UCAS points chart

Work backwards from the tariff. Each grade has a fixed points value, so a total can be split into the grades that add up to it. 112 points, for example, is BBC at A-level or DMM in a BTEC Extended Diploma. Type your number into the converter above and it lists every combination.

Yes. An A* is 56, an A is 48, a B is 40, a C is 32, a D is 24 and an E is 16. Those values do not change between subjects or between universities. What changes is how many points a course asks for.

Because points-based offers are usually a floor, not an exact target. A course asking for 100 points means 100 or more, and three A-levels cannot land on exactly 100. The converter above tells you the nearest totals that are actually possible.

They do, if the university includes them. An AS at grade A is worth 20 points, roughly half an A-level. Some courses count them, others only look at your three full A-levels, so read the offer wording.

On the tariff, yes. A BTEC National Extended Diploma is sized as three A-levels, so DDD is 144 points, the same as three A grades at A-level would be short of. The equivalence is in the points, but individual courses can still ask for specific subjects.

The tariff was rebuilt in 2017. Under the old system an A-level A was 120 points and totals ran into the hundreds, which is why you still see offers quoted as 300 points in older forum posts. Everything on this page is the current tariff.

No. Many courses, especially at the more selective universities, ask for grades directly, such as AAB. Points-based offers are more common where applicants arrive with a mix of qualifications, because points make different routes comparable.