University Expert – An Automated University Application Submission and Admission Guidance System

Abstract

Getting admission in a good university/institution or choosing career is one of the challenge students are facing today. After intermediate examination a student goes to many different university websites, creating many admission portals and end up filling all the different application forms. Now he/she has to submit the admission fee by going to every single mentioned bank and remember in all this process he/she is also preparing for the entrance test exams, searching last dates to apply, finding past exams for references, finding ways to calculate aggregate and last year closing merits of different universities. Now what if a student fills a single application form and applies to as many universities he wants without keeping track of everything and get all the resources he/she needs at a single platform. Well that is the concept behind idea of “University Expert”. An Automated platform to make admission process smooth and automated i.e. one stop solution for applying in multiple universities of Pakistan through one single application form along with guidance system, entry test preparation(Expert book), university comparison, counselling sessions, aggregate calculator and weekly informative videos about universities. A module of merit prediction i-e predicating if the student can get admission in a university by comparing it to current students data studying in that institution. Complete guidance for student to choose and apply in best suitable university by going through an expert system. A website (for user interface) and automatic form filling module using python scripts so student has to fill just one form and all the applying process is done through that automation. So far this project has successfully catered 22 clients, sold 75 books, provided services to two major universities, counselled 100+ students and has been incubated at two business incubation canters (Netsol & SSBC Lahore)