Grading System

Grades are numbers out of 20. A flat-out passing grade for a single class is 10/20 or above. If you get this grade, you'll never have to see that class again.

Also, there is the magic of the "moyen." When you pick your electives, keep this in mind! Classes that are blocked together (such as required classes) will be averaged. If the average is 10/20 or above, you won't have to retake an exam even if you did not technically pass that particular course.

EXAMPLE: Droit Intl Public, Droit Intl Privé, and Droit Européen are required classes for the M1 droit intl et européen. Let's say one gets the following grades : 10/20, 12/20, and 8/20 respectively. Although 8/20 is not a passing grade for Droit Européen, one does NOT need to retake the exam during the rattrapages because the average is 10 between that block of classes.

NOTE: Although it was not well clarified in the past, my understanding is that WCL does NOT give credit when grades are under 10/20, even if UPX considers them passed because of the average.

Unlike in the US, failing exams (under 10/20, see Grading System entry) is quite common in France. My guess is around 30-40% of students have to retake at least one exam.

When you retake an exam, the new grade completely takes the place of the old grade, for better or for worse.