2 December 2025
Harvey Rennison
By email
: [FYI request #32805 email]
Dear Harvey
OIA 25.377 Grade Distribution
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 10 November 2025 regarding Grade Distributions.
You have specifical y requested:
I would like to request grade breakdowns for the fol owing Chemical and Process Engineering courses:
2024:
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ENCH291-24S1
•
ENCH293-24S1
•
ENCH298-24S1
•
ENCH241-24S2
•
ENCH281-24S2
•
ENCH292-24S2
•
ENCH295-24W
2025:
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ENCH390-25S1
•
ENCH392-25S1
•
ENCH393-25S1
•
ENCH396-25S1
For the courses listed above, please provide the fol owing data:
(1) The final grade distribution for the course (broken down by letter grade, e.g. A+, A, A-, ... etc.)
(2) The number of students who completed the course
(3) The mean and median final marks for the course (percentage)
Please see attached a table with your requested information. Please note that where between one to five
students achieved a certain grade, the individual number is not provided, but a range of less than or equal to
five. This is done under s 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. Where any grounds
under s 9(2) of the Act, the public interest must be considered under s 9(1). It is in the public interest to
provide a range of the number of students that achieved a particular grade, whilst protecting those students
from being individual y identifiable. For an explanation of the University of Canterbury’s grading scale please
s
ee here.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
Attachment:
OIA 25.377 Data
