Academic advising and degree planning platform for universities

The problem

Planning a university degree is more complex than it appears.

Students must navigate:

• Program rules and requirements
• Prerequisites and sequencing constraints
• Subject availability
• Changing study loads and pathways

At the same time, they must explore different options while ensuring their choices meet program requirements and support progression.

This information is often distributed across multiple systems and documents, making it difficult to construct a clear, forward-looking and compliant study plan.

As a result, planning is fragmented, sequencing is unclear, and validation often happens after decisions are made.

Universities need a way to support both structured guidance and flexible student decision-making within a single system.

What StudyPlanner does

StudyPlanner provides a unified platform for degree planning and academic advising.

It generates and manages personalised study plans by combining:

• Real-time validation of program requirements (audit)
• Forward-looking study planning
• Automated sequencing of subjects across terms
• Flexible scenario exploration for students and advisors

Students and advisors can:

• Explore programs and select subjects through an intuitive, guided interface
• Validate prerequisites and requirements in real time
• Test different pathways and study scenarios while maintaining compliance
• Generate personalised multi-term study plans
• Track progress against program rules

Clean, intuitive, student-centred design

StudyPlanner is designed to provide a clear, intuitive planning experience for both students and advisors. Complex curriculum rules and sequencing constraints are presented in a way that is easy to understand, navigate, and act on.

• Clean, highly visual interface that makes study planning clear and intuitive
• Guided workflows that simplify complex curriculum and sequencing decisions
• Real-time feedback presented clearly and in context
  Supports both structured pathways and flexible exploration
• Supports full advisor functionality, including viewing, editing, and sharing student study plans

Designed for a consistent, intuitive experience across desktop and mobile, with layouts and interactions adapted for each device.

How it works

Many degree planning systems rely on predefined pathways or audit-led approaches that validate progress but do not generate structured, forward-looking plans.

StudyPlanner uses a constraint-based sequencing engine to both validate and generate study plans dynamically from:

• Curriculum rules and program structures
• Prerequisites and anti-requisites
• Subject availability
• Student progress and study load

Plans update automatically as conditions change, ensuring they remain both valid and achievable over time.

This enables both guided planning and flexible exploration within a structured, rule-driven framework.

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Why this matters

For students

• Clear, structured, and compliant study pathways
• Reduced risk of incorrect subject selection
• Greater confidence in planning and progression
• Ability to explore options while remaining on a valid pathway

For advisors

• Less time spent on manual validation
• Improved visibility of student progress and risk
• More capacity for targeted, high-value support

For institutions

• Reduced advising workload
• Improved student progression and retention
• Better visibility of enrolment patterns and demand

How StudyPlanner is different

Degree planning software varies in how study plans are generated and maintained.

Many systems:

• Focus on audit and compliance tracking
• Or rely on predefined pathways that require manual configuration
• Or prioritise flexible, student-led exploration without structured guidance

StudyPlanner combines audit, forward-looking planning, and automated sequencing within a single constraint-based system.

It:

• Includes full audit and compliance functionality
• Supports flexible exploration through scenario modelling and pathway options
• Does not rely on predefined templates or fixed pathways
• Generates optimised study pathways dynamically from curriculum rules

This enables automated, adaptive planning in environments with complex curriculum structures.

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Data-driven planning

StudyPlanner operates directly from structured curriculum data (CMS), while incorporating student data (SIS) for validation and tracking.

This enables:

• Accurate representation of program rules and prerequisite relationships
• Real-time compliance checking
• Dynamic generation of forward-looking study plans

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A better way to plan degrees

StudyPlanner brings together curriculum data, rules, and student context to guide every student through a structured, compliant study pathway.

It combines audit, planning, and automated sequencing in a single system, supporting both student self-service exploration and scalable academic advising in enterprise university environments.