Grading

The CEMS MIM certificate will show grades using the ECTS grading scale. Based along the ECTS framework, a grading scale has been developed to facilitate the understanding and comparison of grades given according to different national systems. It has no national reference point and is intended to provide an objective evaluation of student abilities relative to those of other students within the same system. The ECTS grading scale is based on the rank of a student in a given assessment, i.e. how s/he performed relative to other students.

The ECTS system classifies students into broad groups and thus makes interpretation of ranking simpler.

Those obtaining passing grades are divided into five subgroups:

The best 10% are awarded an A grade The next 25% a B grade The following 30% a C grade The following 25% a D grade The final 10% an E grade

Those who have not achieved a sufficiently high level to be awarded a pass grade get:

F (Fail – considerable further work is required)

For Block Seminars, CEMS Courses and Business Projects, the ECTS “A to F” grading scale is used. Business Communication Skill Seminars and Global Citizenship use “Pass” and “Fail” grades.

Translation of local grades to this scale is up to the grading institution. See an indicative guide on the local grade conversion to CEMS grades.

For the language tests, the language levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages are used.