Makerere University Weighting System

Makerere University Weighting System – Details:

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5.1 THE WEIGHTING SYSTEM

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: The existing Weighting System shown below applies to all the five Public Universities. Candidates are therefore advised to study and understand the weighting system before completing PUJAB forms and ensure that they get access to an updated weighting system for 2013/2014 Admissions.

5.2 WEIGHTING CRITERIA

All subjects taken at the Advanced Level of Education are grouped into four categories and weighted as follows for purposes of admission to any program of Undergraduate study in the University.

Subject  Category            Weight
(i)          Essential 3
(ii)         Relevant 2
(iii)        Desirable 1

(iv) Others 0.5

The Essential A’ Level subjects for University programs must be passed with at least a Principal Pass.

5.3 Not more than three subjects taken at the principal level shall carry a weight of 3, 2, or 1.

5.4 For a given candidate, principal level subjects over the three defined in 1.1 (i) to (iii) above, shall be designated as “Others” and shall carry a weight of 0.5

5.5 Not more than two subjects shall be designated as “Essential”.

5.6 A pass in a subject taken at a subsidiary level such as General Paper, shall carry one point. A subsidiary pass ranges from grades 1 to 6.

5.7 In case of programs where “Essential” subjects may be three or more, an “Essential set” of subjects is defined. The best-performed two subjects of the essential set shall be designated as “Essential Subjects” and weighted three. The 3rd best done subjects from the Essential Set shall be designated as the “Relevant Subject” and weighted two.

5.8 When computing points special program requirements are also taken into consideration.

5.9 For ‘O’ level grades, Distinctions 1 & 2 carry 0.3 points, Credits 3 to 6 carry 0.2,Passes 7 & 8 carry 0.1 and Fail (9) carry 0.0 weights respectively.

5.10 For A’ Level grades, the conversion scale is A=6, B=5, C=4, D=3, E=2, O=1, F=0 points.

6. THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF A CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY

a) The O’Level weight of a candidate for any program in the University, is obtained by multiplying the numbers of Distinctions/Credits/Passes, by the relevant weights. Then adding up for the Distinctions, Credits and passes actually obtained by the candidate.

b) The A’Level weight, for a given program, of a candidate is obtained by multiplying each subject grade point by the relevant weighting factor and adding up for all the subjects taken and passed.

c) The best candidate for each program is the one with the highest combined weight. Makerere University Weighting System

d) Candidates are selected on merit from those who apply for a program as their first choice plus those who apply for the program as 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice etc., if they have not been admitted to programs of their earlier choices. All choices are considered.

Additionally, Makerere University has 10 Constituent Colleges whose weighting systems are unique.