The Problem
University project allocation is often manual, opaque, and historically prone to mismatches. Spreadsheets struggle to handle hundreds of student preferences alongside supervisor quotas, leading to friction and perceived unfairness.
ProjectMatch ✨
A smart, aesthetic, and automated university project allocation system. Say goodbye to messy spreadsheets! Designed to match students to final-year academic projects with fairness, speed, and style.
- Role Full Stack Developer
- Scope Django Application Build
- Timeline Final Year Project
My Role
As the Full-stack Developer and Designer, I owned the entire product lifecycle — from architecting the Django/SQLite schema to designing the glassmorphism UI in Figma and implementing the custom matching algorithm.
The Solution
A high-performance web app featuring a Fairness Engine heuristic algorithm. It allows students to rank top 3 preferences via a SortableJS drag-and-drop interface, while providing admins with a 1-click allocation dashboard.
The Outcome
Successfully demonstrated equitable allocation across simulated student cohorts, ensuring every student was matched based on weighted suitability and preference. Presented as my final-year capstone project at **Aston University**.
Setup & Testing
Want to take ProjectMatch for a spin? We use pipenv to manage our Python magic. 🪄
Prerequisites
- Python 3.x installed on your machine.
- Pipenv installed (
pip install pipenv).
Installation
git clone https://github.com/oyin59/Project-match.gitpipenv installthenpipenv shellto start the environment.python manage.py migrateto set up the SQLite database.- Highly Recommended:
python manage.py seed_final_datato beautifully generate dummy data (Students, Supervisors, Admins, Projects). python manage.py runserverto start!