Curriculum, catalog, syllabus, degree planning, and student success and engagement, connected on a single platform. From proposal to approval to the students who depend on it.
Purpose-built from the ground up for academic operations, Kuali Academic Operations runs curriculum, catalog, syllabus, and degree planning as one consistent, connected experience, not a patchwork of point solutions.
Real curriculum, catalog, syllabus, and degree-planning workflows out of the box, not a generic form tool forced to fit.
Aligned to your institution's committee structures and approval processes, without custom development.
Automate any of your departmental processes on the same unified platform, so approved changes flow through automatically.
Natural-language help to search, review, and move curriculum work forward, plus complete governance trails.
Less setup, fewer gaps, faster committee adoption.
Your team can keep pace with catalog and policy changes itself.
No re-keying the same data or reconciling systems.
Accurate, audit-ready records for accreditation and governance reviews.
Kuali Curriculum, Catalog, and Syllabus Management are built on the same platform—not separate products stitched together over time. And because that platform is extensible, you can also build and automate the unique petitions, approvals, requests, and workflows your institution needs—all in the same place. One platform for your core academic operations—and any process around them.
WHERE MOST ACADEMIC SYSTEMS STOP
KUALI ACADEMIC OPERATIONS
Kuali Academic Operations is a suite of connected modules on one platform. Because they share the same data, workflows, and governance, curriculum, catalog, and syllabus stay linked instead of living in separate systems. Add the modules your office needs and they work together from the start.
Supports the creation, revision, review, and approval of academic offerings and governance items, serving as a centralized system of record for curriculum data. Route proposals through your institution's committee structure and publish approved changes without re-entering data.
Centralized workflows from proposal through governance review
Configurable governance aligned to your committee structure
AI-native visibility into stalled approvals and bottlenecks
Eliminates email- and spreadsheet-driven approvals
Natural-language search and review, no complex navigation
AI surfaces bottlenecks and recommends next actions
One centralized record from proposal to governance approval, so nothing is re-entered or lost between committees.
Enables institutions to publish and maintain accurate, up-to-date academic catalogs based on approved curriculum data. Automatically publish approved changes into a searchable catalog and keep content consistent across departments, programs, and policies.
Automatically publishes approved curriculum changes into a searchable catalog
Eliminates manual catalog updates and outdated information
AI-assisted content generation and updates accelerate publishing cycles
Reduces the burden of coordinating revisions across departments
Centralized governance keeps content consistent across departments
Integrated workflow connections keep catalog content current automatically
One accurate, always-current catalog, published directly from approved curriculum data instead of manual re-entry.
Provides configurable templates for syllabus creation, so institutions can standardize required content while preserving faculty flexibility. Centralize policy language and streamline review and distribution every term.
Configurable templates standardize policy while preserving faculty flexibility
Eliminates inconsistent formats and missing policy requirements
AI-assisted creation and updates reduce repetitive administrative work
Reduces faculty administrative workload every term
Centralized policy management keeps compliance language accurate
Automated workflows streamline review and distribution
Consistent, compliant syllabi every term, without manual formatting or policy chasing.
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A highly configurable, real-time degree audit and planning experience that adapts to your institution’s requirements, giving students and advisors a clear path from progress to completion.
Highly configurable audit engine supports complex requirements, rules, policies, and exceptions
Gives students a clear, current view of what they need to graduate
Real-time degree audits instantly show completed, in-progress, planned, and remaining requirements
Frees advisors from manually interpreting complex audits
What-if planning models alternate majors, programs, and academic pathways
Helps institutions adapt the audit to their requirements, not the other way around
Clear, accurate degree progress for every student, and less manual audit interpretation for advisors.
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Brings advising, tutoring, coaching, appointments, student support events, and communications together in one solution, so students can discover and access support, and institutions can strengthen engagement and retention.
Centralized scheduling for tutoring, coaching, and advising
Eliminates fragmented spreadsheet and email coordination
SIS-driven personalized outreach via email, SMS, and events
Admin dashboards show utilization and engagement trends
Self-service booking simplifies access to campus support
Supports in-person, kiosk, and virtual scheduling models
~40% higher event attendance and 52% more completed advising appointments for institutions using Reach, with clear visibility into utilization.
Kuali's curriculum, catalog, and syllabus all share the same governance, workflow automation, compliance oversight, reporting, integrations, and AI, so these work across all of them, not just one.
AI-native forms, workflows, approvals, and routing, built and changed with drag-and-drop builders. No code required.
Drag-and-drop builders
Approvals and routing
Automation across the lifecycle
The platform is AI-native. Talk to your academic operations system like it's part of your team: ask it a question or hand it a task in plain language.
Natural-language interaction
AI-assisted reviews and approvals
Prompt to build, act, or report.
Configurable governance across every workflow and approval.
Centralized oversight and audit-ready records across the academic lifecycle.
Insight across your academic operations, with AI-driven reporting on the way.
Justin Carrell, Ed.D., Institutional Systems Architect, Tarleton State University
From research universities to community colleges, hundreds of institutions rely on Kuali for the operations they can't afford to get wrong.
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“Kuali has completely transformed how we manage curriculum and catalog updates. The automation alone has saved us thousands of hours.”
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"We are seeing students complete certificates they did not even realize they were close to earning."
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“The beauty of Kuali is that we’re always looking at the right proposal. There’s no chance that somebody is looking at an outdated source.”
Read the case study ->More on modernizing curriculum and catalog management, connecting advising to the academic record, and reducing manual approval work. Start with these, then explore the full library of guides, webinars, and case studies across the site.
Discover best practices & tips for selecting the right software for your institution.
Read the ebook →Explore why most degree audit systems fall short and how Kuali Advisor delivers real-time, intelligent audits that optimize student progress without manual exceptions or rigid templates.
Read the ebook →Learn how UCF revolutionized its curriculum management with Kuali, overcoming outdated systems and aligning stakeholders.
Watch the video →Reduce point-solution spend, manual work, and administrative overhead with one platform for academic operations.
Replace email, documents, and manual tracking with governed workflows everyone can see and audit.
Bring curriculum, catalog, and syllabus together instead of managing separate contracts, integrations, and systems.
Move approved curriculum into the catalog without teams manually reconciling changes across systems.
Give academic teams the flexibility to adjust workflows as policies and requirements change.
WHAT INSTITUTIONS GOT BACK
Of catalog work recovered every year, across 800+ curriculum proposals and 2,000 competencies processed on the platform.
Southern New Hampshire University
Every tier builds on the last, from curriculum and catalog through a fully unlimited platform. Bundle more and save more.
BUNDLE 1 - AO BASE
A streamlined foundation for curriculum and catalog management.
BUNDLE 2 - AO CORE, RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
The recommended starting point for a complete academic operations solution.
Everything in Essentials, plus:
Syllabus
BUNDLE 3 - AO + ADVISOR
Combines academic operations with degree planning for a connected student success foundation.
Everything in Professional, plus:
Degree Audit & Planning
BUNDLE 4 - AO + FULL ADVISOR SUITE
A comprehensive advising ecosystem supporting student planning, engagement, and success.
Everything in Enterprise, plus:
Kuali Reach (Formerly Penji)
BUNDLE 5 - BUILD + AO + RESEARCH + READY
For institutions standardizing on Kuali as their enterprise platform, with every product suite included.
Everything in Base, plus:
Academic Operations (CM + Catalog + Syllabus)
Research Administration
Ready Business Continuity
Book a walkthrough, and we'll show you what curriculum, catalog, syllabus, and degree planning look like when they work together, with AI running inside the systems your teams already trust.
