Free Exam Management for Universities at 10,000+ Student Scale
Open-source examination software for university exam controllers running concurrent semester, entrance, and supplementary exams across multi-building campuses. Self-host the openeducat_exam module under LGPLv3 and add only the proctoring or AI plagiarism modules you actually need.
Free exam management for universities is open-source examination software that lets exam controllers schedule timetables, allocate halls and seats, capture marks through multi-examiner moderation workflows, and produce accreditation-ready reports for thousands of enrolled students without paying per-student license fees. OpenEduCat ships these features in the openeducat_exam module under LGPLv3.
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Large-scale exam timetabling for 10,000+ students
Generate clash-free semester, entrance, and supplementary exam schedules across hundreds of course sections. The scheduler respects student enrolment, faculty availability, and shared room calendars, so a single exam controller can publish a full mid-semester timetable for 10k+ students in one pass instead of stitching spreadsheets.
Hall and seat allocation across multi-building campuses
Map every exam hall, lab, and overflow room across buildings and campuses, then auto-allocate seats by roll number, course, or anti-cheating shuffle. Print per-hall seating charts, door lists, and student admit cards in batch, and reassign rooms instantly when a venue becomes unavailable.
Online + offline hybrid exam support
Run paper-based exams for the main centre while remote and differently-abled candidates sit the same paper online from the same blueprint. Online proctoring and AI plagiarism detection are optional paid add-ons via marketplace partners, while the core scheduling, paper, and mark-capture stay free.
Multi-examiner marks moderation workflow
Assign first-examiner, second-examiner, and chief-examiner roles per question or per paper. The module routes scripts blind, flags variance above your tolerance, escalates to the chief examiner, and locks the final moderated mark with a full audit trail acceptable to external review.
Transcript and degree-audit integration
Moderated marks flow directly into student records, GPA calculation, credit accumulation, and the openeducat_transcript module. Degree audit rules check programme requirements before results are published, so the registrar does not chase missing credits after convocation.
Accreditation reporting for UGC, HEFCE, AAU and AACRAO
Generate the annual examination returns and quality-assurance dashboards regulators expect, including pass-percentage by programme, grade distribution, examiner-load reports, and irregularity logs. Templates cover UGC (India), HEFCE/Office for Students (UK), AAU (Africa), and AACRAO data-exchange formats (US).
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How is free exam management for universities different from college exam software?
University workloads scale to thousands of course sections, multiple concurrent exam types (semester, entrance, supplementary, viva), and multi-building hall logistics. OpenEduCat is built around course-sections rather than fixed class groups, so timetabling, hall allocation, and moderation workflows do not collapse at 10,000+ students the way single-school products do.
Does OpenEduCat support online proctoring and AI plagiarism detection?
Yes, both are available as optional paid add-ons through marketplace integrations. The core openeducat_exam module is free and covers scheduling, hall allocation, mark capture, and moderation. You add live proctoring or AI plagiarism only for the exams that require them, instead of paying a platform-wide licence.
How does the multi-examiner moderation workflow work?
Each script can be routed to a first examiner and an independent second examiner. If marks differ beyond a tolerance you configure, the chief examiner is auto-assigned to arbitrate. Every mark change is logged with timestamp and user, so the moderation committee has a defensible audit trail for external review and appeals.
Can it produce UGC, HEFCE, or AACRAO accreditation reports?
Yes. The module ships templates for the recurring examination returns and quality-assurance dashboards that regulators ask for, including UGC (India) examination regulations, the UK Office for Students framework (formerly HEFCE), AAU institutional reviews, and AACRAO-compatible data exports for US registrars.
Does it integrate with degree audit and transcripts?
Moderated marks publish straight into the student record, where openeducat_gradebook and openeducat_transcript calculate GPA, credit totals, and programme completion. Degree-audit rules run before result publication, so candidates who are short on credits surface before convocation, not after.
Can a single exam handle online and in-person candidates at the same time?
Yes. Build one question paper, then designate which candidates sit in a physical hall and which take it through a browser-based delivery. Hall allocation skips the online cohort automatically, results land in the same gradebook, and moderation is identical across both modes.
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