The Guidelines for Grading of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences①

The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences uses a grading system based on anevaluation of raw scores.
Guidelines for grades and evaluation criteria are set forth below.
A:Excellent (90 points or more)

Students who have achieved sufficiently the basic goals
and have made outstanding achievements
Students who have achieved sufficiently the basic goals

B:Good (80 points or more andless than 90 points）
C:Fair (70 points or more andStudents who have achieved the basic goals
less than 80 points)
D:Pass (60 points or more andStudents who have achieved the minimum basic goals
less than 70 points)
E:Failed (Less than 60 points)
Students who have not achieved the basic goals andneed to retake the subject② １．The standard is that Excellent grades should be within 20% of the total number of students tobe evaluated.
２．However, item 1 does not apply to subjects with fewer than 20 registered students.
３．Item 1 does not apply to ”Thesis Seminar” in which students are evaluated by their mainsupervisor based on research design and planning (20 points), interim report (40 points) andinterim screening (40 points). The evaluation criteria of each item are set forth below.
Students who have exceeded the level suitable for obtaining adoctoral degree within the standard completion period
Students who have reached sufficiently the level suitable forobtaining a doctoral degree within the standard completion
periodStudents who have reached the level suitable for obtaining adoctoral degree within the standard completion period
Students who have reached the minimum level required toobtain a doctoral degree within the standard completion period
Students who have not reached the level required to obtain adoctoral degree within the standard completion period

90% or more of the allotted
points80% or more and less than
90% of the allotted points
70% or more and less than
80% of the allotted points
60% or more and less than
70% of the allotted points
Less than 60% of theallotted points

4． Item 1 does not apply to ”Thesis Research” in which students are evaluated by their mainsupervisor based on participation in writing research papers (20 points), the results of interim
report and interim screening (40 points) and research results (40 points). The evaluation
criteria of each item are set forth below.
Students who have exceeded the level suitable for obtaining adoctoral degree
Students who have reached sufficiently the level suitable forobtaining a doctoral degree
Students who have reached the level suitable for obtaining adoctoral degree
Students who have reached the minimum level required toobtain a doctoral degree
Students who have not reached the level required to obtain adoctoral degree

90% or more of the allotted
points80% or more and less than
90% of the allotted points
70% or more and less than
80% of the allotted points
60% or more and less than
70% of the allotted points
Less than 60% of theallotted points

Approved by the Academic Affairs Committee of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Scienceson July 9, 2021
These guidelines will be applied to all current students from the 2021 academic year.