Indonesia vs Morocco Grading System

How does the Indonesia grading system work?

Indonesian universities use IPK (Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif) on a 4.0 scale under BAN-PT accreditation.

How does the Morocco grading system work?

Morocco follows the French 20-point grading system. Pass mark is 10/20. Grade compression mirrors France.

⚠️ Pass mark is 10/20, not 50%. A 13–14 is a good result.

Do Indonesia and Morocco mark to the same standard?

No — and it is the difference in marking culture, not the arithmetic, that makes a direct comparison mislead. Here is how each country actually uses its own scale.

What a good grade means in Indonesia

The 4.0 IPK looks directly comparable to a US GPA and largely is, which makes Indonesian transcripts straightforward to read abroad. The predicate is where the extra information lives: cum laude usually requires not just a high average but timely completion and sometimes a minimum grade in every subject, so it says more about a candidate than the number alone. Where you hold it, state it — the IPK by itself will not communicate those conditions.

What a good grade means in Morocco

Twenty-point marking is severe in a way that catches out anyone reading it as a percentage out of 20. Moroccan professors rarely award above 17 or 18, anything above 16 is exceptional, and a 20 is treated as theoretically unattainable rather than a realistic target. A 14 out of 20 is a genuinely good degree — Bien — and converting it as 70% badly misrepresents it. This is the single most important thing for a Moroccan graduate to explain on an application to a percentage-marking country.

Will a grade from Indonesia get you into Morocco?

We do not yet hold published entry requirements for Morocco, so we do not compare your grade against a bar we cannot cite. The conversion above still tells you how your result reads in Morocco terms.

Indonesian 4.0 IPK maps near-directly to US GPA.

What goes wrong converting grades from Indonesia to Morocco?

Morocco rarely awards near the top of its own scale — 18.0 is realistically the ceiling rather than 20.0 — so a converted result will look lower than you expect even when it is strong.

Mistakes specific to Indonesia grades

• Quoting the IPK without the predicate. Cum laude carries conditions beyond the average and is worth stating explicitly.
• Assuming predicate thresholds are national. They vary by university, so use the figure your own transcript or certificate states.
• Sending the ijazah alone. Evaluators want the transkrip nilai showing every subject, not only the degree certificate.

What should you do next, applying from Indonesia to Morocco?

1. Check the course, not the country. Entry requirements are set per programme and revised every cycle. We hold no published national bar for this destination, so the course page is the only figure that binds.
2. Check whether an evaluation is even required. Unlike the US and Canada, Morocco universities commonly assess foreign transcripts in-house. Confirm on the course page before paying for a report you may not need.
3. Get your documents moving early. Universities normally require your transcript sent directly by your institution rather than as a copy from you, which takes longer than most applicants expect.
4. Read both systems in full. How Indonesia grading works · How Morocco grading works

What do these grading terms mean?

CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)

The same idea as a GPA but covering your whole degree rather than one term — the scale differs by country (India 10, Nigeria 5.0, Pakistan 4.0), so the number alone means nothing without its scale.

GPA (Grade Point Average)

The US way of expressing an overall grade, on a 0–4.0 scale where 4.0 is the top — so a 4.0 is roughly what a 90–100% or a First Class would be elsewhere.

Degree classification

A named band your final result falls into — First Class, 2:1, Distinction — used across the UK, Ireland, Nigeria, India and much of the Commonwealth instead of a single number.

Transcript

The official document from your university listing every subject you took and the grade you got — not the same as your degree certificate, and universities abroad want both.

Credential evaluation

A paid report from an approved company that restates your foreign qualification in local terms, which many US and Canadian universities require before they will assess you.

Percentage scale

A 0–100 marking scale — but the numbers are not comparable across countries: 70% is an outstanding result in the UK and a modest one in India.

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