Icelandic grading system
In Iceland, university grades run from 10 (best) to 0, and 5 is the lowest pass.
Example · Credit-weighted average of 3 courses
fyrsta einkunn (first class)
A pass. 5 is the lowest pass.
3 courses, 15 credits. Your institution’s own rules on rounding or cutting off decimals decide the grade on your record.
University grades: 0 to 10
Courses and degree averages at Icelandic universities; the classes are those of the University of Iceland. Course grades go up in half steps; the classes below are given to an average.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–10 | ágætiseinkunn | first class with distinction | Pass |
| 7.25–8.99 | fyrsta einkunn | first class | Pass |
| 6–7.24 | önnur einkunn | second class | Pass |
| 5–5.99 | þriðja einkunn | third class | Pass |
| 0–4.99 | fail | Fail |
Icelandic grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Icelandic 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 Iceland
- Course grades are given from 0 to 10 in steps of 0.5.
- The grade point average is weighted by credits and rounded to two decimals.
- Compulsory schools have graded with the letters A, B+, B, C+, C and D since the national curriculum of 2011.
Sources: Wikipedia, Academic grading in Iceland; Wikipedia, Grading systems by country (Iceland).