What are the 5 Key Painpoints Students Face while Registering for Courses in Universities?
Enrollments for elective courses in Universities, Business, and Law Schools are done using various approaches. Elective Course Bidding is one such most common and student-friendly process.

Optimizing Elective Course Registration in Top Business and Law Schools
Top-ranking business schools, law schools, and universities around the world offer over 50 elective courses in their graduate programs. These courses allow students to specialize in academic domains such as Corporate Law, IP Law, Marketing, Technology Entrepreneurship, Information Systems, Finance, Venture Investing, Operations, Strategy, and Analytics. However, several constraints affect the elective course selection and registration process.
Constraints in Elective Course Selection/Registration
Constraint 1: Limited Seat Availability
- Most electives have a maximum cap on enrollments. Popular electives, especially those taught by renowned faculty or industry leaders, are in high demand. Successfully registering for these high-demand electives is not guaranteed.
Constraint 2: Limited Bid Currency
- Students are allocated a limited amount of bid currency to use for the entire bidding process, whether for a single semester or an entire academic year.
Constraint 3: Scheduling Conflicts
- Electives must be chosen without causing timetable conflicts with other courses. Scheduling conflicts can extend a student’s study duration and increase overall university costs.
Constraint 4: Increasing Bid Clearing Prices
- Popular electives tend to have rising bid-clearing prices over time. Students must allocate more bid currency to secure these electives, risking the loss of seats in other high-demand courses within their bidding consideration set.
Constraint 5: Prerequisite Requirements
- Some electives have prerequisites, such as grade-based requirements in related courses, which must be fulfilled to be eligible for advanced courses.
Strategies to Smoothen the Elective Course Registration Process
To help students select their preferred electives, universities can implement a digitized elective bidding process that provides key insights into various parameters. These insights can be displayed on the student interface, including:
- Scheduling Conflicts: Detailed information about potential conflicts between elective courses.
- Demand Insights: Data on the number of students bidding for each elective.
- Clearing Bid Price: Real-time information on the clearing bid price for each elective.
- Winning and Losing Status: Updates on the current status of a student's bids, allowing for informed decision-making.
By leveraging these insights, students can make better bid allocation decisions and maximize their chances of securing the electives they desire.
Contact Us
For more information on designing an effective elective bidding process at your institution, please contact us at Registro@edtex.in.
Visualise University Automation
Discuss about your Operational Process Pain-points
Discover the Gaps and apply Targeted Solutions
Experience Automation powered Student Success with 10X Impact