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UG FGPA Calculator
Your Final Grade Point Average the way the University of Ghana actually computes it — level by level, then weighted 1:1:2:2, so your Levels 300 and 400 count double. The weighting is the whole point: it can move you a full class.
FGPA = (Level 100 + Level 200 + 2×Level 300 + 2×Level 400) ÷ 6 (§9.31(b)). Classes: First 3.60–4.00 · Second Upper 3.00–3.59 · Second Lower 2.00–2.99 · Third 1.50–1.99 · Pass 1.00–1.49.
Your courses, by level
Enter each level's courses with credit hours and marks — the grade and its points are read from the §9.20 table for you. Repeated a course? Use + attempt on that course: the Regulations count a repeat once, at the average of its attempts. Tick audit for an audited course — it never enters the FGPA. Seeded with a Level 100 worked example — clear it and type your own.
Why the weighting changes your class
Take level GPAs of 3.80, 3.60, 2.40 and 2.60. A plain average gives (3.80 + 3.60 + 2.40 + 2.60) ÷ 4 = 3.10 — Second Class Upper. The FGPA gives (3.80 + 3.60 + 4.80 + 5.20) ÷ 6 = 17.40 ÷ 6 = 2.90 — Second Class Lower. Same student, same grades, different class — decided entirely by whether the double weighting is applied. The calculator shows the plain average beside the FGPA, labelled for what it is, so you can see the weighting working. The method guide works this example by hand.
Three rules students most often miss
- A failed course still counts. In the Level 100 example loaded above, the E (47 in SOCI 101) pulls the level GPA to 2.69. Leave that course out — the classic mistake — and you would read 3.00.
- A repeat counts once, at the average of its attempts (§9.31(c)) — not the best attempt, not the latest.
- With fewer than four levels entered, the figure is a projection, labelled as such — your FGPA exists only when the degree does.
UG FGPA questions
How is the FGPA calculated at the University of Ghana?
In two steps. First, each level’s GPA: every course’s grade point (from the §9.20 table) multiplied by its credits, summed and divided by the level’s credits. Then the FGPA weights the four level GPAs 1:1:2:2 — Level 100 once, Level 200 once, Level 300 twice, Level 400 twice — and divides by 6 (§9.31(b)).
I repeated a course. Which attempt counts?
Both — averaged. §9.31(c) of the Regulations: "In the determination of the FGPA, a weighted average of all repeat courses shall be used." Enter every attempt on the course (the + attempt button) and the calculator counts the course once, at the average of its attempts’ points.
Do failed courses count in the FGPA?
Yes. An E carries 0.5 points and an F, X or Z carries 0, and all of them enter the averages with their credits — dropping a failed course from the sum is the most common hand-calculation error. An audited course (AUDI) is the exception: §9.21(d) excludes it from the FGPA entirely.
What FGPA is First Class at UG?
3.60 to 4.00 (§9.31(d)). Second Class Upper is 3.00–3.59, Second Class Lower 2.00–2.99, Third Class 1.50–1.99 and Pass 1.00–1.49. The minimum FGPA for a degree is 1.00.