Academic Awards

When a student has completed the graduation requirements, the Dean will assess the student's overall performance in the study programme and recommend to Senate the conferment of awards with one of the following classifications:

For students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 & thereafter

• Students may be granted a postgraduate award if they have achieved a CGPA of 2.0 or above.
• For intake cohorts between 2010/11 and 2021/2022, and from 2024/25 onwards, the general guidelines for award classification based on students' cumulative GPA are as follows:

  Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma/Master's Degree	CGPA
  Distinction	3.50 or above
  Credit	3.20 - 3.49
  Pass	2.00 - 3.19

For students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

• Students may be granted a postgraduate award if they have achieved a CGPA of 2.85 or above.
• For intake cohorts between 2022/23 and 2023/24^#, the general guidelines for award classification based on students' cumulative GPA are as follows:

  Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma/Master's Degree	CGPA
  Distinction	3.65 or above
  Credit	3.30 - 3.64
  Pass	2.85 - 3.29

  ^# Except students in the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws programme, for whom the guidelines applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 will continue to be followed.