Academic grading in the People's Republic of China

Academic grading
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In China, for most of the 985 universities and colleges, and most of the high schools, the grading system is divided into five categories:

• A: Excellent (85-100%, you-xiu, "优秀 / Yōuxiù")

   A:90-100%
  A-:85-89%

• B: Good (75-84%, liang-hao, "良好 / Liánghǎo")

   B:80-84%
  B-:75-79%

• C: Satisfactory (65-74%, zhong-deng, "中等 / Zhōngděng")

   C:70-74%
  C-:65-69%

• D: Pass (60-64%, ji-ge, "及格 / jígé")

• F: Failure (0-59%, bu-ji-ge, "不及格 / Bù jígé")

(some colleges may group the last two grades D and F into one grade called "Bottom", 0-64%, "下")

Besides the grading system and the 100 percentage based marks, there is another form of assessment based on which one course is marked simply as "Qualified/Failed" (“合格/不合格”). The "Qualified" here is different from "Pass", since "Qualified" doesn't indicate anything in ranking and doesn't have its corresponding percentage marks, though a few schools would translate "合格" into "Pass" automatically while an English transcript is required.