Estonian grading system
In Estonia, university grades run from A (best) to F, and E is the lowest pass. School grades: 5 to 1, lowest pass 3.
Example · Credit-weighted average of 3 courses
Between B and A
väga hea (very good) or suurepärane (excellent): your institution’s rule on rounding decides which grade goes on your record. E is the lowest pass.
3 courses, 15 credits.
University grades: A to F
Bachelor's and master's courses at Estonian universities. The letters also carry numbers from 5 (A) to 0 (F), which Tallinn University of Technology prints instead of letters.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Marks | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | suurepärane | excellent | 91–100% | Pass |
| B | väga hea | very good | 81–90% | Pass |
| C | hea | good | 71–80% | Pass |
| D | rahuldav | satisfactory | 61–70% | Pass |
| E | kasin | passable | 51–60% | Pass |
| F | puudulik | fail | 0–50% | Fail |
School grades: 5 to 1
Basic schools and upper secondary schools.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Marks | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | väga hea | very good | 90–100% | Pass |
| 4 | hea | good | 75–89% | Pass |
| 3 | rahuldav | satisfactory | 50–74% | Pass |
| 2 | puudulik | insufficient | 20–49% | Fail |
| 1 | nõrk | weak | 0–19% | Fail |
Estonian grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Estonian grades: we found no table for them on Wikipedia or from an official source, and we do not make one up. A US university reads a foreign transcript itself or through the credential evaluation service it names, and its conversion is the one that counts.
Send your grades as they are, with the scale above. When a form asks for your average, give it on your own scale and say which scale it is: the converter’s average does exactly that, weighted by credits when you enter them.
What to know about grades in Estonia
- University grades follow one national scale, set in the government regulation on the unified grading system for higher education.
- Courses graded pass or fail are marked arvestatud (passed) or mittearvestatud (not passed).
- The percentages shown for university grades are the usual limits; a university can set its own for a course.
Sources: Wikipedia, Grading systems by country: Estonia; Riigi Teataja, Kõrgharidustaseme ühtne hindamissüsteem ning diplomi ja akadeemilise õiendi andmise tingimused ja kord.