Academic standing
Your academic standing is based on your academic performance in a given session. You can be in good standing, placed on academic probation or required to withdraw, detailed below.
This academic standing policy applies to all undergraduate students. Please note that you may see references to both academic standing and university probation - they are used interchangeably.
If you are in the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Human and Social Development, Faculty of Law or Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, additional standing rules apply. Contact your adviser if you have concerns about your standing.
Questions? Undergraduate students in Engineering and Computer Science, Fine Arts, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences can use this roadmap to academic standing.
Minimum sessional grade point average and academic standing
A sessional grade point average (GPA) is calculated on all courses attempted in a session which have a unit value.
Sessional GPA determines academic standing for all undergraduate students. A sessional GPA of at least 2.0 (or equivalent if a UVic student takes courses elsewhere for credit towards a UVic program) is required to remain in good academic standing.
To learn how grade point averages are calculated, visit the Grade point average (GPA) calculations page.
Academic/University probation
Students who fail to obtain a of at least 2.00 (or equivalent if a UVic student takes courses elsewhere for credit towards a UVic program) are considered to have unsatisfactory standing and will be placed on academic probation for the next session attended.
Undergraduate Records will notify students that they have been placed on academic probation through the addition of a notation to their academic record. Students on academic probation should:
- contact their academic adviser for assistance
- consider signing up for the to get personalized academic support.
Students who are on academic probation and who achieve a sessional grade point average of 2.0 or above at UVic will clear their probation status at the end of the session, except as noted below where a student's standing is withheld.
Students should note that individual faculties may require a higher sessional grade point average. Failure to achieve the faculty grade point average requirement may result in the student being placed on faculty probation. (See individual faculty regulations.)
Students who are on academic probation, or whose standing is withheld in their most recent session because of deferred status, are not eligible for registration until their sessional for the latest/deferred session has been determined as satisfactory, except as noted below. If a student's for the latest/deferred session, including a grade of 0 for all deferred courses or outstanding grades, was determined to be above the minimum by the faculty concerned, the student will be authorized to register. The projected grade point average is calculated at the end of the session when the deferred standing is assigned. The projected grade point average does not appear on a student's academic record. Depending upon a student's performance during the period of probation, the Dean may at any time either remove the student from probation for the remainder of the session or, acting on a decision of the facu