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UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FIT / PROTOTYPE 01

DegreeMatchmaker

Better career outcomes start with your own knowledge of your strengths.

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 to the academic table.

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

01 — Qualifications

Type any three grades, or choose from common combinations. A star can be typed as A*.

Enter subjects in the same order as the grades above.

Type to search. Each subject can be selected once; choose three different subjects.

02 — Academic interests

Exact titles appear first. Related titles and themes follow; unrelated courses are excluded.

Module matching can surface relevant courses with unexpected titles.

Required subjects and subject-specific grades are strict checks. Preferences do not affect eligibility. Check each course for GCSEs, portfolios and other conditions.

Difference = your total grade points minus the course requirement. −1 means the course asks for one grade step more. A band of −1 to 0 includes that in Exact match.

Exact course titles come first, followed by module relevance and grade distance. Subject requirements are a filter, not a weight.

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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 matchThe grade difference falls within your chosen exact band.

OvermatchThe course asks for more than your exact band allows.

UndermatchYour grades exceed the course requirement beyond your exact band.

No match profile yet.

View 2 — Ranked courses

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Your twelve strongest course matches will appear here.