Academic grading in Greece

There are four grading systems in Greece – four different GPA – one for higher education, one for secondary education, and two for primary education.

Primary school

In 1st and 2nd grades in Greek primary schools there is only descriptive evaluation, with no grades included. In the 3rd and 4th grade grades are only letters and in 5th and 6th grades numbers ranging from 1–10 are used.

Third and fourth grade

Letter Grade	Verbal grading in English	Verbal grading in Greek
Α	Excellent	Άριστα
Β	Very good	Πολύ Καλά
Γ	Good	Καλά
Δ	Almost good	Σχεδόν Καλά

Fifth and sixth grade

Numerical Value / Grade	Verbal grading in English	Verbal grading in Greek
10	Excellent	Άριστα
8	Very good	Πολύ Καλά
6	Good	Καλά
4	Almost good	Σχεδόν Καλά

Secondary school

The 20-point grading system's range is widened in secondary school.

Gymnasium

Numerical Value / Grade	Verbal grading in English	Verbal grading in Greek
20-18.5	Excellent	Άριστα
18.4-17	Very good	Πολύ Καλά
16-14	Good	Καλά
13-10	Fair	Μέτρια
9-0	Insufficient	Ανεπαρκώς

Lyceum

The Lyceum school has 32–35 hours per week, with 20-point grading system, Law 4610/2019 The Apolytirio certificate qualification receives an additional final mention with which it has been earned.

Numerical Value / Grade	Verbal grading in English	Verbal grading in Greek
20 – 18.1	Excellent	Άριστα
18 – 16.1	Very good	Λίαν καλώς
16 – 13.1	Good	Καλώς
13 – 9.5	Αlmost good	Σχεδόν καλώς
9.4 – 5.1	Insufficiently	Ανεπαρκώς
5–0	Badly	Κακώς

Universities and polytechnics

Universities : 4FT years Polytechnics – Pharmacy School : 5FT years Scale: 0.00 – 10.00 Pass : 5.00
The table below depicts the Greek Grading system while illustrates approximately how the Grades are compared with ECTS, US and UK grades:

Greece	ECTS	US	UK
Ἀριστα '	ECTS A	A−, A, A+	First-Class Honours^*
Λίαν Καλώς '	ECTS B	B−, B, B+	Upper Second-Class Honours Lower Second-Class Honours
Καλώς ''	ECTS C	D+, D, D+, C−, C, C+	Lower Second-Class Honours Third-Class Honours
*No assessment/award at the end of 4th or 5th year, until all modules, from all years, are passed successfully. Years are extended.*
Withdrawal		F	Ordinary degree Fail
			Other: Aegrotat degree HND (Higher National Diploma) for 2 years completed HNC (Higher National Certificate) for 1 year completed

Depending on the school, grade inflation in Greece is rare and it is not uncommon for an examination to be failed—or passed with grade 5—by the vast majority students. Most of the degrees can be equivalent to a bachelor's degree with honours BSc / BEng (Hons) since all courses are 4 to 5 years and most of them professionally accredited.
All modules, from all years, must be passed with a minimum grade of 5.00 in order for a degree to be assessed/awarded and there is currently no limit in resits.
The classification is derived from the overall credit-weighted average for all modules including the 'diplomatiki' or 'ptichiaki'.