The CGPA Calculator can help determine your cumulative grade point average through the use of your grades by semester, along with the number of credit hours taken each semester (or term). Tracking academic performance, applying for scholarships and/or planning for future semesters are three key areas where this calculator provides accurate results quickly (seconds).
The benefits of knowing your CGPA when planning for future academic and/or career development are multi-faceted; First, it will provide an overview of how you have performed during your entire educational experience and second, it helps you to identify where you stand academically relative to others in your program or field of study. Therefore, this tool will enable you to simply and easily calculate your CGPA with immediate and accurate results with very little mathematical effort required.
In order to provide an understanding of how your CGPA calculator is computed, we will explain each part in detail.
GPA Per Semester → The average of all the grades you receive for each semester. Credit Hours → The number of credit hours completed for each semester.
For Example
1st Semester – 3.50, 18 Credit hours
2nd Semester – 3.80, 20 Credit hours
Calculating a student’s CGPA based upon their semester GPAs involves taking the overall average of all
the GPAs through weighting each GPA based on the student’s register credit hours in that semester.
CGPA = Sum of Grade Points Total Credit Hour of all Semesters
where the Grade Point = GPA × Credit Hour of Semester.
By using this calculation method, the Department ensures that students with registered credit hours of more than the average have more weighting within the cumulative GPA calculation.
| Step | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calculate Semester 1 Grade Points | 3.5 × 18 = 63.0 |
| 2 | Calculate Semester 2 Grade Points | 3.8 × 20 = 76.0 |
| 3 | Calculate Semester 3 Grade Points | 3.6 × 19 = 68.4 |
| 4 | Sum All Grade Points | 63.0 + 76.0 + 68.4 = 207.4 |
| 5 | Sum All Credit Hours | 18 + 20 + 19 = 57 |
| 6 | Divide Total Grade Points by Total Credits | 207.4 ÷ 57 = 3.64 |
| 7 | Final Result | CGPA = 3.64 |
So, the student’s cumulative GPA after three semesters is 3.64 out of 4.0
The grading scales of different countries vary from one another. The following shows how the calculator can convert grades based on several of these grading styles.
4.0 Scale (Most Common):
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
F = 0.0
Has Different Weightings for Each Type of Course
Courses are weighted based on their credit hours so that the automatic calculator can generate an accurate result for the calculation of the overall weighted GPA.
Weighted GPA- Calculation Example.
This is an example of weighting courses for two semesters:
The first semester offers 15 credits and a 3.00 GPA in contrast to the second semester that gives you 20 credits and has a 4.00 GPA. The increase in total Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) between the two semesters is much higher because it carries more credit hours than the first semester.
The calculator can be used to follow step by step your CGPA rank semester after semester: After Semester 1: CGPA = 3.2 After adding Semester 2: Previous grade points: 3.2 × 18 = 57.6 New semester points: 3.7 × 20 = 74.0 In case you missed it the newly CGPA computed is (57.6+74.0)/(18+20)=3.46 This is one of the ways you can do this- it gives you an approximate step so that you can determine what to do into the future.
The calculator maintains accuracy by: Accepting decimal GPA values (like 3.67 or 3.33) Performing calculations with full precision Displaying results rounded to two decimal places Example: In case of continuation, 3.678945 will be displayed as 3.68 just to add the explanation without changing the precision which is required for official purposes.
Tracking overall academic performance across semesters Evaluating eligibility for scholarships and honors programs Meeting graduation requirements and academic standards Planning course loads and academic goals for future semesters Preparing graduate school or job applications Assessing academic standing and dean’s list eligibility Converting between different grading systems for international applications
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