CGPA Converter
Enter your GPA on any scale and see the equivalent on every other major scale. Covers US, India, China, UK, ECTS, and raw percentage.
Your GPA
Equivalents
US 4.0 GPA
Standard unweighted US college GPA (most universities)
US 4.5 Weighted
Weighted GPA including honors/AP courses (+0.5 per grade level)
China 5-point GPA
5-point scale used by most mainland Chinese universities
UK Class
First Class (1st)
UK honours classification as percentage equivalent
ECTS Grade
B (Very Good)
European Credit Transfer System as percentage equivalent
Percentage
Raw percentage score (0-100)
Conversions use linear WES-standard mapping. Actual admissions requirements vary by institution. Use these values for benchmarking, not as official equivalencies.
All Supported Scales
US 4.0 GPA
Standard unweighted US college GPA (most universities)
US 4.5 Weighted
Weighted GPA including honors/AP courses (+0.5 per grade level)
India 10-point CGPA
10-point scale used by CBSE and most Indian universities
China 5-point GPA
5-point scale used by most mainland Chinese universities
UK Class
UK honours classification as percentage equivalent
ECTS Grade
European Credit Transfer System as percentage equivalent
Percentage
Raw percentage score (0-100)
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Why international GPA conversions are estimates
There is no universal GPA conversion formula. Different countries, universities, and even departments within the same institution grade on fundamentally different distributions. A 3.5 at one school might represent the top 20% of students; at another it might be typical for a B student. This makes direct comparison inherently imprecise.
WES (World Education Services) provides the most widely accepted conversion framework, used by US universities when evaluating international applicants. Their approach uses linear mapping: divide your GPA by your scale maximum to get a normalized ratio, then multiply by 4.0. This is the method this converter uses.
Indian CGPA to US GPA
India uses a 10-point CGPA scale at most universities (IITs, NITs, and central universities under the CBSE framework). The WES conversion multiplies by 0.4. Some institutions publish their own official conversion tables that differ slightly, particularly for high scorers where the Indian scale compresses grades less than the US system.
Key benchmarks: 9.5/10 converts to 3.8 US GPA, 9.0/10 to 3.6, 8.5/10 to 3.4, 8.0/10 to 3.2. For graduate admissions, most competitive US programs expect above 3.5, which corresponds to roughly 8.75/10 on the Indian scale.
UK classification to US GPA
The UK uses an honours classification system rather than a numerical GPA. First Class (70%+) is the highest distinction, equivalent to roughly 3.7-4.0 US GPA. Upper Second Class (2:1, 60-69%) is the most common classification at UK universities, equivalent to about 3.3-3.7. Lower Second (2:2, 50-59%) approximates 2.7-3.3.
UK graduate programs typically require a 2:1 or First Class for admission. US programs evaluating UK degrees generally look for a 2:1 minimum, equivalent to a US 3.3 GPA.
Chinese GPA to US GPA
Most mainland Chinese universities use a 5-point GPA scale (or sometimes 100-point percentage). The 5-point scale maps linearly to the US 4.0 scale by multiplying by 0.8. A 4.5/5.0 Chinese GPA equals 3.6/4.0 US; a 4.0/5.0 equals 3.2/4.0.
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