Grade (education)

:For meanings of GPA other than Grade point average, see GPA (disambiguation).

Finland

Several systems are in use in different educational institutions in Finland.

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The "school grade" system has historically been a scale of 0 to 10, but all grades lower than 4 were discarded. Thus, it is divided between 4, the failing grade, and 5–10, the succeeding grades.

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• 10 (excellent), represents about 5% of the top
• 9 (excellent)
• 8 (good)
• 7 (satisfactory), the mode
• 6 (satisfactory)
• 5 (mediocre)
• 4 (fail)

In the individual exams, but not in the final results, it is also possible to divide the scale further with '½', which represents a half grade, and '+' and '–', which represent one-fourth a grade better or inferior. For example, the order is "9 < 9+ < 9½ < 10– < 10". The grade '10+' can also be awarded to represent perfect performance added with extra effort by the student.

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The matriculation examination grades are similar to the above, but in Latin.

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Universities and vocational institutions use a scale of 0 (fail) and 1-5 (pass), or fail/pass. The professor selects which grading scheme is used; short, compulsory courses typically have pass/fail grades.

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