π Study Schedule Generator
Build a day-by-day study plan with spaced repetition built in.
Study Plan Generated
How to Use This Study Schedule Generator
Tell the planner when your exam is, which subjects you need to cover, and how many hours you can study each day. It builds a day-by-day plan that weights subjects by importance and automatically schedules spaced-repetition reviews. The sample subjects are preloaded so you can generate a plan instantly.
Set your start date (defaults to today) and your exam date. The planner counts every day between them, including the day before the exam.
List your subjects one per line. Add a weight after a colon, like Biology:3, to give a subject more hours. Subjects without a weight get a weight of 1.
Enter the number of hours you can realistically study each day. Be honest: a plan built on 3 real hours beats a plan built on 6 imaginary ones.
Click Generate Study Plan. Each row shows the date, subject, hours, and session type: Learn for first contact, Review for spaced-repetition days, Practice for everything else.
How the Plan Is Built
Your total study time is split between subjects in proportion to their weights, so a subject weighted 3 gets three times the hours of a subject weighted 1. No single subject gets more than 2 hours in one day, because long single-topic sessions hit diminishing returns and variety keeps you sharper. Each subject's first session is tagged Learn. Sessions that land exactly 1, 3, or 7 days after that first session become Review sessions, which is the classic spaced-repetition pattern from memory research. Everything else is Practice: problem sets, past papers, and active recall work.
Worked Example
Exam in 14 days, subjects Biology:3, Chemistry:2, Math:1, and 3 hours per day. Total study time is 14 x 3 = 42 hours. The weights sum to 6, so Biology gets 42 x 3/6 = 21 hours, Chemistry gets 42 x 2/6 = 14 hours, and Math gets 42 x 1/6 = 7 hours. Each day the planner assigns Biology 1.5 hours, Chemistry 1.0 hour, and Math 0.5 hours, all under the 2-hour daily cap. Day 1 shows all three as Learn sessions. Day 2 marks all three as Review (1 day after first contact), Day 3 as Practice, Day 4 as Review again (3-day gap), and Day 8 as Review (7-day gap). The finished plan has 42 sessions across 14 days with 9 spaced-repetition review sessions built in.
Making the Plan Stick
A schedule only works if the sessions are active. For Learn sessions, read with a pen: summarize each section in your own words before moving on. For Review sessions, close the book and recall first; only re-read what you could not recall, because retrieval is what strengthens memory. Treat Review days as non-negotiable, since skipping them collapses the spacing pattern. If a subject feels easy early, resist the urge to steal its hours; the plan already gives it less time, and the reviews keep it fresh for cheap. Finally, put the last session of each day at least an hour before bed. Sleep consolidates what you studied, so a rested 3-hour day outperforms an exhausted 5-hour day on exam morning.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is spaced repetition and why does this planner use it?
Spaced repetition is the practice of reviewing material at increasing intervals instead of cramming it all at once. Memory research going back to Ebbinghaus shows that a fact reviewed after 1 day, then after 3 days, then after 7 days sticks far longer than the same fact studied three times in one evening. This planner automatically tags each subject session as Learn (first contact), Review (1, 3, or 7 days after the first session), or Practice (everything else), so your review days are built in without extra planning.
How should I weight my subjects?
Give a higher number to subjects that need more of your time: weaker subjects, subjects with more material, or subjects that count more toward your grade. The number is relative, so Biology:3, Chemistry:2, Math:1 means Biology gets three times the hours of Math. If two subjects need equal time, give them the same number. A weight of 1 is the default for any line without a number.
What if I miss a day of studying?
Do not try to cram the missed hours into the next day; that breaks the spacing the plan relies on. Instead, regenerate the plan with today as the start date and the hours you actually have left. The planner redistributes everything across the remaining days, and the review-day pattern (1, 3, 7 days) restarts cleanly from your new first sessions.
How many hours per day is enough?
For most students, 2 to 4 focused hours per day beats 8 distracted hours. Research on deliberate practice suggests attention quality drops sharply after about 90 minutes without a break, which is why this planner caps any single subject at 2 hours per day and spreads subjects across the day. Enter the hours you can genuinely sustain, not your optimistic maximum, and protect your sleep: an extra hour of sleep helps retention more than an extra hour of midnight cramming.
Can I export or print my study plan?
Yes. The plan renders as a clean day-by-day table that prints well from any browser: press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on a Mac) and choose your printer or "Save as PDF". The Learn, Review, and Practice badges print in color on most printers. For a digital copy, copy the table into a spreadsheet or take a screenshot to keep on your phone.