Study Schedule Creator

Add your courses and exam dates to get a weekly study plan. Download it as a template you can edit in Excel or Google Sheets.

Prefer to fill it in by hand? (CSV, opens in Excel or Google Sheets).

Want the full method behind this tool? Read how to make a study schedule for the science and step-by-step reasoning.

How the study schedule creator works

It splits your weekly study hours between your courses by giving each one a weight. Harder courses and courses with an exam coming up get more time:

  • Difficulty: hard counts 1.5, medium 1.0, easy 0.7.
  • Exam date: an exam within 14 days counts 1.5, within 30 days 1.2, and later or no date 1.0.

The two are multiplied. Each course gets its weight's share of your weekly hours, spread evenly over your study days.

Worked example

You have 3 hours a day, 6 days a week, so 18 hours. Biology is hard with an exam in 10 days (1.5 × 1.5 = 2.25). History is medium with an exam in 25 days (1.0 × 1.2 = 1.2). English is easy with no exam set (0.7). The weights add up to 4.15, so:

  • Biology: 2.25 / 4.15 of 18 hours = 9.8 hours a week, or 98 minutes a day.
  • History: 1.2 / 4.15 of 18 hours = 5.2 hours a week, or 52 minutes a day.
  • English: 0.7 / 4.15 of 18 hours = 3.0 hours a week, or 30 minutes a day.

Run it again each week. As an exam gets closer, that course's share goes up on its own.

Using the template

The download has one row per course and one column per day, with minutes in each cell. Open it in Excel or Google Sheets to move sessions around, add times of day, or tick them off as you go. For exam-specific plans, see the NCLEX study planner and the MCAT study calculator.

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Study Schedule Creator FAQs

Is there a free study plan template?

Yes. Download the blank weekly template above, or fill in your courses first and download your finished schedule. Both are CSV files that open in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers.

How do I make a study schedule?

List your courses, mark how hard each one is and when its exam is, and decide how many hours a day you can study. This tool turns that into minutes per course per day. The guide to making a study schedule covers the rest: when to study, breaks, and review.

How does the tool decide how much time each course gets?

Each course gets a weight from its difficulty (hard 1.5, medium 1.0, easy 0.7) and how soon its exam is (within 14 days 1.5, within 30 days 1.2). Your weekly hours are split in proportion to those weights.

Can I print my study schedule?

Yes. After you create it, use the Print button, or download it and print from your spreadsheet app.

Does it save my schedule?

No. Nothing you enter leaves your browser. Download the CSV if you want to keep it.