Each table of this 10-point grading scale comes from a document we opened on 4 November 2026, and says where in that document its rules are. Every table here was checked against its document.
UGC 10-point grade points
From UGC's guidelines for the Choice Based Credit System, March 2015, pages 16-17. Status: confirmed.
| Grade | Grade point |
|---|---|
| O | 10 |
| A+ | 9 |
| A | 8 |
| B+ | 7 |
| B | 6 |
| C | 5 |
| P | 4 |
| F | 0 |
| Ab | 0 |
| S and U | None: non-credit courses, left out of SGPA and CGPA |
F means the student reappears, and Ab means absent. UGC lets each university decide the marks needed to pass. Under absolute grading, it recommends that B start at no less than 50% and B+ at no less than 55%.
VTU 2022 marks bands
From VTU's 2022 regulations, clauses 22OB 6.1 and 6.2, for BE and BTech batches admitted from 2022-23. Status: confirmed.
| Total marks out of 100 | Grade | Grade point |
|---|---|---|
| 90 to 100 | O | 10 |
| 80 to 89 | A+ | 9 |
| 70 to 79 | A | 8 |
| 60 to 69 | B+ | 7 |
| 55 to 59 | B | 6 |
| 50 to 54 | C | 5 |
| 40 to 49 | P | 4 |
| 0 to 39 | F | 0 |
The total is the CIE out of 50 plus the SEE, written out of 100 and scaled to 50 (22OB 4.1 and 4.3). VTU does not say how it rounds a total like 69.5 before the band is set.
VTU 2022 pass rules
From the same regulations, clauses 22OB 4.2 and 6.3. Status: confirmed. A course passes only with all of these:
- CIE: at least 20 of 50, or the SEE cannot be taken.
- A lab part inside a theory course: at least 40% of its own CIE.
- SEE: at least 35 of 100.
- Total: at least 40 of 100.
A course with no SEE takes its grade from the CIE alone (22OB 6.1).
Classes from the CGPA
VTU 2022 scheme
M = CGPA × 10, on the CGPA rounded to 2 decimals (22OB 6.6 and 6.7). The class comes from M (22OB 6.8). Status: confirmed.
| Class | Percentage M, as printed |
|---|---|
| First Class with Distinction (FCD) | M ≥ 70 |
| First Class (FC) | 60 ≤ M < 70 |
| Second Class (SC) | 50 ≤ M < 60 |
| Pass | 40 ≤ M ≤ 50 |
As written, Second Class and Pass both include 50.
SPPU
From a sheet on SPPU's exam portal: percentage = CGPA × 8.9. Status: confirmed, but the sheet states no date (22 Aug 2022 is in its file name only) and no programme.
| Class | CGPA, as printed |
|---|---|
| Distinction | 7.42 (66%) or more |
| First Class | 6.75 (60%) or more but less than 7.41 (65.86%) |
| Higher Second Class | 6.18 (55%) or more but less than 6.74 (59.98%) |
| Second Class | 5.62 (50%) or more but less than 6.17 (54.91%) |
As printed, CGPAs from 7.41 to below 7.42, 6.74 to below 6.75 and 6.17 to below 6.18 fall in no class, and there is no Pass row.
MAKAUT
From MAKAUT's sheet, a PDF from 2008: a DGPA on the 10-point scale converts by these five points only. Status: confirmed as a table, with no formula and no scope.
| DGPA | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 6.25 | 55% |
| 6.75 | 60% |
| 7.25 | 65% |
| 7.75 | 70% |
| 8.25 | 75% |
Status of each rule
| Rules | As of | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UGC 10-point grade points | UGC CBCS guidelines, March 2015 | Confirmed |
| VTU marks bands, pass rules and classes | VTU 2022 scheme, batches admitted from 2022-23 | Confirmed |
| SPPU CGPA × 8.9 and classes | SPPU conversion sheet, file dated 22 Aug 2022 | Confirmed, with no date or programme on the sheet |
| MAKAUT DGPA table | MAKAUT table, PDF from 2008 | Confirmed, table only |
| School boards: CBSE, CISCE and state boards | Not known | Not verified: their rules could not be read on their sites |
| Other universities, and VTU's 2025 scheme | Not known | Not verified: their own documents were not read |