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UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FIT / PROTOTYPE 01

DegreeMatchmaker

A better course search starts with who you are—not with a league table.

Understand mismatch

01 / THE PROBLEM

The wrong course can become an expensive detour.

Academic mismatch happens when a student's prior attainment, subjects or interests do not align with the course they enter.

THE COST

Mismatch compounds.

Students can face weaker continuation, lower classifications, reduced confidence and poorer long-term outcomes when the academic environment is a poor fit.

THE RESPONSE

Search from the student outwards.

The Degree Matchmaker ranks courses using your attainment, subjects and genuine academic interests—then shows why each result surfaced.

Build your academic profile

02 / YOUR SIGNALS

Tell us what you bring—and what you want.

Start with three grades, three subjects and any course or module ideas. Location matching comes later.

01 — Qualifications

Enter subjects in the same order as the grades above.

02 — Academic interests

Use ordinary words; close textual matches rank higher.

Module matching can surface relevant courses with unexpected titles.

Match score: grades 40% · subject requirements 25% · degree terms 15% · module terms 20%. Blank optional searches are removed and the remaining weights are rebalanced.

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03 / YOUR MATCHES

Your academic fit, mapped.

Complete your profile above to generate matches.

View 1 — Best match by university

Each university contributes its single strongest course; the current GitHub dataset contains UCL only.

Exact matchYour three grades equal the course requirement.

OvermatchYour grades are above the course requirement.

UndermatchAt least one of your grades is below the required pattern.

No match profile yet.

View 2 — Ranked courses

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Your twelve strongest course matches will appear here.