For the Joint degree programme “Public Governance across Borders” the diploma supplement will contain two grades:
- The Dutch 1-10 grade with 5.5 as pass cut-off point, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest grade. For whole numbers a 5.5. is rounded to a 6 (the lowest pass rate with a whole number).
- The German system as used in Muenster with a 1 to 4 scale for passing grades (and 5 and 6 as fail), 1 being the best. Only whole numbers, and .3 and .7 are in use.
In the Dutch grading system as used at University of Twente, end results are rounded to the nearest half grade. A test result can have one decimal (7.3 or 8.9). The rounded end result of the study unit or module is a half grade, e.g. 7.5 or 9.0. German results from the first year will be in the system as test results, so without rounding. On your final International Diploma Supplement these results are only showed as rounded grades in Dutch, along the original German grades. The unrounded test results you will see as a student on your Transcript of records will not be shown on the final diploma supplement.
Table 1. German grades to Dutch grades
German | Dutch (unrounded) | Dutch (rounded) |
1 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
1.3 | 9.0 | 9 |
1.7 | 8.0 | 8 |
2 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
2.3 | 7.0 | 7 |
2.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
3 | 6.1 | 6 |
3.3 | 6.0 | 6 |
3.7 | 5.7 | 6 |
4 | 5.5 | 6 |
Table 2. Dutch grades to German grades
Dutch | Dutch | to German |
10 | >= 9.8 | 1 |
9.5 | >= 9.3 | 1 |
9 | >= 8.8 | 1.3 |
8.5 | >= 8.4 | 1.3 |
8 | >= 7.9 | 1.7 |
7.5 | >= 7.6 | 2 |
7 | >= 6.7 | 2.3 |
6.5 | >= 6.4 | 2.7 |
| >= 6.1 | 3 |
6 | >= 5.9 | 3.3 |
| >= 5.7 | 3.7 |
| >= 5.5 | 4 |
These tables are based upon distribution tables with 706 German results and 6119 Dutch results from the last academic years available, calculated in November 2014. The conversion is checked with new results in 2020 and although small differences were found, it did not give reason to change the conversion. Grade conversion is based on best match (instead of Never higher or Never lower), i.e. the nearest by cumulative percentage of scores. From September 2020 onwards, University of Twente changed the rounding of course and module grades from only full grades to full grades and half grades (except for 5.5).