Reading your transcript
The transcript you receive after graduating will include information relating to your subject area and module/unit information based on the outcome of your assessments.
Subject codes
Code prefixes are used to indicate a module's subject area on your transcript:
- AE: Adult Education
- AH: Ancient History
- AM: American Studies
- AR: Archaeology
- BS: Biological Sciences
- CH: Chemistry
- CO: Informatics
- CR: Criminology
- EC: Economics
- ED: Education
- EG: Engineering
- EL: English Language
- EN: English
- FR: French
- FS: Foundation STEM
- GL: Geology
- GN: German
- GY: Geography
- HA: History of Art and Film
- HM: Humanities
- HS: History
- IP: Prescribing
- IT: Italian
- JO: Journalism
- LM: Labour Market Studies
- LW: Law
- MA: Mathematics
- MB: Medical Bioscience
- MD: Medicine
- ML: Modern Languages
- MN: Management
- MS: Media and Communication
- MU: Museum Studies
- MW: Midwifery
- NS/NT: Natural Science
- NU: Nursing
- OP: Operating Department Practice
- PA: Physics and Astronomy
- PH: Physiotherapy
- PL: Politics
- PS: Psychology
- SP: Spanish
- SY: Sociology
- TS: Translation Studies
- XP: Leicester Study Centre
Module outcomes
The following module outcome codes are used to indicate the result you achieved in each module:
Undergraduate marks and grades
- P: indicates a pass with a mark in the honours range (40% and above)
- PC/C: indicates a pass with a mark at credit level only (35%-39%)
- PM: indicates a pass with a mark in the honours range (40% and above) with mitigating circumstances
- F: indicates a fail
- FC: indicates a compensated fail with a mark at credit level only (35%-39%)
- FM/M: indicates a fail with mitigating circumstances
- FQ/Q: indicates a qualified fail*
- MC: indicates a pass with a mark at credit level only (35%-39%) with mitigating circumstances
- MQ: indicates a qualified fail* with mitigating circumstances
MBChB grades
- SA: indicates a satisfactory pass
- ME: indicates a pass with merit
- DI: indicates a pass with distinction
- EX: indicates an excellent pass
- U: indicates a fail/unsatisfactory
Postgraduate marks and grades
- P: indicates a pass
- A: indicates a pass in the range of 70%-100%
- B: indicates a pass in the range of 60%-69%
- C: indicates a pass in the range 50%-59%
- D: indicates a fail in the range 40%-49%
- DQ: indicates a fail in the range 40%-49%*
- AM: indicates a pass in the range 70%-100% with mitigating circumstances
- BM: indicates a pass in the range 60%-69% with mitigating circumstances
- CM: indicates a pass in the range 50%-59% with mitigating circumstances
- DM: indicates a fail in the range 40%-49% with mitigating circumstances
- DR: indicates a qualified fail with mitigating circumstances in the range 40%-100%
- F: indicates a fail
- FM/M: indicates a fail with mitigating circumstances
- FQ: indicates a qualified fail*
- MQ: indicates a qualified fail* with mitigating circumstances
- R: indicates a pass at resit, the module mark is capped at 50%
*Qualified fail: Failure to pass each element of assessment results in the overall failure of the module.
Awards
The following overall classifications are used to indicate your final result achieved:
Undergraduate awards
- First Class Honours: 70% and above
- Upper Second Class Honours: 60%-69%
- Lower Second Class Honours: 50%-59%
- Third Class Honours: 40%-49%
Postgraduate awards
- Distinction: 70% and above
- Merit: 60%-69%
- Pass: 50%-59%