The Weighted Average Mark (WAM) is a more precise measurement of your academic performance than the Grade Point Average. This is because we base the calculation on your actual marks (eg: 78, 89, 63, 48 and so on) and the year level of each unit. Therefore, the WAM is the average mark you achieve across all completed units in a course, including any failed and repeated units. The WAM is out of 100.

We use the WAM as an entry requirement for some honours and graduate courses.

How to find out your WAM

We will calculate your WAM for your award course if you started on or after semester one, 2008. We don't calculate the WAM for Masters by Research and PhD courses.

• You can use our online calculator below to estimate your WAM.
• You can view your latest WAM in your unofficial academic record in the Web Enrolment System (WES) at any time. It will be calculated using the results from all of your completed semesters.
• You can also see your WAM in the Student Portal (either in the course progress screen or through the GPA/WAM widget).
• Your WAM will also appear on your academic record (transcript). You’ll receive a free academic record when you graduate.

If you believe your WAM is incorrect, log into our virtual assistant and submit an enquiry and we’ll investigate it for you.

WAM calculator

Use the online calculator to estimate your WAM.

Estimate your WAM

Converting your WAM

If you want to know what the GPA equivalent of your WAM is, simply use our Grade point average (GPA) calculator.

Methodology

WAM is weighted according to the:

• credit point value of each unit
• year level weighting of each unit.

All units designated as first year are weighted 0.5, regardless of the sequence or year in which you take the unit. For example, if you complete a first-year unit in your third year of study, it will be weighted 0.5, not 1.0.

Grades not included in the calculation:

• SFR (satisfied faculty requirements)
• NSR (not satisfied faculty requirements)
• NE (not examinable)
• NAS (not assessed)
• WDN (withdrawn)
• WI (withdrawn incomplete)
• PGO (pass grade only)
• NGO (fail grade)
• DEF (deferred assessment)
• NS (supplementary assessment)
• WH (withheld)

Formula

WAM =

Σ (first year unit marks x unit credit points x 0.5) + Σ (later year unit marks x unit credit points × 1.0)
÷
Σ (first year unit credit points x 0.5) + Σ (later year unit credit points x 1.0)

Calculation steps

1. Multiply the unit mark by unit credit point value and then by the year level weighting
2. Sum the resulting values (weighted marks)
3. Multiply the unit credit point value by the year level weighting
4. Sum the resulting values (weighted credit points)
5. Divide the sum of the weighted marks by the sum of the weighted credit points
6. Calculate to three decimal places.

Example

Final calculation:

WAM = 4692 ÷ 63
WAM = 74.476

Related links

• Grading Schema Procedure (pdf)

Calculating Honours Weighted Average (HWA) for honours courses that started before Jan 2021:

• HWA for Engineering
• HWA for Law

Whether you have a complaint about an assessment or another matter, it should concern something that you yourself have experienced or something that has affected you. You can’t make a complaint on behalf of someone else, or as part of a group.

Making a complaint will not disadvantage you in any way. For example, if you're an international student, it will not affect your enrolment or visa status.

Whatever your issue, we’ll do our best to resolve it. We want you to have a positive relationship with Monash staff and enjoy your experience at university.

Assessment complaints

If you’re unhappy about an assessment because, for example, you feel it was too hard or unfair, or that it didn’t match the description in Moodle, you can submit a complaint.

During the marking process, you can’t contact teaching staff about an assessment or thesis examination issue – not even to complain informally.

Marking and feedback complaints

If you believe that part of the Marking and Feedback Procedure – sections 1, 3 and 4 (pdf) hasn’t been followed for your assessment, you can submit a complaint. Keep in mind that you’ll need to explain exactly which part of the procedure you mean.

Re-marking

It’s unlikely that we can help you with a complaint about a faculty’s refusal to re-mark your assessment. You’re not generally entitled to a re-mark.

If you fail a major assessment – one that makes up 20% or more of your unit’s total mark – you don’t need to request re-marking. In this case, it will happen automatically before your result is finalised.

Correcting a mark or grade

If you find that an error has been made in calculating your mark or grade, you can talk to your faculty about correcting it. An error may, for example, occur when:

• your marks have been summed up incorrectly
• you’ve received a late penalty even though you handed in your assessment on time.

We don’t consider it an error when you think that your assessment has been marked unfairly, or you feel that the marker hasn’t given you a good enough explanation for your mark.

For in-semester assessments, you’ll need to request a correction within ten working days of your mark’s release.

For semester one final assessments,you’ll need to request a correction within six weeks of your unit result’s release. For semester two final assessments, you’ll need to request a correction before the end of the first week of semester one the next year.

Seeking feedback

If you’re seeking feedback on your assessment, follow the process set out for your unit in Moodle. For more information about requesting feedback, see feedback on your assessments.

Giving us feedback

If you’d just like to give us some feedback about an assessment issue or something else, follow the process for an informal complaint. But make it clear that you simply want to provide feedback. You can also submit feedback through other channels, such as unit evaluations.