Maynooth University GPA Calculator

Maynooth University grading at a glance

Grading scale: 0-100 percentage award-mark scale
Scale range: 0.0 to 100.0 — a higher number is a better grade
Grades that carry points: 61 grades count toward the GPA, plus 40 administrative grades that do not
Best possible grade: 100 (100.0 points)
Lowest passing grade: 40 (40.0 points) — the weakest grade that still earns credit
Semester GPA rounding: Rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places
Cumulative GPA rounding: Rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places
Credit hours per course: 0.0 to 240.0, in steps of 1.0
Pass/fail courses: Not used in this grading table
Zero-credit courses: Allowed, but they do not move the GPA
Repeated courses: Needs manual review
Percentage bands published: Yes — 61 grades map to a mark range
Grading data last verified: 2026-07-21

Maynooth University grading scale

Every grade Maynooth University awards, the points it carries, and whether it counts toward the GPA or earns credit. This is the table the calculator above runs on.

Maynooth University grade points, GPA inclusion and credit rules
Grade	Meaning	Mark range	Points	GPA counted	Credit earned
0	Fail / No Credit Earned	0–0%	Excluded	No	No
1	Fail / No Credit Earned	1–1%	Excluded	No	No
2	Fail / No Credit Earned	2–2%	Excluded	No	No
3	Fail / No Credit Earned	3–3%	Excluded	No	No
4	Fail / No Credit Earned	4–4%	Excluded	No	No
5	Fail / No Credit Earned	5–5%	Excluded	No	No
6	Fail / No Credit Earned	6–6%	Excluded	No	No
7	Fail / No Credit Earned	7–7%	Excluded	No	No
8	Fail / No Credit Earned	8–8%	Excluded	No	No
9	Fail / No Credit Earned	9–9%	Excluded	No	No
10	Fail / No Credit Earned	10–10%	Excluded	No	No
11	Fail / No Credit Earned	11–11%	Excluded	No	No
12	Fail / No Credit Earned	12–12%	Excluded	No	No
13	Fail / No Credit Earned	13–13%	Excluded	No	No
14	Fail / No Credit Earned	14–14%	Excluded	No	No
15	Fail / No Credit Earned	15–15%	Excluded	No	No
16	Fail / No Credit Earned	16–16%	Excluded	No	No
17	Fail / No Credit Earned	17–17%	Excluded	No	No
18	Fail / No Credit Earned	18–18%	Excluded	No	No
19	Fail / No Credit Earned	19–19%	Excluded	No	No
20	Fail / No Credit Earned	20–20%	Excluded	No	No
21	Fail / No Credit Earned	21–21%	Excluded	No	No
22	Fail / No Credit Earned	22–22%	Excluded	No	No
23	Fail / No Credit Earned	23–23%	Excluded	No	No
24	Fail / No Credit Earned	24–24%	Excluded	No	No
25	Fail / No Credit Earned	25–25%	Excluded	No	No
26	Fail / No Credit Earned	26–26%	Excluded	No	No
27	Fail / No Credit Earned	27–27%	Excluded	No	No
28	Fail / No Credit Earned	28–28%	Excluded	No	No
29	Fail / No Credit Earned	29–29%	Excluded	No	No
30	Fail / No Credit Earned	30–30%	Excluded	No	No
31	Fail / No Credit Earned	31–31%	Excluded	No	No
32	Fail / No Credit Earned	32–32%	Excluded	No	No
33	Fail / No Credit Earned	33–33%	Excluded	No	No
34	Fail / No Credit Earned	34–34%	Excluded	No	No
35	Fail / No Credit Earned	35–35%	Excluded	No	No
36	Fail / No Credit Earned	36–36%	Excluded	No	No
37	Fail / No Credit Earned	37–37%	Excluded	No	No
38	Fail / No Credit Earned	38–38%	Excluded	No	No
39	Fail / No Credit Earned	39–39%	Excluded	No	No
40	Pass	40–40%	40.0	Yes	Yes
41	Pass	41–41%	41.0	Yes	Yes
42	Pass	42–42%	42.0	Yes	Yes
43	Pass	43–43%	43.0	Yes	Yes
44	Pass	44–44%	44.0	Yes	Yes
45	Third Class Honours	45–45%	45.0	Yes	Yes
46	Third Class Honours	46–46%	46.0	Yes	Yes
47	Third Class Honours	47–47%	47.0	Yes	Yes
48	Third Class Honours	48–48%	48.0	Yes	Yes
49	Third Class Honours	49–49%	49.0	Yes	Yes
50	Second Class Honours Grade II	50–50%	50.0	Yes	Yes
51	Second Class Honours Grade II	51–51%	51.0	Yes	Yes
52	Second Class Honours Grade II	52–52%	52.0	Yes	Yes
53	Second Class Honours Grade II	53–53%	53.0	Yes	Yes
54	Second Class Honours Grade II	54–54%	54.0	Yes	Yes
55	Second Class Honours Grade II	55–55%	55.0	Yes	Yes
56	Second Class Honours Grade II	56–56%	56.0	Yes	Yes
57	Second Class Honours Grade II	57–57%	57.0	Yes	Yes
58	Second Class Honours Grade II	58–58%	58.0	Yes	Yes
59	Second Class Honours Grade II	59–59%	59.0	Yes	Yes
60	Second Class Honours Grade I	60–60%	60.0	Yes	Yes
61	Second Class Honours Grade I	61–61%	61.0	Yes	Yes
62	Second Class Honours Grade I	62–62%	62.0	Yes	Yes
63	Second Class Honours Grade I	63–63%	63.0	Yes	Yes
64	Second Class Honours Grade I	64–64%	64.0	Yes	Yes
65	Second Class Honours Grade I	65–65%	65.0	Yes	Yes
66	Second Class Honours Grade I	66–66%	66.0	Yes	Yes
67	Second Class Honours Grade I	67–67%	67.0	Yes	Yes
68	Second Class Honours Grade I	68–68%	68.0	Yes	Yes
69	Second Class Honours Grade I	69–69%	69.0	Yes	Yes
70	First Class Honours	70–70%	70.0	Yes	Yes
71	First Class Honours	71–71%	71.0	Yes	Yes
72	First Class Honours	72–72%	72.0	Yes	Yes
73	First Class Honours	73–73%	73.0	Yes	Yes
74	First Class Honours	74–74%	74.0	Yes	Yes
75	First Class Honours	75–75%	75.0	Yes	Yes
76	First Class Honours	76–76%	76.0	Yes	Yes
77	First Class Honours	77–77%	77.0	Yes	Yes
78	First Class Honours	78–78%	78.0	Yes	Yes
79	First Class Honours	79–79%	79.0	Yes	Yes
80	First Class Honours	80–80%	80.0	Yes	Yes
81	First Class Honours	81–81%	81.0	Yes	Yes
82	First Class Honours	82–82%	82.0	Yes	Yes
83	First Class Honours	83–83%	83.0	Yes	Yes
84	First Class Honours	84–84%	84.0	Yes	Yes
85	First Class Honours	85–85%	85.0	Yes	Yes
86	First Class Honours	86–86%	86.0	Yes	Yes
87	First Class Honours	87–87%	87.0	Yes	Yes
88	First Class Honours	88–88%	88.0	Yes	Yes
89	First Class Honours	89–89%	89.0	Yes	Yes
90	First Class Honours	90–90%	90.0	Yes	Yes
91	First Class Honours	91–91%	91.0	Yes	Yes
92	First Class Honours	92–92%	92.0	Yes	Yes
93	First Class Honours	93–93%	93.0	Yes	Yes
94	First Class Honours	94–94%	94.0	Yes	Yes
95	First Class Honours	95–95%	95.0	Yes	Yes
96	First Class Honours	96–96%	96.0	Yes	Yes
97	First Class Honours	97–97%	97.0	Yes	Yes
98	First Class Honours	98–98%	98.0	Yes	Yes
99	First Class Honours	99–99%	99.0	Yes	Yes
100	First Class Honours	100–100%	100.0	Yes	Yes

How the Maynooth University GPA formula works

Maynooth University converts every graded course into quality points by multiplying the grade's point value by the course's credit hours. Your semester GPA is the total quality points divided by the total credit hours that count toward the GPA, and the result is rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. Points run from 0.0 up to 100.0, so a higher average is a better result. The scale has no plus/minus steps, so every grade in a band is worth exactly the same number of points.

What gets left out of the average

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 30 others carry no point value at Maynooth University, so a course marked with one of them drops out of the division entirely — it changes neither the top nor the bottom of the fraction.

How this semester rolls into your CGPA

Maynooth states annual marks are credit-weighted average marks and taught postgraduate award marks are the credit-weighted average of all modules making up the award. In practice that means your existing CGPA is turned back into quality points by multiplying it by your completed credits, this semester's quality points are added on, and the total is divided by your new credit total. Both the semester and the cumulative figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. Repeat handling is not published as a rule this calculator can apply automatically, so retaken courses need to be checked against the current catalog.

How Maynooth University compares with other Ireland universities

Maynooth University is the only Ireland university covered here using the 0-100 percentage award-mark scale; the other 3 universities on this site grade on different scales entirely, so their GPA numbers are not comparable with yours.

A GPA only means something alongside the scale it was calculated on, which is why comparing raw numbers between institutions — even neighbouring ones — is unreliable. See the Ireland comparison table for every university covered there side by side.

Converting this GPA to a 4.0 scale

Maynooth University does not grade on the US 4.0 scale. Its scale runs to 100.0 rather than 4.0, with 61 point values in use and 40 as the lowest passing mark. There is no single correct formula for converting that into a 4.0 GPA, and GPAWorld deliberately does not publish one: every graduate school, employer and credential evaluator applies its own conversion table, and a number invented here could cost you an application. Calculate your GPA on this page using the real Maynooth University scale, then let the institution you are applying to convert it with their table.

Worked examples

Each example below is run through the same engine the calculator uses, so the numbers show Maynooth University's own rounding.

A typical graded semester

A student sitting at 72.00 after 60 completed credits takes 3 courses worth 3 credits each.

Core course3 credits × 100 (100.0 points)
Elective3 credits × 98 (98.0 points)
Lab or seminar3 credits × 96 (96.0 points)

Semester GPA 98.00 · Updated CGPA 75.39

The semester total is 882 quality points over 9 counted credits. Because the cumulative average now spans 69 credits, one semester moves it only a little — this is why a CGPA gets harder to shift the further into a degree you are.

Adding a course graded 0

The same student adds a fourth 3-credit course graded 0 (Fail / No Credit Earned).

Core course3 credits × 100 (100.0 points)
Elective3 credits × 98 (98.0 points)
Lab or seminar3 credits × 96 (96.0 points)
Fail / No Credit Earned course3 credits × 0 (no grade points)

Semester GPA 98.00 · Updated CGPA 75.39

The semester GPA is unchanged at 98.00. 0 carries no grade points at Maynooth University, so the course is removed from both sides of the division. Students often expect a fourth course to move the average and are surprised when it does not.

What this semester does to your CGPA

A student with a 72.00 CGPA after 60 credits takes 4 courses worth 3 credits each (12 credits in total). Here is where that CGPA lands if every course comes back at the same grade — calculated with the Maynooth University scale and rounding.

Projected Maynooth University CGPA after a 12-credit semester
If every course is	Semester GPA	New CGPA	Movement
100 (100.0)	100.00	76.67	+4.67 (better)
88 (88.0)	88.00	74.67	+2.67 (better)
76 (76.0)	76.00	72.67	+0.67 (better)
64 (64.0)	64.00	70.67	−1.33 (worse)
52 (52.0)	52.00	68.67	−3.33 (worse)

Your own starting CGPA and completed credits will differ — enter them in the calculator above for your real figure.

Common mistakes when calculating your Maynooth University GPA

These are the places where the Maynooth University rules differ from what most students assume, and where a hand calculation usually goes wrong.

Borrowing plus/minus values from another university
The Maynooth University table has no plus or minus steps — every grade in a band is worth the same points. Intermediate values like 3.3 or 3.7 do not exist on this scale.
Averaging the grades instead of weighting them
A course worth twice the credits moves your GPA twice as much. Adding up your grade points and dividing by the number of courses ignores that weighting and is almost always wrong.
Expecting a 0-credit course to move the number
Maynooth University allows them, but with no credit hours they contribute nothing to either side of the division.
Handling a retake by guesswork
Repeat handling is not published as a rule this calculator can apply automatically, so retaken courses need to be checked against the current catalog. Check the current catalog before assuming an old grade has left your record.

Maynooth University GPA — frequently asked questions

What is a passing grade at Maynooth University?

40 (40.0 points) is the weakest grade in the Maynooth University table that still earns credit. Anything below it is counted in your GPA but earns no credit toward the degree. Individual programmes can set a higher minimum for courses in your major, so check your programme handbook as well.

What is the best GPA you can get at Maynooth University?

100.0 on the 0-100 percentage award-mark scale, which you reach by earning 100 (100.0 points) in every course that counts toward the GPA.

Does Maynooth University round GPA up?

The cumulative average is rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places, and the semester average is rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places. That is ordinary rounding, so a result sitting exactly half a step along goes up.

Is this a generic Ireland GPA formula?

No. This page is generated from the grading configuration for Maynooth University alone — its 61 point values, its standard rounding, and its own rules for pass/fail and repeated courses. Other universities in Ireland routinely use different point values or a different scale entirely, so the same grades can produce a different GPA elsewhere.

Which grades are excluded from the Maynooth University GPA?

0 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 1 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 2 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 3 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 4 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 5 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 6 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 7 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 8 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 9 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 10 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 11 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 12 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 13 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 14 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 15 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 16 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 17 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 18 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 19 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 20 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 21 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 22 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 23 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 24 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 25 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 26 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 27 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 28 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 29 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 30 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 31 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 32 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 33 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 34 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 35 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 36 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 37 (Fail / No Credit Earned), 38 (Fail / No Credit Earned), and 39 (Fail / No Credit Earned) carry no grade points and are left out of the average. None of them earn credit toward the degree either.

What happens to my GPA if I repeat a course?

Repeat handling is not published as a rule this calculator can apply automatically, so retaken courses need to be checked against the current catalog.

How much does one semester change my cumulative GPA?

Your CGPA is weighted by every credit you have already completed, so a single semester moves it less the further along you are. Fifteen credits added to sixty already completed is a fifth of your record; the same fifteen added to a hundred and twenty is an eighth of it. Use the calculator at the top of this page with your real completed-credit total rather than estimating the movement.

What percentage is a 100 at Maynooth University?

100 covers 100–100% and is worth 100.0 grade points. The full percentage-to-grade table for all 61 graded bands is published on this page.

Is this calculator official?

No. GPAWorld is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Maynooth University. The grading data on this page was taken from Maynooth University Examinations and Assessment Office - Results Information and last verified on 2026-07-21; every source is linked on this page so you can check it yourself. Your registrar's record is always the authority.

Notes on this university's data

Judgement calls and caveats recorded when this grading configuration was built from the official sources. They are published so you can see exactly what the calculator assumes.

Maynooth University has its own official percentage-mark system and is not treated as a generic Ireland formula.
This config uses exact integer percentage entries from 0 to 100 so broad award bands are not converted by estimation.
Maynooth states the annual mark includes only modules in which credits were earned; failing marks are therefore excluded from the calculated annual percentage in this config.
Undergraduate award classification can use year/stage weightings such as 70/30 or 70/20/10, so final award classification should be manually reviewed.
Repeat and resit handling is manual review because the official public guidance is conditional.

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