Honours weighted average

The Faculty of Engineering awards its degrees with honours for meritorious performance in all undergraduate four, five and six year single and double degrees. An additional honours year is not required.

Engineering programs awarded with honours

Detailed below is a list of the engineering single and double degrees that may be awarded with honours. The  faculty awards honours only for the engineering component of a double degree. Any queries relating to honours for the non-engineering component of a double degree should be directed to the relevant partner faculty.

* this program is no longer taking admissions.

Engineering honours grades

Students achieving an honours weighted average mark less than 65.00 are awarded a Pass (P) grade degree.

Bachelor of Technology programs

The three year Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies) and the Bachelor of Technology (Infrastructure - Design, Construction and Management) are awarded with a pass grades only.

Publication of honours

A list of students graduating 'with honours' is published in the graduation booklet and the receipt of a degree 'with honours' is also  published on the student's testamur. A student's individual honours grade (not the mark) is printed on the academic transcript.

Calculating the honours weighted average and grade

The honours weighted average (HWA) calculation includes a weighting for each unit. A level one unit is weighted by a factor of one, a level two unit is weighted by a factor of two, a level three unit is weighted by a factor of three and a level four unit is weighted by a factor of four. Any result obtained after repeating a unit is normally reduced by 10% before being weighted. The formula is represented in the document linked below.

Honour weighted average calculation (pdf 99 kb)

Further questions
If you have any further questions regarding the honours weighted average please contact Student Services staff at the engineering faculty office.