AUC offers an honours programme characterised by intensive lectures, small classes, student engagement, self-study and discussion. Distinctions (Honours, Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude) are awarded to AUC students who graduate with a final GPA above a certain level, receiving a note of the Honours programme on their diploma.

GPA and distictions

AUC awards the  following distinctions:

• Honours: 7.00 to 7.99 GPA
• Cum Laude: 8.00 to 8.74 GPA
• Summa Cum Laude: 8.75 to 10.00 GPA

A distinction is only awarded if a student did not infringe on AUC‘s plagiarism and fraud policy, namely a student has not been sanctioned for two or more plagiarism or fraud incidents. All grades obtained in the Netherlands that are on a numerical 1 – 10 scale are included in the GPA calculation So Pass/Fail grades and grades obtained abroad do not count towards the GPA.

In order to understand how to achieve the Cum laude distinction, please read the Academic Standards & Procedures under 3.8.2.: