University Portal: Full-Stack Academic Platform

Universities in Iran still rely on fragmented, manual workflows for admissions, student management, and academic operations. Students fill out paper forms, staff track applications in spreadsheets, and there is no unified portal connecting students, professors, and administrators.

I built a production-ready university portal for Allameh Amini Higher Education Institute (Behnamir) that digitizes the entire academic lifecycle: from online admissions to grade management, all in a Persian RTL interface.

Responsive RTL layout with Vazirmatn font and AOS animations

Academic groups, majors, departments, and faculty profiles

News, announcements, events, gallery, and research hub

Digital library, FAQ, e-services, and contact forms

Unified application flow for associate through PhD tracks

Mobile OTP verification via Kavenegar SMS API

Application tracking by national ID or tracking code

Interactive tuition calculator

Staff tools for reviewing and updating application status (with SMS alerts)

Student dashboard: courses, grades, requests, assignments, exams, payments

Professor dashboard: teaching assignments, grading, submission review

Staff dashboard: request handling, student export by major (Excel and Word)

Admin: full Django admin with Jazzmin RTL enhancements

Role-synced staff permissions with automatic group management

Kavenegar SMS for OTP and event notifications (admission status, enrollment, announcements)

Payment gateway abstraction (mock for dev, Zarinpal-ready for production)

SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL support via environment configuration

Deployment guides for production and subdomain setups

university_site/ ├── config/ # Django settings (dev / prod) ├── core/ # Home, site settings, SMS client, notifications ├── accounts/ # Auth, profiles, staff permissions, OTP reset ├── admissions/ # Applications, tuition, OTP flow ├── academics/ # Departments, majors, courses, calendar ├── faculty/ # Professors and publications ├── research/ # Research content and industry partnerships ├── library/ # Digital library ├── dashboard/ # Role-based panels and student export └── templates/ # Persian RTL HTML templates

Backend: Django 5.2, Python 3.11+

Frontend: Bootstrap 5 RTL, Font Awesome, AOS animations, custom CSS/JS

Admin: django-jazzmin with Persian RTL

SMS: Kavenegar API (OTP + notifications)

Export: openpyxl (Excel), python-docx (Word)

Dates: jdatetime (Jalali calendar)

Config: python-decouple (.env based)

A complete institutional platform handling real university workflows: admissions, academics, research, and student services, all in one system. Built for production deployment with proper security, role-based access control, and SMS integration.