use an internal resp. national grading system, while also additionally providing a converted GPA. In this case, submit the calculated GPA according to the internal resp. national grading scheme. For example: A university uses a grading system from 0 to 100, GPA is 91, but also provides a converted GPA of 3.9 on a scale from 1 to 4. In this case, only the GPA of 91 and not 3.9.

Classification schemes, for instance second class, or letter schemes such as A+, A, B, etc. are not permitted. If your university uses such classification or letter schemes, it is very likely that it provides a converting scale so its students can apply at other universities, too.

Important: When you calculate your GPA, please use only the official grading scale of your university. In the unlikely case that your university uses classificiation or letter schemes as mentioned before, but does not have a converting grading scale published, please ask your studies administration office for providing a scale to you, or contact us for further information.

If you have already completed your studies: Please enter the completion grade confirmed by your home university.

Grading scale

Please explain here the (national/university) grading system used by your university.

• Best grade: Best possible grade according to the system
• Pass grade: The lowest grade which still allows you to pass the examination
• Minimum grade: Lowest grade in the grading scale

Please put particular care in ensuring that your grade and scale match the following consistency constraints:

• Either (mostly)
  Minimum grade < pass grading <= your GPA < best possible grade
• or (Germany and further countries)
  Minimum grade > pass grade >= your GPA > best possible grade
  
  

Examples:
- China: Best grade = 100; Pass grade = 60-69; Minimum grade = 10
- France: Best grade= 20; Pass grade= 8-10; Minimum grade 0-8
- Germany: Best grade = 1; Pass grade = 4; Minimum grade = 5
- Great Britain: Best grade = 100; Pass grade = 40; Minimum grade = 0
- India: Best grade = 10; Pass grade = 3; Minimum grade = 0;
  Best grade =100; Pass grade = 45; Minimum grade = 1
- Iran: Best grade = 20; Pass grade = 10; Minimum grade = 0
- Italy: Best grade = 30; Pass grade = 18; Minimum grade = 0 (also use 30 for “30 e lode”)
- USA: Best grade = 4; Pass grade = 2; Minimum grade = 0