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 ensure 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.

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

Students and advisors can:

• Explore programs and select subjects
• Validate prerequisites and requirements in real time
• Generate personalised multi-term study plans
• Track progress against program rules

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.

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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

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

StudyPlanner integrates these capabilities within a constraint-based sequencing approach.

It:

• Includes full audit and compliance functionality
• Does not rely on predefined templates
• 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 planning and scalable academic advising in enterprise university environments.