Grades

Find out about the different grades you'll receive in your program at RMIT.

Select your cohort from the tabs below to find out more about your grades.

Higher education / Assoc degree grades

Final grades
Interim grades
Credit transfer and external grades

Final grades

Grade	Definition	Mark range
HD	High Distinction	80-100
DI	Distinction	70-79
CR	Credit	60-69
PA	Pass	50-59
PX	Pass grade only – appears when no higher grading is available for an assessment.
SP	Supplementary pass – may be applied when a student successfully completes an approved supplementary assessment task.
NN	Fail	0-49
NH	Failed mandatory hurdle requirement.
WDR	Withdrawn from course – applies where a student withdraws from a course after the census date but no later than the last day to withdraw without academic penalty.
RSC	Remission (removal) of debt under special circumstances – applies where a student is granted a remission of debt in special circumstances after the census date.

Interim grades

Grade	Definition
DEF	Deferred Assessment – denotes that a deferral has been granted to a formal examination or assessment via Special consideration.
EOT	Extension of Time – denotes that an extension of time of more than seven calendar days has been granted via Special consideration.
EQV	Equivalent assessment – denotes that an equivalent assessment has been granted via Special consideration.
NEX	No assessment scheduled.
RNF	Result not finalised: academic delay in finalising the grade an equitable assessment arrangement is in place a project/thesis was not due for submission until the end of the teaching period industry-based assessment approved exchange, study abroad or cross-institutional study course
RWI	Result withheld industrial
SUP	Supplementary assessment granted by a course assessment committee or program assessment board.

Credit transfer and external grading

Grade	Definition
EX	Exemption granted
BX	Block exemption
MX	Masters Exemption Granted (for Masters programs only)
EPG	External Pass Grade – for students engaged in exchange and study abroad
EFG	External Fail Grade – for students engaged in exchange and study abroad
RLG	Recognition of prior learning – granted

Vocational education grades

Final grades
Interim grades
Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning (RPL) grades
No Assessment Participation Only

Final grades

Grade	Definition
CA	Competency Achieved
NYC	Not Yet Competent
SEC	Stopped engagement in course
WDR	Withdrawn from course
RSC	Remission (removal) of debt under special circumstances – applies where a student is granted a remission of debt in special circumstances after the census date.

Interim grades

Grade	Definition
CPE	Competency achieved, pending employer sign-off – denotes that RMIT has assessed the student as competent and the employer sign-off is pending (competency based courses only).
DEF	Deferred assessment – denotes that a deferral has been granted to a formal examination or assessment via Special consideration.
EOT	Extension of Time – denotes that an extension of time of greater than seven calendar days has been granted via Special consideration.
EQV	Equivalent assessment – denotes that an equivalent assessment has been granted via Special consideration.
RNF	Result not finalised. This can be due to: an academic delay in finalising the grade an equitable assessment arrangement being in place a project/thesis not due for submission until the end of the teaching period an industry-based assessment an approved exchange, study abroad or cross-institutional study course.
RNY	Recognition of Prior Learning final result not yet available.
RWI	Result withheld industrial
SUP	Supplementary assessment granted by a course assessment committee or program assessment board.

Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning (RPL) grades

Grades	Definition
EX	Exemption granted
RCG	Recognition of Current Competency – Granted
RCN	Recognition of Current Competency – Not granted
RLG	Recognition of Prior Learning – Granted (appears only for RPL granted from 2007)
RLN	Recognition of Prior Learning – Not granted

No assessment code

Grade	Definition
NOP	No Assessment Participation Only Used in VE only for LN Support courses with no assessment and the student has participated.

Historic grades

From 1 January 2020 the following grades were removed from RMIT’s VE grading:

Grades	Definition
CAG	Competency Achieved – Graded
CC	Competent with Credit
CDI	Competent with Distinction
CHD	Competent with High Distinction
CR	Credit (60-69)
DI	Distinction (70-79)
DNS	Did Not Submit for assessment
HD	High distinction (80-100)
NN	Fail (0-49)
PA	Pass (50-59)
PX	Pass grade only – This grade will appear when no higher grading is available for an assessment.

Research grades

Coursework final grades – Masters by Research and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Interim grades
Credit transfer and external grading

Coursework final grades – Masters by Research and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Grade	Definition
PX	Pass
NN	Fail
NEX	No Assessment Scheduled. This grade will appear each semester until the final grade is recorded.

Interim grades

Grade	Definition
DEF	Deferred Assessment – denotes that a deferral has been granted to a formal examination or assessment via Special consideration.
EOT	Extension of Time – denotes that an extension of time of more than seven calendar days has been granted via Special consideration.
EQV	Equivalent assessment – denotes that an equivalent assessment has been granted via Special consideration,

Credit transfer and external grading

Grade	Definition
EX	Exemption granted

Examination of thesis/project

When the examination of a thesis/project is complete, the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Training and Development, SGR will assign one of the following classifications after considering the examiners reports and recommendations:

Classification	Definition
C1	Passed. No requirement for correction or amendment other than corrections of an editorial nature. Amendments are to be made within four weeks of classification and certified by an RMIT academic delegate.
C2	Passed subject to minor amendments. Recommended amendments may include re-writing of small sections of text. Amendments are to be made within six weeks of classification and certified by an RMIT academic delegate.
C3	Passed subject to major amendments. Recommended amendments may involve substantial re-writing of parts of the thesis. Amendments are to be made within six months of classification and certified by an RMIT academic delegate.
C4	Revise and resubmit. The candidate should not yet be awarded the degree. Substantial revisions and a re-examination by two approved external examiners are required before a pass can be considered. Resubmission for re-examination to take place within 12 months of initial classification.
C5	Failed. The research does not meet the criteria for the degree as specified by the University and a significant amount of additional research work and/or major substantive revision will not raise it to an acceptable. standard.

Monitoring academic progress

HDR candidates are required to demonstrate satisfactory progress throughout the duration of their candidature. Academic progress is formally monitored and documented at each meeting between a candidate and their supervisor/s as a shared responsibility and is also formally measured for individual candidates through the three compulsory candidature milestone reviews organised by the School.

Candidates who are identified as making unsatisfactory progress will be assisted in accordance with the HDR candidate progress management instruction.

Candidates will be advised of the classification and the timeframe in which they have to make any required amendments and re-submit.

The final grade will be awarded once the final archival version of the research and all required authorisations is lodged, and after a recommendation has been made to the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Training and Development, SGR that the candidate be admitted to the appropriate degree.

After the candidate has graduated, the conferral information and completion date (final archival submission date) will be entered into the University’s student system and an official transcript of results will be issued.

Foundation Studies grades

Final grades
Interim grades

Final grades

Grade	Definition	Mark range
HD	High Distinction	80-100
DI	Distinction	70-79
CR	Credit	60-69
PA	Pass	50-59
NN	Fail	0-49
WDR	Withdrawn from course – applies where a student withdraws from a course after census date	N/A

Interim grades

Grade	Definition
DEF	Deferred Assessment – denotes that a deferral has been granted to a formal examination or assessment via Special consideration.
EOT	Extension of Time – denotes that an extension of time of more than seven calendar days has been granted via Special consideration.
EQV	Equivalent assessment – denotes that an equivalent assessment has been granted via Special consideration.

RMIT English Worldwide (REW) grades

Skills (Ongoing, Writing, Reading, Listening, Speaking)
Overall results

Skills (Ongoing, Writing, Reading, Listening, Speaking)

Grade	Definition	Mark range
HD	High distinction	80-100
D	Distinction	70-79
CR	Credit	60-69
PA	Pass	50-59
NN	Fail	0-49

Overall results

Result	Definition
Achieved	A Pass or greater for each of Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
Not Achieved	One or more Fails for any of the skills of Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.

Historical grading

RMIT University has used several grading tables and incorporated a number of campuses and separate educational institutions since its establishment in 1887.

Find out what grades were used by the different educational institutions incorporated into RMIT since the 1970s.

Find out about historical grading

Grades

Grades

Find out about the different grades you'll receive in your program at RMIT.

Higher education / Assoc degree grades

Final grades

Interim grades

Credit transfer and external grading

Vocational education grades

Final grades

Interim grades

Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning (RPL) grades

No assessment code

Historic grades

Research grades

Coursework final grades – Masters by Research and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Interim grades

Credit transfer and external grading

Examination of thesis/project

Monitoring academic progress

Foundation Studies grades

Final grades

Interim grades

RMIT English Worldwide (REW) grades

Skills (Ongoing, Writing, Reading, Listening, Speaking)

Overall results

Historical grading

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