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Study Chapter
A global starting point for choosing where to study, then planning the money, the application, and the first year.
- Role
- Full-stack engineer · product flow and the planning tools
- Timeline
- Feb 2025 – Feb 2026
- Focus
- Full-Stack
- Stack
- Next.js, TypeScript, API Integration
Overview
Study Chapter lets someone explore destinations before a country is chosen for them. After that, the same product holds services, applications, lessons, a year-one cost calculator, and student discounts.
The problem
International students get a country picked for them, then hunt for cost, applications, and discounts in separate tabs.
The approach
Study Chapter starts from subject, budget, and priorities, then holds destinations, applications, lessons, a year-one cost calculator, and student discounts.
The product, live
The pages worth opening. Each one is the real product — click through.
01HomeStart from goals, not from a country someone else picked.
02Explore destinationsA shortlist from subject, budget, and what matters.
03ServicesThe support around the move, once a direction exists.
04ApplicationsThe application steps in one place.
05LessonsGuides for the parts of the move that are easy to miss.
06Cost calculatorYear-one money: living, net tuition, and the first-month bill.
07Student discountsOffers to check on the official page, not a code from a stranger.What it does
Where to look
A shortlist across popular study destinations, based on subject, budget, and what matters, with official starting points rather than a ranking.
What the first year costs
A cost calculator for living, net tuition, and the first-month setup bill, so the number is more than rent.
After the offer
Lessons, application steps, and a board of student discounts people can check on the official page before they pay.
How I worked
Started with discovery: compare destinations before locking a country.
Added the tools people need once a direction exists: applications, lessons, and a cost calculator.
Kept discounts and guides labeled as research aids, and pointed each offer back to its official page.
Challenges
Do not choose for them
A matcher that picks a country feels like an admissions decision. The product had to shortlist and then get out of the way.
Money is more than tuition
Students undercount the first month. The calculator had to show living, net tuition, and setup, and still say those numbers are baselines.
Discounts go stale
Student offers change and some are scams. Each card had to send people to the official page instead of a code from a stranger.
What shipped
Live as Study Chapter
Compare destinations, then plan applications, year-one cost, and student discounts in one place.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- API Integration
What I learned
A matcher should shortlist, not decide. Cost tools have to show the first year, and every discount has to point at the official page.
