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Timetable Planner

The Timetable Planner helps you build an HKUST class schedule, compare compatible section combinations, and spot time conflicts before enrollment.

Open Timetable Planner

Timetable Planner showing the course browser, weekday schedule, plan controls, and added TBA sections

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The planner is a planning aid. Always confirm your final schedule, enrollment status, prerequisites, and section availability in SIS.

Create a plan​

  1. Open Timetable Planner in the Dashboard.
  2. Select Create plan.
  3. Enter a plan name and choose its academic term.
  4. Keep Import enrolled sections selected if you want to start with your eligible SIS enrollment for that term.
  5. Review the import preview, then select Create plan.

Create timetable plan dialog with plan name, academic term, enrollment import, and course preview

The academic term cannot be changed after the plan is created. Create another plan if you want to work with a different term.

Add courses and sections​

On a desktop, use the course browser beside the timetable. On a phone, select the floating Browse courses button.

  1. Search or filter for a course.
  2. Open the course to view its description, requirements, and available lecture, tutorial, and lab sections.
  3. Hover over or focus a section to preview it on the timetable.
  4. Select a section to apply it. The planner also selects association-compatible sections when required.

Selected sections appear under Entries and on the timetable grid. Open a selected course to change its sections or remove the course.

Understand timetable warnings​

  • Red sections overlap another selected section and require your attention.
  • The warning below the grid reports when the timetable contains conflicts.
  • Sections without a confirmed meeting time appear under Added TBA Sections instead of at a time on the grid.
  • Hover over a section to see quota, waitlist, instructor, linked sections, and conflicts.

Save and manage plans​

Edits are saved automatically after a short pause. Select Save to save immediately.

The top toolbar also lets you:

  • switch between plans;
  • bookmark, rename, duplicate, or delete a plan;
  • undo and redo section changes;
  • create another plan;
  • show or hide weekend columns; and
  • reload course, enrollment, and Study Planner data.

The unit total is calculated once per course, even when the course has multiple class components.

Next steps​