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Scheduling · integration · support · AU · NZ · SE Asia · Pacific

Your experts in academic timetabling.

CDS (Australasia) helps universities, TAFEs and colleges build, integrate and run smarter schedules — from new Celcat™ AI timetabling to custom system integration and day-to-day support.

Backed by 30+ years of scheduling and integration expertise in Australaia, SE Asia and the Pacific Region.

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3,412 events placed✓ clash-free
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Institutions use Celcat worldwide
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Institutions we support in the region
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39+ yrs
Of Celcat™ scheduling & integration expertise
One source of truth

A trusted platform for every timetable.

We help your Institution build accurate, clash-free schedules across faculties, campuses and thousands of events — and publish them everywhere your students and staff already look.

Authoritative, always current, and can be integrated with your student management and HR systems, it's the single source of truth for scheduling across your institution.

CDS still provides Timetabler 9 (Windows or Web), training and technical support for all customers — choose Timetabler 9 or Celcat.ai (SaaS).

How it works
Clash-free rate
Room utilisation+18%
Rollover time−72%
📣Published to studentsReal time
AI-native scheduling

Scheduling, reimagined with AI.

An AI-native platform built from the ground up for modern education — cloud-based, intelligent, brilliant and designed to create better timetables with far less manual effort.

Instant clash-free builds

State-of-the-art algorithms produce optimal timetables with minimal manual intervention.

"What-if" scenarios

Model multiple scenarios and preview outcomes to support confident, strategic decisions.

Smart space management

Set capacity limits, minimise room changes and lift utilisation with AI recommendations.

Visual constraint editor

See relationships and dependencies between resources and events — fewer errors, less time.

Effortless rollover

Reusable course templates and customisable rollover automate planning for future years.

Cloud-native & scalable

Real-time insights and AI-native flexibility, purpose-designed for universities and colleges.

Reports

Real-time reports can be run.

Courses

Upload Courses - no manual additions

Built for education sector in any field of training

AI-native scheduling for every institution.

From multi-campus universities to specialist training providers, we tailor the platform to how you actually deliver.

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Universities

AI-native timetabling that scales across faculties, campuses and thousands of events — with exams, rooms and attendance in one platform.

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TAFEs & Colleges

Flexible scheduling for block delivery, VET and applied training — integrated with your systems and backed by responsive support.

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Government & industry training

Scheduling and integration for government agencies, RTOs and industry training providers — from complex cohorts to compliance-ready records.

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Solutions we implement & support
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Regions covered — AU, NZ, SE Asia, Pacific
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Partner, end to end
This the complete platform with Dashboards

Everything you need, in one place on your screen.

We take a modular approach — you get exactly the system that fits your institution, with AI making every part smarter.

Interactive TimetablingAccurate, clash-free schedules, quickly.
ReportingManagement insight to maximise efficiency.
PublishingKeep students and staff informed in real time.
Room BookingGive staff control and avoid clashes automatically.
Attendance MonitoringVerify attendance, in person and online.
Exam SchedulingOptimised exam and invigilator schedules.
Automated Premium using AISet the rules; let the system schedule.
Self-Service & NowPowerful self-service for students and staff.
Integrations & data

CDS makes timetabling work with your systems.

A timetable is only as good as the data behind it. We specialise in connecting the scheduling platform to the systems your institution already runs — so information flows automatically and stays in sync, with no double entry and no islands of data.

Case in point. At a large multi-campus institute, we linked the timetabling platform to the organisation's core student and staff systems, built the custom data transformations needed to bridge systems that model information very differently, enabled secure single sign-on through the institute's own identity provider, and published live timetables straight into the calendars and channels students and staff already use. The result: one reliable, always-current source of truth for scheduling — and far less manual work.

Whatever your mix of systems, we scope, build and support the integration end to end.

Talk to us about integration
🎓Student & course systemsAuto-synced
🔐Identity & single sign-onSecure SSO
📅Calendars & emailLive publish
👥HR & staff dataIn sync
📊Reporting & BIConnected
🧩Custom data transformationsBuilt to fit
Trusted across the region

You're in good company.

These are our valued customers in Universities, TAFEs, institutes and government agencies across Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and the Pacific trust CDS to deliver and support their timetabling.

Holmesglen Institute
TAFE Queensland
Bendigo Kangan Institute
Box Hill Institute
Chisholm Institute
Melbourne Polytechnic
GOTAFE
TAFE Gippsland
The Gordon
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
Wodonga TAFE
Holmesglen Institute
TAFE Queensland
Bendigo Kangan Institute
Box Hill Institute
Chisholm Institute
Melbourne Polytechnic
GOTAFE
TAFE Gippsland
The Gordon
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
Wodonga TAFE
The University of Notre Dame Australia
University of Southern Queensland
National University of Samoa
Kaplan
Queensland Police Service
Department of Training and Workforce Development (WA)
Aviation Australia
Master Builders Victoria
NECA
William Angliss Institute of TAFE
The University of Notre Dame Australia
University of Southern Queensland
National University of Samoa
Kaplan
Queensland Police Service
Department of Training and Workforce Development (WA)
Aviation Australia
Master Builders Victoria
NECA
William Angliss Institute of TAFE
CDS gave us Celcat's power with the kind of in-your-time-zone support you just can't get from overseas.
Education DirectorKaplan Singapore

But what about .Ai? See what Celcat AI-native timetabling can do.

Book a demo, ask about upgrading or integrating your systems, or get a quote tailored to your institution — from the team that delivers, integrates and supports it all.