ECTS grade conversion calculator
Load a published pair, pick the grade to convert, and read which grades on the second table cover the same share of passing grades. The Annex 2 pair loads first: a 2 on FH Vorarlberg's engineering table, which the ECTS Users' Guide itself converts to a 13 at Ghent. 30L means 30 cum laude.
First table: FH Vorarlberg, engineering (Austria). Second table: Ghent, engineering (Belgium).
Every grade on the first table
Each grade's band of passing grades, counted from the top, the grades on the second table that overlap it, and the three readings.
| Grade | Band | Overlaps | Minimum | Average | Maximum |
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The two tables (editable)
Best grade first. Each row is a grade and the percentage of passing grades in the reference group that received it. Change any value and the conversion recomputes.
| First table: grade | Share (%) |
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| Second table: grade | Share (%) |
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Where the arithmetic ends
This page compares positions and nothing else. It does not know whether two tables describe comparable reference groups, which the Users' Guide asks for, it does not know which of the three readings the receiving institution adopted, and it cannot place a grade from a scale that has no published table, because there is no position to compare. Some institutions do not apply any of the three mechanically: Padova's page says it picks one grade inside the converted range on the basis of the student's record and the course. Use the range here; use your own regulations for the grade that goes on the record.
Questions
How does the conversion work?
Each table lists a grade and the share of passing grades in its reference group that received it, best grade first. Adding the shares from the top gives every grade a band: on the FH Vorarlberg table a 2 covers 34% to 71% of passing grades. The calculator finds every grade on the second table whose band overlaps that one by more than a boundary point, and reports the minimum, average and maximum of them. That position-by-position comparison is the one section 4.4 of the ECTS Users' Guide 2015 describes.
Why are three grades shown?
Because the ECTS Users' Guide says the percentage ranges of the grades typically overlap, and that the receiving institution should decide in advance whether it takes the minimum, average or maximum comparable grade. The calculator does not choose for it. It reads average as the middle overlapping grade; when two grades share the middle, it shows the one further down the table, which is how the guide's own Italy and France example resolves an overlap of 27 and 28.
Which tables are loaded?
Three published pairs. The FH Vorarlberg and Ghent engineering tables from Annex 2 of the ECTS Users' Guide 2015; the Italian example table and the Université de Rouen table that the Egracons project worked through in 2015; and the old fixed ECTS scale, A to E at 10, 25, 30, 25 and 10 percent, against the University of Padova's 2025/26 Astronomy table. Each is linked under the tables, and every grade and share is editable.
Do the shares have to add up to 100?
No. Published tables are rounded, so a column can total a little over or under 100. The calculator scales each table by its own total and says so when that total is not 100. A grade with a share of 0 keeps its row but has no band, so it cannot be converted and nothing converts to it.
Can it convert a grade from my university?
Only if you type in your university's table and the other institution's table. The Users' Guide asks for tables built for comparable reference groups, ideally the same field of study, and the calculator cannot check that two tables belong together or which rule your institution adopted. Your own institution's regulations decide the table and the rule.
Can I share a result?
Yes. The loaded pair, its direction and the selected grade are stored in the page URL, and the copy-link button copies it. Edits made to the tables are not stored, so a shared link opens with the published tables.