Iraqi Higher Education Program and Grading Iraqi Higher Education Area is structured around three cycles, Bachelor program, Master program and Doctoral program. The higher education study program is a hybrid program, mixture of the British program with the American program. Different systems are adopted in the higher education of Iraq:
According to the instructions No. 431 for the year 2000 and their amendments, the following were recognized: Calculation of the Program Final Grade The final year grade is weighted according to the number of studied years: For four years study, e.g., engineering, science and social science:
For five years study, e.g., architectural engineering;
For six years study, e.g., college of medicine;
Notes:
Grading The following numerical grades are substituted by the alphabetical grade equivalent 90 – 100 marks = Excellent 80 – 89 marks = Very Good 70 – 89 marks = Good 60 – 69 marks = Average 50 – 59 marks = Pass 00 – 49 marks = Fail Curriculum and Module Credit The number of study weeks per semester is 15 weeks, excluding the final Exam, whereas, it is 30 weeks per year, excluding the final Exam. The module credit in the Iraqi higher education is measured by Units and calculated according to the number of theoretical and practical hours per week, which are the scheduled teacher-contact hours interventions.
For the Bachelor degree with four years study, the student should collect around 140-145 Units. Grade Point Average (GPA) The Grade point Average (GPA) in the Iraqi higher education system of the program to get the Bachelor degree is the summation of the each year grade multiplied by the corresponding percentage weight. Example (1): You have finished a bachelor's degree consisting of 4 years and you received:
The GPA = 75 × 10% + 80 × 20% + 90 × 30% + 65 × 40% = 76.5 Example (2): You have finished a bachelor's degree consisting of 8 semesters and you received: 1. First semester grade = 70 2. Second semester grade = 80 3. Third semester grade = 90 4. Fourth semester grade = 70 5. Fifth semester grade = 90 6. Sixth semester grade = 90 7. Seventh semester grade = 60 8. Eighth semester grade = 70 The GPA = 70 × 10% + 80 × 10% + 90 × 20% + 70 × 20% + 90 × 30% + 90 × 30% + 60 × 40% + 70 × 40% = 76.5 |