WikiSyllabus is the open-source Wikipedia of university syllabi — a global academic repository that makes it easy to search, access, and contribute syllabi from universities around the world.
To provide the core database of every university syllabus — organized, markdown-first, and community-driven.
WikiSyllabus is the data layer of The Purple Movement's open learning ecosystem — every syllabus added here directly powers the tools downstream:
| Project | Layer | Role |
|---|---|---|
| WikiSyllabus (this repo) | Data | The open Wikipedia of university syllabi |
| Beyond Syllabus | Understanding | AI companion that turns these syllabi into interactive learning — beyondsyllabus.in |
| Beyond Borders | Launchpad | What to build, plus the global network and support system behind the builders |
| Beyond Gatekeepers | Community | The Evolve meetup network — successor to 12 years of FAYA:80 |
One syllabus file contributed here becomes an AI-powered study companion for every student in that course. That's the leverage of this repository — and why keeping it current, across all universities and revision years, is the movement's most scalable contribution.
- 📖 Open-book examinations
- 🔁 Flipped learning and flipped classrooms
- 🤝 Collaborative, community-driven education
- 🔓 Free and open access to academic information
WikiSyllabus is a fully open-source initiative maintained by volunteers from the global educational and open-source communities. Contributions are welcome from anyone.
Each syllabus file is organized in the following structure:
universities/university/branch/year/semester/xx.md
✅ Example:
universities/ktu/computer-science/2019/s08/01.md
Each .md file must begin with YAML frontmatter like this:
---
country: "india"
university: "ktu"
branch: "computer-science"
version: "2019"
semester: 8
course_code: "cst402"
course_title: "distributed-computing"
language: "english"
contributor: "@your-github-username"
---Then continue with content like objectives, units, textbooks, references, etc.
If you’re ready to contribute, check out our 👉 Contribution Guide
Please read our 👉 Code of Conduct We’re committed to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Open an issue or tag a maintainer (e.g., @admin) in your PR for support.