Grading and credit system
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NTNU's Grading and Credit System
NTNU's Grading and Credit System
NTNU uses the letter grading system for all examinations and most assessments.
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Grade |
Description |
Qualitative description of the evaluation criteria |
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A |
Excellent |
An excellent performance, clearly outstanding. The candidate demonstrates excellent judgement and a high degree of independent thinking. |
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B |
Very good |
A very good performance. The candidate demonstrates sound judgement and a very good degree of independent thinking. |
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C |
Good |
A good performance in most areas. The candidate demonstrates a reasonable degree of judgement and independent thinking in the most important areas. |
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D |
Satisfactory |
A satisfactory performance, but with significant shortcomings. The candidate demonstrates a limited degree of judgement and independent thinking. |
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E |
Sufficient |
A performance that meets the minimum criteria, but no more. The candidate demonstrates a very limited degree of judgement and independent thinking. |
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F |
Fail |
A performance that does not meet the minimum academic criteria. The candidate demonstrates an absence of both judgement and independent thinking. |
A Passed/Failed grade may be used in some assessments. Compulsory assignments that are not subject to any evaluation (for example, field work) are assessed by the grade of Completed/Not completed.
Credit system
The credit system now used at NTNU is based on a workload of 60 credits per academic year (30 per semester). This corresponds to European Credit Transfer System credits (ECTS).