DHU Grading System provides a way of measuring and comparing academic performance and transferring them from one university to another.
In Donghua University, the credit is a value allocated to course units as a means of describing the lecturing time or workload required to complete the course. Generally speaking, 1 credit in Donghua University represents 16 credit hours, 1 credit hour equals to 45 minutes.
Donghua University adapts 100 point grading system, which ranges from 0 (very poor) to 100 (excellent). The lowest passing grade is 60. However, an instructor may set a grade higher than 70 as the passing grade according to the course objectives. The grade over 100 will be counted as 100.
100 point-grade in DHU | Grade Point | Performance | Letter Grade | |
100 | 5.0 | Excellent | A+ | First |
90-99 | 4.0-4.99 | Very good | A+ | First |
85-89.9 | 3.5-3.99 | Good | A | First |
80-84.9 | 3.0-3.49 | More than sufficient | B+ | Second |
75-79.9 | 2.5-2.99 | Sufficient | B | Second |
67-74.9 | 1.7-2.49 | Fair | C | Third |
60-66.9 | 1.0-1.69 | Pass but poor | D | |
<60 | 0 | Fail | F | |
PASS | Pass this course; the grade does not affect GPA. | |||
FAIL | Fail this course; the grade does not affect GPA. | |||
Explanation of the GPA | ||||
1)GPA= Total Grade Points ÷ Total Number of Eligible Credits. 2)Grade Points= (0.1*grade-5)*credits. Grade Points are 0 if grades are below 60. 3)GPA does not count courses of Pass/Fail. 4)CIP uses a five-point (5.0) grading scale. | ||||
For more clear explanation on DHU Grading System, please refer to "CIP Student Handbook"