Per-University GPA and Grading Systems in Pakistan: The Complete 2026 Guide

1. There is no single Pakistani GPA scale Ask ten Pakistani students how GPA works and you will hear one confident answer: Pakistan uses the HEC 4.0 scale, A is 4.0, A- is 3.67, and the same table hangs in every university. That answer is wrong, and it is wrong in a way that costs students real GPA points. NUST does not have an A- row at all. IBA does not have a D grade. FAST lets each teacher choose whether your course is graded absolutely or relatively. Punjab University rounds its decimals to 3.70 where FAST uses 3.67. These are not trivia differences: a B+ is worth 3.50 at NUST and 3.33 at FAST, so the same transcript letter earns a different GPA depending on the university that issued it. This guide is the first per-university GPA guide on the Pakistani internet built the hard way: every grade table below is traced to the university's own published document — the NUST Undergraduate Student Handbook, FAST-NUCES's 2026 Academic Rules, IBA's Academic Policy Manual, UET Lah…