Find your subject and module average!

By Jasmine Davey and Finn Watton

A freedom of information request by Palatinate has revealed the average marks for each subject and individual modules offered by Durham University. Search for your subject or module using our interactive tool below! Only marks greater than 0 contribute to the average mark. Averages have not been supplied for modules with fewer than 23 students. Average marks have been calculated from marks achieved in the 2024/25 academic year.

Chemistry is the subject with the lowest average grade, which sits at 62.5. Liberal Arts and Combined Social Sciences see the highest marks, with a total average of 67.9. The modules with the highest average are Philosophy’s third year ‘Formal and Philosophical Logic’ and Computer Science’s fourth year ‘Networks and their Structure’ modules, which have an average of 82. The lowest average for a module was 49, which was from Education’s first year ‘International and Comparative Education’ module.

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