HEC / IBCC Equivalence Calculator 2026 (A* Is Not 90)

About the HEC / IBCC Equivalence Calculator 2026 (A* Is Not 90)

Pakistani students who sat A-Level, AS-Level or O-Level under Cambridge, Edexcel or Oxford AQA must convert their grades to a Pakistani Higher Secondary (FSC / HSSC) or Secondary School Certificate (Matric / SSC) equivalent before applying to local universities or government jobs. The Inter Boards Coordination Commission, which is what IBCC has been called since it was reconstituted in April 2023 under the IBCC Act (Act XIII of 2023), publishes the official conversion.

One thing sets this calculator apart, and it is the detail almost every other equivalence tool gets wrong. A* is not a flat 90. IBCC's table records it as "Above 90 (From Examination Session 2021 Onwards)" and then publishes the real figure subject by subject, in a fresh document for every examination session. For session 2026 the A-Level marks are Physics 95, Chemistry 94, Biology 94, Mathematics 94, Computer Studies 93 and 94 for other electives, with English, Urdu, Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat marked not applicable. O-Level runs slightly differently at 93 for English and Urdu and 94 for everything else. Three A* in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics therefore come to 283, not the 270 a flat 90 produces, and that gap is large enough to move you across an admission cutoff. This tool applies the correct per-subject figure automatically and tells you which one it used.

The letter grades below A* are flat: A = 85, B = 75, C = 65, D = 55, E = 45. F, G and U carry no equivalent mark.

How many subjects you need depends on where you sat the exams, which trips up a lot of overseas applicants. Appearing from Pakistan, IBCC requires eight O-Level subjects: compulsory English, Mathematics, Urdu, Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies plus three elective academic subjects, each at a minimum passing grade of E. Appearing from overseas, only five are required, English and Mathematics plus three electives, and overseas or dual-national students are exempt from Urdu, Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies altogether. Group placement then follows your subjects rather than your marks: the Science Group needs Physics, Chemistry and one of Biology, Computer Science, IT or ICT on top of the compulsory subjects, Biology is specifically mandatory if you plan to study Medicine, and anyone who misses those requirements is placed in the Arts Group.

Add each subject with its grade and the tool returns the per-subject equivalent mark, the aggregate percentage IBCC would compute, and an out-of-1100 figure for comparison against FSC and Matric marksheets. Useful for NUST, IBA, FAST, COMSATS, LUMS, UET, Punjab University and GIKI applications through the local-equivalence quota, and for anyone checking an IBCC certificate they already hold. Add each subject with its grade, and the tool computes the per-subject equivalent percentage, total marks (out of 1100 in standard FSC/Matric format), and overall aggregate percentage. Useful for students applying to NUST, IBA, FAST, COMSATS, LUMS, UET, Punjab University, GIKI and any Pakistani university through the local-equivalence quota, plus students preparing IBCC equivalence certificates for jobs that require FSC / Matric percentages.