International Grade Converter
Convert grades between US, UK, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, Germany, France, Canada, China and more, instantly. Fully usable on mobile.
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Define your institution's scale to convert from or to any custom system.
How to Use the International Grade Converter
From a grade in one country's system to its equivalent anywhere else in seconds. Fully usable on mobile.
Every conversion runs inside your own browser. No account, no tracking, nothing ever uploaded.
International Grade Converter, Free and Online
An international grade converter turns a grade from one country's system into its estimated equivalent in another, instantly, across 15 or more grading scales. This one converts through a percentage bridge, shows every equivalent side by side, and updates live as you type, entirely inside your browser.
Comparing academic performance across countries is a genuine problem for students, admissions officers and employers alike, because there is no single global grading standard. This free international grade converter tool bridges that gap. Enter a grade in any supported system, US letter, UK classification, Indian UGC CGPA, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Australian, German, French, Canadian, Chinese, Saudi, UAE or Dutch, and instantly see its equivalent everywhere else. Pro Mode adds a multi-subject converter that works out a cumulative GPA across several courses at once, a university admission requirements checker against common benchmarks, a transcript generator formatted for a specific country's universities, and a custom grade scale builder for institutions not covered by the standard list.
Every conversion passes through an estimated percentage first, since percentage is the one common denominator every grading system can be mapped to and from.
1Simple vs Pro, What Each Mode Includes
| Feature | Simple Mode | Pro Mode (Free) |
|---|---|---|
| Convert between 15+ international grading systems | Included | Included |
| See equivalent grades in every system at once | Included | Included |
| Grade scale reference tables by country | Included | Included |
| Multi-subject converter with cumulative GPA | Not included | Included |
| University admission requirements checker | Not included | Included |
| Transcript generator formatted per country | Not included | Included |
| Custom grade scale builder for other institutions | Not included | Included |
| Copy results and downloadable PDF report | Copy only | Copy and PDF |
2Common Conversions, Quick Examples
The mistake that trips up the most students is treating a converted grade as an exact, official figure rather than an estimate. Grading boundaries genuinely differ between individual universities even within the same country, and a converter can only reflect commonly published, representative bands. For anything with real consequences, admissions, scholarship eligibility, visa applications or credit transfer, use this tool for planning and then confirm the actual requirement with the receiving institution or an accredited evaluation service.
3Where International Grade Comparison Actually Came From
The specific challenge this tool solves, comparing grades meaningfully across borders, has a documented institutional history in Europe. According to AACRAO, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, the European Credit Transfer System, ECTS, began life in 1989 as a pilot programme built specifically to support the Erasmus student mobility scheme, letting a student's coursework at one European university count properly at another. A full decade later, in June 1999, education ministers from 29 countries met in Bologna, Italy and signed the Bologna Declaration, adopting that same ECTS credit framework as the backbone of a much larger reform, the European Higher Education Area. What started as a practical fix for exchange students became the standardised three cycle degree structure and common credit system now used across 48 countries, precisely the kind of cross border grade comparability problem an international grade converter exists to help with today.
| Question | Quick Answer |
|---|---|
| When was ECTS first piloted? | 1989, for the Erasmus programme |
| When was the Bologna Declaration signed? | June 1999, in Bologna, Italy |
| How many countries signed initially? | 29 education ministers |
| How many countries participate today? | 48, well beyond the EU |
Every conversion runs inside your own browser using JavaScript, nothing is uploaded or sent to a server, and no account or signup is required.
4Frequently Asked Questions
Grounded in AACRAO's own published account of the Bologna Process and ECTS system, not the assumption that international grade comparison has always been informal or ad hoc. The full account is detailed on AACRAO's EDGE country resource page. For related tools on this site, see the GPA Calculator and the full SmallStudyTools.com tool library.
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