Please if you know how to calculate MSc results in percentage, please help me out with it.
Most schools minimum requirement to apply for PhD is 60%. How do one obtain percentage from the MSc results?

60% means 60 out of 100. Add up all your scores (course work, seminar and dissertation) and divide by the number of courses you took. If it's less than 60, you cannot go for PhD, except through MPhil.

PatrickOkunima:
60% means 60 out of 100. Add up all your scores (course work, seminar and dissertation) and divide by the number of courses you took. If it's less than 60, you cannot go for PhD, except through MPhil.

What about the credit load of the courses?

Unigrad:
Please if you know how to calculate MSc results in percentage, please help me out with it.
Most schools minimum requirement to apply for PhD is 60%. How do one obtain percentage from the MSc results?

Just calculate your CGPA, most universities accept minimum of 4.0 on a 5.0 average for PhD admission

onyeka205:
Just calculate your CGPA, most universities accept minimum of 4.0 on a 5.0 average for PhD admission

You're right. 5.0 is A, while 4.0 is B. Anything less than 4.0, you may have a problem proceeding to PhD.

PatrickOkunima:
You're right. 5.0 is A, while 4.0 is B. Anything less than 4.0, you may have a problem proceeding to PhD.

I was told school use rough score of courses to calculate the percentage.

Unigrad:

I was told school use rough score of courses to calculate the percentage.

Yes, in determining the percentage, but if your CGPA is above 4.0, you're safe. You'll beat the 60% mark. Like I was told during my M.Sc., ensure you make at least B in all your courses. For every C, you must have an A to compensate for it. Your dissertation, which is 6 units, the worst you'll be awarded is a B, unless your work is very terrible.

PatrickOkunima:


Yes, in determining the percentage, but if your CGPA is above 4.0, you're safe. You'll beat the 60% mark. Like I was told during my M.Sc., ensure you make at least B in all your courses. For every C, you must have an A to compensate for it. Your dissertation, which is 6 units, the worst you'll be awarded is a B, unless your work is very terrible.

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Unigrad:

What about the credit load of the courses?

It is used by schools who uses CGPA

PatrickOkunima:
You're right. 5.0 is A, while 4.0 is B. Anything less than 4.0, you may have a problem proceeding to PhD.

It depend on the school and course you apply for. The benchmark is 3.50 or 60% as recommended by NUC

PatrickOkunima:


Yes, in determining the percentage, but if your CGPA is above 4.0, you're safe. You'll beat the 60% mark. Like I was told during my M.Sc., ensure you make at least B in all your courses. For every C, you must have an A to compensate for it. Your dissertation, which is 6 units, the worst you'll be awarded is a B, unless your work is very terrible.

Which school, abeg. I can easily scale through course work. Na desertation dey fear me small.

Unigrad:
Please if you know how to calculate MSc results in percentage, please help me out with it.
Most schools minimum requirement to apply for PhD is 60%. How do one obtain percentage from the MSc results?

Hi,

You are right, most schools set a minimum weighted average requirement of 60% for PhD applicants.

Unlike undergraduate grading system which is based on grade point average (e.g. 90% = 70% in grade), the system of grading at

the postgraduate level is based on weighted average (90% > 70% in weight).

In the weighted average system (PG), the scores and course units are equally important.

To calculate your GPA or weighted average easily and quickly, you can make use of this online grade calculator we developed: https://www.superskill.com.ng/apps/grade-calculator/

We will also explain how to calculate it manually. Example: if a PG student enrolled for 4 courses (let us assume the

following course codes and units: ENG- 3 units, MTH- 4 units, CSC- 3 units, GNS- 2 units) and scored 65% in ENG, 70% in MTH,

52% in CSC and 85% in GNS.

To calculate the weighted average, we will multiply each score by its corresponding course units, and sum all the obtained

products together. Then we will divide the result by the sum of all the units of the courses.

That is, [ (65x3) + (70x4) + (52x3) + (85x2) ] / [3 + 4 + 3 + 2]

= [ 195 + 280 + 156 + 170 ] / [ 12 ]

= 801 / 12

= 66.75

Therefore, the weighted average of the assumed student would be 66.75%, and that is above the minimum PhD grade of 60%.

Regards.

SuperSkillNG:


Hi,

You are right, most schools set a minimum weighted average requirement of 60% for PhD applicants.

Unlike undergraduate grading system which is based on grade point average (e.g. 90% = 70% in grade), the system of grading at

the postgraduate level is based on weighted average (90% > 70% in weight).

In the weighted average system (PG), the scores and course units are equally important.

To calculate your GPA or weighted average easily and quickly, you can make use of this online grade calculator we developed: https://www.superskill.com.ng/apps/grade-calculator/

We will also explain how to calculate it manually. Example: if a PG student enrolled for 4 courses (let us assume the

following course codes and units: ENG- 3 units, MTH- 4 units, CSC- 3 units, GNS- 2 units) and scored 65% in ENG, 70% in MTH,

52% in CSC and 85% in GNS.

To calculate the weighted average, we will multiply each score by its corresponding course units, and sum all the obtained

products together. Then we will divide the result by the sum of all the units of the courses.

That is, [ (65x3) + (70x4) + (52x3) + (85x2) ] / [3 + 4 + 3 + 2]

= [ 195 + 280 + 156 + 170 ] / [ 12 ]

= 801 / 12

= 66.75

Therefore, the weighted average of the assumed student would be 66.75%, and that is above the minimum PhD grade of 60%.

Regards.

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