University of the Punjab, Lahore CGPA Calculator
Lahore, Punjab · public · est. 1882
CGPA at University of the Punjab, Lahore is total quality points divided by total credit hours, counted across every semester you have completed, a quality point being one credit hour multiplied by that course's grade point. Punjab University awards those grade points through the official Punjab University grading scale shown below, a 10-band table that runs from 4.00 (A, 85% and above) down to 0.00 for a fail, giving a maximum CGPA of 4.00. The lowest passing grade is D, awarded from 50%.
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Switch to “Enter marks” to see your exact percentage. It cannot be derived from letter grades alone, and Pakistan has no single official CGPA-to-percentage formula.
University of the Punjab, Lahore grading scale
Punjab University grades on an absolute scale out of 4.00 with 10 bands. A mark of 85% or above earns A (4.00), and 50% is the lowest passing band (D). The calculator above already applies these bands, so you can enter raw marks instead of letters.
| Marks (%) | Grade | Grade point |
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| 85–100 | A | 4.00 |
| 80–84 | A- | 3.70 |
| 75–79 | B+ | 3.30 |
| 70–74 | B | 3.00 |
| 65–69 | B- | 2.70 |
| 61–64 | C+ | 2.30 |
| 58–60 | C | 2.00 |
| 55–57 | C- | 1.70 |
| 50–54 | D | 1.00 |
| 0–49 | F | 0.00 |
All sources (7)
- https://pu.edu.pk/images/file/BS-4years/Semester%20Rules%20and%20Regulations%20for%20Undergraduate%20Studies.pdf · retrieved 2026-08-28Primary authority, linked by Punjab University itself from its BS (4 Years) Important Downloads page. Section 11 is transcribed verbatim into gradingPlan: 85 and above A 4.00, 80-84 A- 3.70, 75-79 B+ 3.30, 70-74 B 3.00, 65-69 B- 2.70, 61-64 C+ 2.30, 58-60 C 2.00, 55-57 C- 1.70, 50-54 D 1.00, below 50 or absent F 0.00. Two material departures from the HEC pattern: PU prints one-decimal grade points (3.70 / 3.30 / 2.70 / 2.30 / 1.70) rather than thirds, and PU has NO D+ grade, so 50-54 goes straight from C- to D. Section 11(5) rounds any fraction of a mark UP to the next whole mark - the document's own example is that 64.1 or 64.9 must both be shown as 65 - which is unusually generous and can lift a student a whole band. Section 11(1) forbids letter grades for GPA/CGPA themselves; 11(3) caps GPA at 4.00; 11(4) requires CGPA 2.00 for an Associate or Bachelor's degree; section 12 requires re-registration in F and D courses in the next Spring/Fall semester with juniors; the promotion table sets 1.50 GPA in the first semester and 1.70 CGPA thereafter as the automatic-drop line with probation between that and 2.00. The document also defines obtained percent marks (OPM) as the credit-hour weighted average of marks, which is why a PU result card shows both a CGPA and a real percentage.
- https://pu.edu.pk/puac/download/Semester_Rules.pdf · retrieved 2026-08-28Byte-for-byte the same regulations as the BS-4years link above but with an extractable text layer; every band and grade point in gradingPlan was read from this copy. The copy under pu.edu.pk/images/file/BS-4years/ is a scanned PDF with no text layer.
- https://pu.edu.pk/regulations/contents/BS-4years.html · retrieved 2026-08-28The official PU page that points BS students at the Semester Rules and Regulations used above, alongside the detailed course contents and scheme of studies.
- https://pu.edu.pk/regulations/contents/conversion-of-grades-marks.html · retrieved 2026-08-28PU's own admission-side conversion rules, which are separate from the grading scale: marks earned under the semester system are multiplied by 0.85 to equate them with the annual system for merit purposes (0.90 for a three-year BA/BSc Hons), and Allama Iqbal Open University marks are multiplied by 0.75. These factors apply to admissions merit only and are NOT a CGPA-to-percentage formula.
- https://pu.edu.pk/temp1/img/logo.png · retrieved 2026-08-28brandColor #7A670F is the mean of the gold and olive family in the crest, which is the largest chromatic area (the laurel wreath and crown, 25180 sampled pixels) ahead of the red-orange rising sun (#DA501C, 12641 px) and the pale blue river waves. Contrast of #7A670F on white is 5.56:1, passing WCAG AA for normal text, so no brandColorAccessible override is needed - the rising-sun red-orange would have failed at 3.6:1. NOTE FOR THE LOGO PIPELINE: this is the only crest PU serves from its own domain and it is very small at 50x67; a higher-resolution official asset would be preferable. The crest is a trademark of the University of the Punjab and is used nominatively.
- https://pu.edu.pk/program/index/Graduate · retrieved 2026-08-28Verifies notablePrograms. PU's own listing includes BS Computer Science (morning and self-supporting), BS Software Engineering, BBA (Hons.), Pharm.D (morning and evening) and B.Sc (Engg.) Electrical Engineering among more than two hundred undergraduate offerings.
- https://pu.edu.pk/page/show/Semester-System.html · retrieved 2026-08-28Confirms that the same semester rules govern BS 4-year and Associate Degree programmes and links the affiliated-college regulations. PU still runs some legacy annual-system examinations for private and affiliated-college candidates, which are marked in percentages and do not produce a CGPA.
How grading works at Punjab University
Punjab University builds a semester GPA by weighting every course's grade point with its credit hours, totalling those weighted grade points and dividing by the credit hours you carried that term; the CGPA is the same weighted average computed directly from every individual course, not by averaging the semester GPAs. The regulations are explicit on that last point, because averaging term GPAs gives a different answer whenever credit loads differ. Grade points come from a ten-letter absolute table: 85 and above is an A worth 4.00, then A- 3.70, B+ 3.30, B 3.00, B- 2.70, C+ 2.30, C 2.00, C- 1.70 and D 1.00, with anything below 50 or an absence recorded as F.
Two quirks of PU's oldest-university-in-Pakistan rulebook matter to students. There is no D+ grade at all, so the ladder drops from C- at 55-57 straight to D at 50-54. And any fraction of a mark is counted as a full mark: the regulations state that 64.1 and 64.9 must both be shown as 65, which quietly lifts many borderline students a whole band. Alongside the CGPA, a PU result shows obtained percent marks, a credit-weighted average of actual marks. BS Computer Science, BBA (Hons.), BS Software Engineering and Pharm.D on the Lahore campuses all sit on this scale.
Worked example: a full semester on the Punjab University scale
Here is a complete 15 credit-hour semester scored against the Punjab University grade points in the table above. The marks are illustrative, but every number after them is calculated the same way the calculator on this page calculates yours.
| Course | Credit hrs | Marks /100 | Grade | Grade point | Quality points |
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| Core course I | 3 | 93 | A | 4.00 | 3 × 4.00 = 12.00 |
| Core course II | 4 | 77 | B+ | 3.30 | 4 × 3.30 = 13.20 |
| Core course III | 3 | 72 | B | 3.00 | 3 × 3.00 = 9.00 |
| Elective | 3 | 63 | C+ | 2.30 | 3 × 2.30 = 6.90 |
| Lab / practical | 2 | 59 | C | 2.00 | 2 × 2.00 = 4.00 |
| Total | 15 | 45.10 |
Step by step
- Convert each course mark to a grade point. Work out each course as a percentage of its total marks, then read the letter off the Punjab University grading table. 93 out of 100 is 93%, which falls in the A band and is worth 4.00 grade points.
- Multiply each grade point by the course credit hours. Credit hours decide how much each course counts, so multiply to get quality points: 3 × 4.00 = 12.00, 4 × 3.30 = 13.20, 3 × 3.00 = 9.00, 3 × 2.30 = 6.90, 2 × 2.00 = 4.00.
- Add the quality points and the credit hours. Adding the five courses gives 45.10 quality points across 15 credit hours.
- Divide to get the semester GPA. 45.10 ÷ 15 = 3.00, the semester GPA for this term at Punjab University.
- Fold the semester into your CGPA. If you had already completed 45 credit hours at a CGPA of 3.20, those carry 144.00 quality points. Add this semester and the CGPA becomes (144.00 + 45.10) ÷ (45 + 15) = 3.15.
The division actually gives 3.0067; result cards print two decimals, so it appears as 3.00. Notice how the 4-credit course moves the average roughly twice as hard as the 2-credit lab. That credit-hour weighting is the whole reason a GPA is not just the average of your grade points.
Which Punjab University programmes use this scale?
The same grading plan applies across Punjab University’s degree programmes, including BS Computer Science, BS Software Engineering, BBA (Hons.), Pharm.D and B.Sc (Engg.) Electrical Engineering. Credit-hour loads differ by programme (a typical semester runs 15 to 18 credit hours), but the marks-to-grade-point mapping above does not change between them.
Punjab University CGPA: frequently asked questions
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The transcript generator turns your Punjab University semesters into a full result card, complete with per-term SGPA, running CGPA, percentage and a grand-total row, and downloads it as a PDF you can attach to an application.
CalcScholar is not affiliated with or endorsed by University of the Punjab, Lahore. The Punjab University name and logo are used only to identify whose grading scale this calculator applies, and any result produced here is unofficial. Your transcript from the Punjab University examination department is the authority.