Weighted average mark (WAM)
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.
- 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.
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.
Year level of unit | Year level weighting |
---|---|
First year (undergraduate) | 0.5 |
All other year levels | 1.0 |
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- WDN (withdrawn)
- WI (withdrawn incomplete)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
- Multiply the unit mark by unit credit point value and then by the year level weighting
- Sum the resulting values (weighted marks)
- Multiply the unit credit point value by the year level weighting
- Sum the resulting values (weighted credit points)
- Divide the sum of the weighted marks by the sum of the weighted credit points
- Calculate to three decimal places.
Example
Unit | Year level | Year level weighting | Unit mark | Grade | Unit credit points | Weighted mark | Weighted credit points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MON1001 | 1 | 0.5 | 63 | C | 6 | 189 | 3 |
MON1002 | 1 | 0.5 | 80 | HD | 12 | 480 | 6 |
MON1003 | 1 | 0.5 | 40 | N (fail) | 6 | 120 | 3 |
MON1004 | 1 | 0.5 | 85 | HD | 6 | 255 | 3 |
MON2001 | 2 | 1.0 | 96 | HD | 24 | 2304 | 24 |
MON2002 | 2 | 1.0 | WN (withdrawn fail) | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
MON3001 | 3 | 1.0 | 65 | C | 6 | 390 | 6 |
MON3002 | 3 | 1.0 | 77 | D | 6 | 462 | 6 |
MON4001 | 4 | 1.0 | 82 | HD | 6 | 492 | 6 |
Total | 4692 | 63 |
Final calculation:
WAM = 4692 ÷ 63
WAM = 74.476
Related links
Calculating Honours Weighted Average (HWA) for honours courses that started before Jan 2021:
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