Calculate the exam mark or remaining degree average needed for your target. See the working, check whether the target is possible and compare alternative marks.
Both tools start with an illustrative example. Change the numbers to match your own confirmed results. No account is needed and these planning inputs are not uploaded or saved.
Degree target
Required average across the remaining years
Enter the weighted average of completed years and their combined share of the whole degree. This is the degree weighting from your handbook, not the percentage of modules you have finished.
This reads completed years from the main calculator in this browser. It does not replace your saved marks. Only use it if every required module in those years has been entered.
Example: second year is 40% of the degree
With a confirmed second-year average of 64%, you have 64 × 0.40 = 25.6 weighted points. For a target of 70%, the remaining 60% must supply 44.4 points: 44.4 ÷ 0.60 = 74% in final year. If final year instead averages 65%, the degree average is 25.6 + 39 = 64.6%.
If two years remain, the result is the degree-weighted average needed across both, not a requirement to score exactly that mark in each module. Read the full planning guide.
Assessment target
Required mark in an exam or coursework
Enter your completed assessments’ weighted average and their total percentage of this module. The rest is treated as the remaining exam, coursework or combined assessments.
Example: 72% coursework, worth 40%
The coursework contributes 72 × 0.40 = 28.8 points. A 70% module target leaves 41.2 points to earn in the exam, which is worth 60%. The required exam mark is 41.2 ÷ 0.60 = 68.666…%. Aim for 68.67%, or 69% if your exam receives whole-number marks.
For several completed assessments, do not enter their simple average unless their weights are equal. Coursework at 60% worth 20% and a presentation at 80% worth 10% give (60 × 20 + 80 × 10) ÷ 30 = 66.666…%. Enter that average with a completed weighting of 30%, keeping as much precision as possible. Read the assessment target guide.
How to interpret the result
Above 100% needed: the target is mathematically out of reach under these inputs. Check the weights, then try a lower target.
0% needed: the numerical target is secured, but attendance, submission, minimum-component marks and must-pass modules still matter.
100% already completed: there is no future mark to solve for. The tool reports the existing result.
A resit is capped: the planner’s 0–100% range is too broad for that assessment. Check the cap before choosing a scenario.
Make a target you can use
Keep confirmed marks separate from predictions. Compare a cautious, realistic and ambitious future mark in the scenario table. If a result sits close to a classification boundary, check your university’s rounding and credit-profile rules instead of treating the common 60% and 70% thresholds as an official award decision.
For a calculation with individual module credits and assessment weights, return to the degree calculator. Our method and limitations explain how missing results, zero weights and rounding are handled.