Visvesvaraya Technological University CGPA Calculator
Belagavi, Karnataka · public · est. 1998
To calculate a CGPA at VTU, turn each course mark into a grade point using the official VTU grading scale shown below, multiply that grade point by the course's credit hours, and divide the running total of quality points by the running total of credit hours. The Visvesvaraya Technological University table has 7 bands, S (10.00) starts at 90%, and CGPA is reported out of 10.00. The lowest passing grade is E, awarded from 35%.
Add one row per course this semester.
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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.
Visvesvaraya Technological University grading scale
VTU grades on an absolute scale out of 10.00 with 7 bands. A mark of 90% or above earns S (10.00), and 35% is the lowest passing band (E). The calculator above already applies these bands, so you can enter raw marks instead of letters.
| Marks (%) | Grade | Grade point |
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| 0–34 | F | 0.00 |
| 35–44 | E | 4.00 |
| 45–59 | D | 6.00 |
| 60–69 | C | 7.00 |
| 70–79 | B | 8.00 |
| 80–89 | A | 9.00 |
| 90–100 | S | 10.00 |
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- https://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Final-Draft-copy-Regulation-BE-BTech.pdf · retrieved 2026-09-02VTU's 'Regulations Governing the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering/Technology (B.E./B.Tech.) Under Outcome Based Education (OBE) and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)', effective from Academic Year 2021-22, clause 21OB11.2: 'The University adopts an absolute grading system wherein the marks are converted to grades... The grading system with the letter grades and the assigned range of marks under the absolute grading system shall be as given below.' The table maps S/A/B/C/D/E/F to grade points 10/9/8/7/6/4/0 over percentage bands 90-100/80-89/70-79/60-69/45-59/35-44/0-34 respectively. VTU explicitly calls this 'absolute grading' (not the relative/moderated grading many other Indian technical universities use), which is why it was chosen for this dataset over less clean-cut alternatives. brandColor is an approximation of VTU's blue-toned crest, not lifted from an official brand/visual-identity guideline document, since none was located.
How grading works at VTU
CGPA at Visvesvaraya Technological University is worked out by weighting the grade point earned in every course by that course's credits, summing those products across a semester (or across the whole programme for CGPA), and dividing by the total credits attempted. VTU converts a student's combined internal (CIE) and semester-end (SEE) marks in each course into one of seven letter grades - S, A, B, C, D, E or F - on a fixed, published percentage scale rather than curving results against classmates, which VTU's own regulations call 'absolute grading' to distinguish it from the relative, bell-curve schemes several other Indian technical universities use.
Established in 1998 and headquartered in Belagavi, VTU is one of India's largest affiliating technical universities, overseeing engineering, architecture, pharmacy and management education at several hundred colleges across Karnataka rather than teaching students directly on a single campus. Because so many colleges share one grading regulation, a VTU CGPA is directly comparable across institutions in a way that is not always true at universities where each affiliated college sets its own internal scale.
A course is only awarded a passing grade point (E or above, 4.0 minimum) once a student clears the minimum marks threshold set out in the same regulation, and SGPA/CGPA calculations use exactly the grade points shown in the table below - not the raw percentage - so two students with different marks inside the same band end up with identical grade points for that course.
Worked example: a full semester on the VTU scale
Here is a complete 15 credit-hour semester scored against the VTU 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 | 95 | S | 10.00 | 3 × 10.00 = 30.00 |
| Core course II | 4 | 85 | A | 9.00 | 4 × 9.00 = 36.00 |
| Core course III | 3 | 75 | B | 8.00 | 3 × 8.00 = 24.00 |
| Elective | 3 | 65 | C | 7.00 | 3 × 7.00 = 21.00 |
| Lab / practical | 2 | 52 | D | 6.00 | 2 × 6.00 = 12.00 |
| Total | 15 | 123.00 |
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 VTU grading table. 95 out of 100 is 95%, which falls in the S band and is worth 10.00 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 × 10.00 = 30.00, 4 × 9.00 = 36.00, 3 × 8.00 = 24.00, 3 × 7.00 = 21.00, 2 × 6.00 = 12.00.
- Add the quality points and the credit hours. Adding the five courses gives 123.00 quality points across 15 credit hours.
- Divide to get the semester GPA. 123.00 ÷ 15 = 8.20, the semester GPA for this term at VTU.
- Fold the semester into your CGPA. If you had already completed 45 credit hours at a CGPA of 8.00, those carry 360.00 quality points. Add this semester and the CGPA becomes (360.00 + 123.00) ÷ (45 + 15) = 8.05.
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 VTU programmes use this scale?
The same grading plan applies across VTU’s degree programmes, including B.E. Computer Science and Engineering, B.E. Mechanical Engineering, M.Tech, MBA and MCA. 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.
VTU CGPA: frequently asked questions
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CalcScholar is not affiliated with or endorsed by Visvesvaraya Technological University. The VTU 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 VTU examination department is the authority.