# International Grade to US GPA Converter > Convert a grade from 20+ countries (India, China, UK, Germany, France, Nigeria) to a US 4.0 GPA using the band tables credential evaluators use. Free. - **Category:** Education & Grades - **Interactive calculator:** https://youcalc.com/en/education-grades/international-grade-to-gpa/ - **Price:** Free, no sign-up required ## Overview If you studied outside the United States and need a US-style 4.0 GPA — for a university application, a job, or simply to know where you stand — this converter estimates it for more than twenty grading systems, from the Indian percentage and 10-point CGPA to the UK honours scale, the German 1.0–4.0 grade, the French /20, the Chinese 100-point mark, and Nigeria’s 5-point CGPA. Crucially, it does NOT use a naive (grade ÷ maximum) × 4 formula, which badly under-values strictly-marked systems. Instead it uses the published band tables that credential evaluators such as WES, Scholaro and Nuffic actually apply, so a French 14/20 reads as an A-, not a B-. ## How to read your result Pick your grading system and enter your grade. The headline is the US letter grade your result maps to, with the matching 4.0 GPA point beside it (for example “A- ≈ 3.7”). Because grade conversion is genuinely approximate, the figure is labelled indicative — treat the letter, not the decimal, as the real signal. Below the result, the band table shows exactly how your whole system maps to US grades and highlights the band you fall into, with a link to the source. A grade below your system’s own pass mark is reported as a fail rather than forced onto the US scale. ## Method Each grading system carries a sourced band table that maps a raw-grade range to a US letter and 4.0 GPA point — for example France: Très Bien 16–20 → A, Bien 14–16 → A-, Assez Bien 12–14 → B, Passable 10–12 → C. These bands come from credential-evaluation references (WES/WENR country profiles, Scholaro’s grading database, Nuffic’s official Dutch and Mexican tables, AACRAO for India) rather than a linear interpolation, which systematically under-values conservative scales (France, the Netherlands, Italy) and over-values lenient ones. The lowest passing grade in each system is taken from the most common, sourced value; because pass marks and band cut-offs vary by board, faculty and institution, every result is explicitly an indicative estimate, never a credential-evaluation equivalency. Rank-based and standards-based systems — New Zealand NCEA, the IB Diploma, Kenya KCSE cluster points — are deliberately excluded, because a “grade” there reflects cohort position or a pass/fail standard, not an achievement level, and cannot be mapped to a GPA without misleading you. ## Example - **Setup:** You have a French licence average of 14/20 and want the US equivalent. Choose “France — /20 (sur vingt)” and enter 14. - **Result:** The converter returns A- (≈ 3.7 GPA), labelled “Bien”. A simple (14 ÷ 20) × 4 would have given 2.8 (a B-) — almost a full letter lower — which is exactly why credential evaluators use band tables instead, because French marking is severe and 14/20 is a strong result. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is this an official GPA conversion? No. It is an indicative estimate to help you orient yourself. US universities and employers each apply their own policy, and the binding figure for admissions is usually a course-by-course credential evaluation (for example WES, ECE or SpanTran). Use this tool to understand roughly where your grade lands, then get an official evaluation when one is required. ### Why not just divide my grade by the maximum and multiply by 4? Because that linear shortcut assumes every system awards top marks as freely as the US does, which is false. In France a 20/20 is essentially never given and 14/20 is excellent; a linear formula would call it a B-, while credential evaluators treat it as an A-. The band tables this tool uses reflect how each country’s marks are actually distributed. ### My country’s pass mark is different from what the tool shows. Why? Pass marks vary by board, faculty and institution — Indian boards range from 33% to 40%, Egyptian faculties differ, and Brazilian universities pass anywhere from 5 to 7 out of 10. The tool uses the most common sourced value and flags systems where it varies. Read your own transcript legend for the exact threshold. ### I’m applying to Germany, not the US. Can I use this? Germany does not use a US GPA — German universities convert foreign grades to the 1.0–4.0 scale with the official modified Bavarian formula. Use the German Grade Calculator for the figure uni-assist expects. This converter is for the US 4.0 scale. ### Why can’t I convert my IB, NCEA or KCSE result? Those are rank-based or standards-based systems: a grade reflects your position in a cohort or whether you met a fixed standard, not an achievement percentage, so there is no defensible way to turn it into a GPA. 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