Serbian grading system
In Serbia, university grades run from 10 (best) to 5, and 6 is the lowest pass. School grades: 1 to 5, lowest pass 2.
Example · Credit-weighted average of 3 courses
Between 9 and 10
одличан (odličan) (excellent) or одличан – изузетан (odličan – izuzetan) (excellent, outstanding): your institution’s rule on rounding decides which grade goes on your record. 6 is the lowest pass.
3 courses, 15 credits.
University grades: 5 to 10
Bachelor's and master's courses at Serbian universities.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | одличан – изузетан (odličan – izuzetan) | excellent, outstanding | Pass |
| 9 | одличан (odličan) | excellent | Pass |
| 8 | врло добар (vrlo dobar) | very good | Pass |
| 7 | добар (dobar) | good | Pass |
| 6 | довољан (dovoljan) | sufficient | Pass |
| 5 | fail | Fail |
School grades: 1 to 5
Primary and secondary schools in Serbia.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | одличан (odličan) | excellent | Pass |
| 4 | врло добар (vrlo dobar) | very good | Pass |
| 3 | добар (dobar) | good | Pass |
| 2 | довољан (dovoljan) | sufficient | Pass |
| 1 | недовољан (nedovoljan) | insufficient | Fail |
Serbian grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Serbian 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 Serbia
- University averages are calculated to two decimal places, for example 9.54.
- Most faculties give a 6 for 51 to 60 points out of 100, rising by one grade for every further 10 points to a 10 for 91 to 100; some science and engineering faculties set higher cut-offs.
- Top grades are rare: a 10 implies near-perfect work, so an overall 8 counts as a very good result, especially in science and engineering.
- In schools, a final average of 4.50 or more gives an overall 5 (excellent), 3.50 to 4.49 a 4, 2.50 to 3.49 a 3 and 1.50 to 2.49 a 2, provided every subject is passed.
Sources: Wikipedia, Academic grading in Serbia; Wikipedia, Grading systems by country: Serbia.