Pass marks for progression to your degree
Upon successful completion of the Undergraduate Certificate or Pre-Masters programme, you can proceed directly to your degree at Heriot-Watt University that autumn.
In order to progress to the degree programme you will need to obtain an overall grade at the end of your course, and a minimum English grade on the final English Skills module. Note that an English competence level of 65% is equivalent to 6.5 IELTS.
The tables below set out the minimum pass marks required for progression onto each applicable degree course:
Undergraduate Progression Grades
Foundation route
Available Degree Programmes
Overall grade
English grade
Business and Management Undergraduate Certificate
Accountancy and Business Law (BA/MA) Accountancy and Finance (BA/MA) Business and Finance (BA/MA) Economics (BA/MA) Economics and Accountancy (BA/MA) Economics and Business Law (BA/MA) Economics and Finance (BA/MA) Economics and Marketing (BA/MA) Management (BA/MA) Finance and Business Law (BA/MA) Management and Finance (BA/MA) Business and Economics (BA/MA) Management with Business Law (MA) Management with Human Resource Management (MA) Management with Marketing (MA) Management with Operations Management (MA) Planning and Property Development (BSc) Real Estate Management (BSc) Urban and Regional Planning (BSc)
65%
65%
Engineering and Computing Undergraduate Certificate
Architectural Engineering (BSc/BEng/MEng) Automotive Engineering (BEng) Building Surveying (BSc) Chemical Engineering (BEng/MEng) Chemistry with Materials (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Nanotechnology (MChem) Civil Engineering (BEng/MEng) Civil and Environmental Engineering (BEng/MEng) Civil Engineering with International Studies (MEng) Computational Physics (BSc/MPhys) Computing and Electronics (MEng) Construction Project Management (BSc) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BEng/MEng) Electronic and Photonic Engineering (BEng/MEng) Electronic Engineering with Imaging Science & Technologies (BEng/MEng) Engineering Physics (BSc/MPhys) Facilities Management (BSc) General Mechanical Engineering (BSc) Information Systems Engineering (BEng) Mechanical Engineering (BEng/MEng) Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering (BEng/MEng) Photonics and Lasers (BSc/MPhys) Physics (BSc/MPhys) Physics with Electronic Engineering (BSc/MPhys) Physics with Environmental Science (BSc) Quantity Surveying (BSc) Robotics and Cybertronics (BEng/MEng) Structural Engineering (BEng/MEng) Structural Engineering with Architectural Design (BEng/MEng) Structural Engineering with International Studies (MEng)
65%
65%
Life Sciences Undergraduate Certificate
Applied Marine Biology (BSc) Biological Sciences (BSc) Brewing and Distilling (BSc) Chemistry (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with a year abroad (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Biochemistry (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Computational Chemistry (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Environmental Economics (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Forensic Science (MChem) Chemistry with Industrial Experience (MChem) Chemistry with Management (BSc/MChem) Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Chemistry (BSc/MChem) Food Science, Technology and Management (BSc) Sport and Exercise Science (BSc) Sport and Exercise Science with Psychology (BSc)
65%
65%
Postgraduate progression grades
Available Masters Degrees
Subject Based Modules
Pre-Masters
Management: MSc Business Management with Finance MSc Business Management with Human Resource Management MSc Business Management with International Marketing
65% overall average (including a pass in English)
The Built Environment: MSc Construction Project Management MSc Facilities Management MSc Real Estate Investment and Finance MSc Real Estate Management and Development MSc Urban Regeneration
65% overall average (including a pass in English)