GPA Conversion Chart

Undergraduate Grading System Conversion Table

Type Numeric Percentage Alpha 12-Point
Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4.00 9 8 90-100 93-100 94-100 94-100 A+ A A+ 12
3.90
 

 
85-89 84-92 85-93 85-93 A
 

 
11
3.80
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A
 
3.70 8 7 80-84 75-83 80-84 80-84 A- A-
 
10
3.30 7 6 77-79 72-74 75-79 75-79 B+ B+ B+ 9
3.00
 

 
73-76 69-71 70-74 70-74 B B B 8
2.70 6 5 70-72 66-68 65-69 65-69 B- B-
 
7
2.30 5 4 67-69 64-65 60-64 60-64 C+ C+ C+ 6
2.00
 

 
63-66 62-63 55-59 55-59 C C C 5
1.70 4 3 60-62 60-61 50-54
 
C- C-
 
4
1.30
 
2 57-59 56-59
 

 
D+ D+ D+ 3
1.00
 

 
53-55 53-55
 
50-54 D D D 2
0.70
 

 
50-52 50-52
 

 
D- D-
 
1
0.00 3 1 Less than 50 Less than 50 Less than 50 Less than 50 E/F E/F E/F 0
*Please note: This is intended to be used as a guide only. Contact the institutions you are interested in for an exact determination.
Source: OMSAS

World University Ranking 2009

Below is the latest Top 200 World Universities taken by QS and Times Higher Education network. The list is occupied mostly by US and UK universities. Once again Harvard has occupied the top position while the Cambridge University UK has jumped to second position from the third position. Yale University has slipped from second rank to the third.

2009 RANK
2008 RANK
UNIVERSITY
COUNTRY
EMPLOYER REVIEW SCORE
STAFF/ STUDENT SCORE
INTER- NATIONAL STAFF SCORE
INTER- NATIONAL STUDENTS SCORE
OVER ALL SCORE
1
1
Harvard University
US
100
98
85
78
100.0
2
3
University of Cambridge
UK
100
100
98
96
99.6
3
2
Yale University
US
99
100
85
77
99.1
4
7
University College London
UK
99
100
96
99
99.0
5=
6
Imperial College London
UK
100
100
98
100
97.8
5=
4
University of Oxford
UK
100
100
96
97
97.8
7
8
University of Chicago
US
99
97
77
83
96.8
8
12
Princeton University
US
96
82
89
81
96.6
9
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
US
100
89
31
95
96.1
10
5
California Institute of Technology
US
72
87
100
89
95.9
11
10
Columbia University
US
99
97
28
89
95.6
12
11
University of Pennsylvania
US
99
85
82
60
94.2
13
13=
Johns Hopkins University
US
79
100
28
71
94.1
14
13=
Duke University
US
97
100
29
62
92.9
15
15
Cornell University
US
99
85
28
73
92.5
16
17
Stanford University
US
100
71
25
96
92.2
17
16
Australian National University
Australia
91
75
99
92
90.5
18
20
McGill University
Canada
97
92
67
95
90.4
19
18
University of Michigan
US
99
85
57
52
89.9
20=
23
University of Edinburgh
UK
99
84
93
86
89.3
20=
24
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
80
55
100
94
89.3
22
19
University of Tokyo
Japan
97
98
28
42
88.9
23
22
King’s College London
UK
98
90
92
88
88.4
24
26
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
89
87
100
95
87.5
25
25
Kyoto University
Japan
93
81
32
26
87.1
26
29
University of Manchester
UK
100
79
90
87
85.7
27
21
Carnegie Mellon University
US
93
56
62
96
85.6
28
28
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
France
87
100
76
61
85.4
29
41
University of Toronto
Canada
96
63
82
51
85.3
30
30=
National University of Singapore
Singapore
96
40
100
100
84.3
31
27
Brown University
US
85
67
53
55
83.9
32=
30=
University of California, Los Angeles
US
98
46
21
33
83.5
32=
33
Northwestern University
US
97
78
28
100
83.5
34
32
University of Bristol
UK
99
84
85
77
83.4
35
39
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
86
84
100
99
83.3
36=
34=
Ecole Polytechnique
France
99
100
63
95
83.1
36=
38
University of Melbourne
Australia
100
57
59
97
83.1
36=
37
University of Sydney
Australia
97
58
99
95
83.1
39
36
University of California, Berkeley
US
100
25
86
34
82.7
40
34=
University of British Columbia
Canada
93
51
34
60
81.2
41
43
University of Queensland
Australia
95
47
99
82
80.7
42
50=
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
70
92
100
100
80.6
43=
44
Osaka University
Japan
73
90
24
33
80.1
43=
49
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
96
72
98
83
80.1
45
47
Monash University
Australia
99
56
95
96
80.0
46
42
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
77
77
97
79
79.6
47=
45
University of New South Wales
Australia
99
39
82
93
79.0
47=
50=
Seoul National University
South Korea
69
92
29
33
79.0
49=
53
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
81
73
71
32
78.9
49=
56
Tsinghua University
China
83
95
45
34
78.9
51
48
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
67
100
71
73
78.8
52=
40
New York University
US
94
75
26
52
78.4
52=
50=
Peking University
China
93
89
24
30
78.4
54
46
Boston University
US
87
68
25
89
77.8
55=
78=
Technical University of Munich
Germany
90
92
56
74
76.3
55=
61
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
79
72
31
49
76.3
57
57
Heidelberg University
Germany
47
77
58
80
76.2
58
69
University of Warwick
UK
100
63
85
97
75.7
59
74
University of Alberta
Canada
71
65
91
66
75.4
60
64
Leiden University
Netherlands
58
35
74
40
75.3
61=
65
University of Auckland
New Zealand
96
36
93
99
74.7
61=
55
University of Wisconsin-Madison
US
76
44
29
36
74.7
63=
81=
Aarhus University
Denmark
51
65
69
66
74.5
63=
71
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
US
66
23
72
49
74.5
65
72
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium
80
35
55
55
74.2
66
75
University of Birmingham
UK
93
57
83
76
73.9
67=
66
London School of Economics
UK
100
53
100
100
73.7
67=
88
Lund University
Sweden
59
55
57
62
73.7
69
95
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
52
77
47
31
72.6
70=
67
Utrecht University
Netherlands
65
61
43
24
72.4
70=
81=
University of York
UK
95
75
95
83
72.4
72
68
University of Geneva
Switzerland
36
54
97
100
72.3
73=
77
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
84
44
100
100
72.0
73=
60
Washington University in St Louis
US
50
95
30
53
72.0
75
63
Uppsala University
Sweden
51
42
68
40
71.9
76=
58
University of California, San Diego
US
51
17
22
27
71.5
76=
70
University of Texas at Austin
US
92
29
55
41
71.5
78
102=
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
US
78
72
23
26
71.3
79
73
University of Glasgow
UK
83
67
58
60
71.2
80
59
University of Washington
US
46
45
25
36
71.1
81
106=
University of Adelaide
Australia
87
38
87
96
70.8
82
76
University of Sheffield
UK
97
70
81
76
70.6
83
78=
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
88
57
84
73
70.4
84
83=
University of Western Australia
Australia
81
50
99
87
70.2
85
54
Dartmouth College
US
93
60
34
52
70.1
86
83=
Georgia Institute of Technology
US
81
23
36
77
70.0
87=
99=
Purdue University
US
83
38
94
60
69.8
87=
83=
University of St Andrews
UK
92
74
91
99
69.8
89
108
University College Dublin
Ireland
94
67
95
90
69.7
90
62
Emory University
US
68
94
41
45
69.6
91
86
University of Nottingham
UK
99
61
84
86
69.4
92=
120
Nagoya University
Japan
77
89
28
34
69.2
92=
106=
University of Zurich
Switzerland
37
22
99
71
69.2
94
137=
Free University of Berlin
Germany
31
28
49
63
69.0
95=
99=
University of Southampton
UK
87
66
86
76
68.9
95=
124=
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
82
39
29
25
68.9
97
112
Tohoku University
Japan
58
98
36
32
68.6
98
93=
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
Germany
45
34
53
66
68.4
99
104
University of Leeds
UK
99
57
75
62
68.3
100
78=
Rice University
US
44
86
38
67
68.1
101
177=
University of Oslo
Norway
62
85
32
58
67.7
102
93=
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
24
43
61
32
67.3
103=
122=
Durham University
UK
99
56
91
69
67.2
103=
113
Fudan University
China
84
44
29
47
67.2
105
87
University of Minnesota
US
51
26
84
38
67.1
106
98
University of California, Santa Barbara
US
42
21
37
21
66.6
107
91=
Université de Montréal
Canada
29
36
82
74
66.2
108=
131
University of Basel
Switzerland
30
99
99
90
66.1
108=
89
University of California, Davis
US
47
43
26
25
66.1
108=
126
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
98
48
57
65
66.1
108=
91=
University of Helsinki
Finland
42
53
29
21
66.1
112
102=
University of Southern California
US
66
49
66
88
66.0
113
129
University of Waterloo
Canada
78
13
71
41
65.8
114=
97
University of Pittsburgh
US
30
93
73
35
65.6
114=
114
Tel Aviv University
Israel
38
24
35
20
65.6
116
111
Maastricht University
Netherlands
73
76
66
100
65.3
117
149
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris VI
France
22
85
27
88
65.0
118
117=
Queen’s University
Canada
88
51
68
34
64.7
119
90
Case Western Reserve University
US
38
88
20
52
64.6
120=
128
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
59
100
99
39
64.4
120=
105
Pennsylvania State University
US
69
29
38
34
64.4
122=
147=
Freiburg University
Germany
26
91
51
76
64.0
122=
122=
University of Maryland, College Park
US
34
56
55
38
64.0
124
147=
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
58
63
100
60
63.9
125
124=
University of Otago
New Zealand
77
39
100
83
63.8
126=
116
Université Catholique de Louvain
Belgium
53
17
47
72
63.7
126=
140
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
France
57
100
55
60
63.7
128
96
University of Virginia
US
91
60
22
36
63.5
129=
153
University of Aberdeen
UK
69
67
90
87
63.4
129=
110
Georgetown University
US
90
65
24
51
63.4
129=
121
Ohio State University
US
77
40
69
46
63.4
132=
109
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
55
37
18
17
63.0
132=
115
University of Vienna
Austria
60
13
65
77
63.0
134
188=
Pohang University of Science and Technology
South Korea
31
72
50
19
62.9
135
133=
Cardiff University
UK
84
63
70
72
62.8
136
136
University of Ghent
Belgium
37
89
49
34
62.6
137
133=
University of Liverpool
UK
76
73
78
64
62.4
138=
166=
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
80
53
28
14
62.3
138=
144=
University of Groningen
Netherlands
62
63
62
49
62.3
140
101
Vanderbilt University
US
74
100
54
36
62.2
141
119
University of Rochester
US
20
100
61
63
61.8
142
214
Keio University
Japan
88
79
24
18
61.6
143
117=
McMaster University
Canada
37
18
27
31
60.9
144=
152
University of Bath
UK
98
48
89
94
60.7
144=
227
University of Bergen
Norway
53
62
60
64
60.7
146=
179
University of Cape Town
South Africa
79
27
77
86
60.6
146=
139
Humboldt University of Berlin
Germany
36
36
45
59
60.6
148
180=
Waseda University
Japan
91
43
41
30
60.5
149=
170=
University of Calgary
Canada
60
9
47
31
60.4
149=
155=
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Germany
27
69
53
50
60.4
151=
159
University of Western Ontario
Canada
67
17
70
27
60.3
151=
203
Yonsei University
South Korea
43
78
22
31
60.3
153
144=
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
74
62
32
16
60.2
154
141
University of Science and Technology of China
China
61
50
17
13
60.1
155=
158
Kyushu University
Japan
59
71
19
34
60.0
155=
183=
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
70
36
76
44
60.0
155=
142
Wageningen University
Netherlands
31
87
39
97
60.0
158
162=
Newcastle University
UK
88
63
81
86
59.6
159
133=
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
34
99
93
47
59.5
160
157
Tufts University
US
54
70
100
43
59.4
161
132
University of California, Irvine
US
22
22
26
35
59.0
162
170=
Lancaster University
UK
73
59
85
81
58.9
163
174=
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
79
43
16
13
58.6
164
160
Queen Mary, University of London
UK
62
75
92
90
58.5
165
155=
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands
59
67
39
28
58.3
166=
146
University of Arizona
US
44
25
27
32
58.0
166=
130
University of Sussex
UK
44
49
87
80
58.0
168=
161
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
43
57
88
80
57.4
168=
143
Nanjing University
China
59
41
50
17
57.4
168=
224
Saint-Petersburg State University
Russia
60
95
16
20
57.4
171=
186=
University of Barcelona
Spain
53
17
24
37
57.2
171=
174=
Hokkaido University
Japan
60
72
19
25
57.2
173
127
Stony Brook University
US
33
50
61
87
57.1
174=
192=
University of Bologna
Italy
62
34
27
29
56.9
174=
173
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
45
49
83
98
56.9
174=
216
University of Tsukuba
Japan
46
77
23
36
56.9
177=
195
University of Antwerp
Belgium
36
99
59
56
56.7
177=
200=
University of Athens
Greece
44
65
0
91
56.7
179
137=
Texas A&M University
US
64
24
32
35
56.6
180
230
Universiti Malaya
Malaysia
68
68
72
65
56.5
181
154
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
India
81
46
15
13
56.4
182
216
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Germany
88
75
50
66
56.3
183
151
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
US
32
43
61
28
56.2
184
207
University of Karlsruhe
Germany
84
73
49
81
56.1
185
258
University of Gothenburg
Sweden
26
63
65
86
55.8
186=
180=
University of Colorado at Boulder
US
20
53
36
20
55.6
186=
166=
University of Göttingen
Germany
21
63
40
49
55.6
188
186=
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
89
27
99
82
55.2
189
182
Macquarie University
Australia
77
20
86
100
54.9
190
150
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
81
57
35
15
54.8
191=
183=
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
56
22
57
96
54.7
191=
194
University of Reading
UK
71
52
80
81
54.7
193=
192=
University of Bern
Switzerland
22
58
92
44
54.5
193=
170=
Indiana University Bloomington
US
69
28
46
48
54.5
195
224
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
49
30
100
75
54.4
196=
177=
University of Leicester
UK
48
55
72
94
53.9
196=
164
Simon Fraser University
Canada
49
19
88
49
53.9
198
162=
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
37
48
44
57
53.8
199
168
University of Notre Dame
US
74
44
25
31
53.6
200
200=
University of Twente
Netherlands
51
51
83
66
53.5
Source: QS Ltd, published October 1 2009.

 
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