Ghana's grade calculators, with the regulations on the page
Most grade pages online are guides, not tools — and the guides contradict each other on the numbers that matter most. GradePa is the calculator layer, built directly on each university's own published rules: KNUST's Regulations, UG's Regulations for Junior Members, and UCC's published grading system, with the source printed next to every band and threshold.
The settled answers: KNUST First Class starts at a CWA of 70.00 — not 80 (§12 of the Regulations). UG's FGPA weights the four levels 1:1:2:2, so Levels 300 and 400 count double (§9.31). UCC's CGPA pools every course as if in one semester — it is never the average of your semester GPAs. No university here publishes a conversion between the three systems, so neither do we.
Calculators
KNUST CWA Calculator
Percentage marks weighted by credit hours — the CWA exactly as KNUST’s Regulations define it, with your class band and the distance to the next one.
UG FGPA Calculator
Level GPAs weighted 1:1:2:2, repeat courses counted once at the average of their attempts, audited courses left out — the FGPA, not a plain average.
UCC CGPA Calculator
Every course pooled as if in one semester, on UCC’s own grade table — where a mark below 50 earns 0 points and the middle class bands differ from UG’s.
Target-Class Planner — What Do I Need?
Pick a target class and see the exact average your remaining credits must deliver — including an honest answer when the target is no longer reachable.
Grade Tracker
Keep your courses and marks across semesters, saved only in your browser, and export the record as a file you own.
Three systems, three different meanings of "average"
KNUST averages raw percentage marks — there are no grade points in its system at all. UG converts marks to grade points, averages them within each level, then weights the levels 1:1:2:2. UCC converts marks to grade points and pools every course into one big average. Tools that treat the three as interchangeable get all three wrong; the comparison guide puts them side by side, and the methodology page lists every rule with its document and section.
Guides
How to Calculate CWA at KNUST
The method step by step, worked with the example printed in KNUST’s own Regulations.
Is KNUST First Class 70 or 80?
70 or 80? The Regulations answer in §12 — and where the other figure comes from.
KNUST Grading System
Bands, the 45.00 graduation minimum, the probation band, trailed and deferred courses.
How to Calculate FGPA at UG
The 1:1:2:2 method worked in full — including the class a plain average gets wrong.
UG Grading System
Every grade, point and class band from §9.20 and §9.31 of the Regulations.
UCC Grading System & CGPA
UCC’s table, its own class bands, and the pooled-CGPA rule in full.
What Average Do I Need Next Semester?
The backwards calculation worked three ways — reachable, steep, and honestly out of reach.
Ghana Degree Classes Compared
KNUST vs UG vs UCC, band by band, every figure from its own source.
CWA vs CGPA vs FGPA
What each average actually is — and why no official conversion between them exists.
Questions students ask
Is First Class at KNUST 70 or 80?
70. KNUST’s own Regulations (Recorder No. 267), §12, classify a degree on the Cumulative Weighted Average: First Class is a CWA of 70% or above. The 80 figure circulating in guides does not come from the Regulations — our guide traces both numbers to their sources.
Why does my UG FGPA differ from the average of my level GPAs?
Because UG does not average the four levels equally. Under §9.31 of the Regulations for Junior Members, the level GPAs are weighted 1:1:2:2 — Levels 300 and 400 count double. A plain average can put you in the wrong class; the FGPA calculator applies the weighting and shows both figures, labelled.
Is the UCC CGPA just the average of my semester GPAs?
No. UCC’s own grading page states that the CGPA pools all courses as if they were taken in one semester, and is "not the same as the average of GPAs for the various semesters". Bigger semesters pull the pooled figure more — the calculator works that way because the rule does.
Do I need an account? Where do my marks go?
No account, and your marks go nowhere. Every calculation runs in your browser. If you save a record in the grade tracker, it is stored only in your own browser on your own device — you can export it as a file you own, and it is never sent to us.