New edition · 20 September 2026 · IMS Hub Editorial
An Academic profile is most useful when you can recognize your real plans in it. You should be able to read it back and say: this is what I want to study, this is the education I have, and this is what I can contribute to the next stage.
You can build that picture a section at a time in IMS Hub. The Academic profile groups your information into five sections and shows a completion indicator above them. Start with the details you can establish clearly, then use the remaining gaps to organize your next visit.
Begin with your destination and purpose
Check Personal details first so that your saved identity and contact information are accurate. Then open Study goals. Choose the study level you want to enter, your primary program interest, the teaching language and your preferred country. You can also record a preferred city, second and third program choices, and a target intake.
Keep the study level focused on your next step. Someone who has completed a bachelor's degree and wants a master's should describe that master's goal here, then record the bachelor's qualification in Academic background. Separating the two helps the profile describe both direction and evidence.
You do not need a university name before you begin. Program interests give Academic a basis for finding options to investigate.
Build the background behind the goal
Academic background contains Education history. Add education records with the institution, qualification, field of study, dates and language of instruction. Each record can hold its own result and grading system.
Use the result as it appears in your records. If you are still studying, mark the record accordingly and distinguish a current result from a predicted one. Where more than one relevant qualification could be used, the editor includes Use this qualification for matching.
A careful education record is worth more than a rushed attempt to make every field look finished. It helps you understand which background is being used when you later read a program's requirements.
Add readiness and a realistic budget
Application readiness brings together language proficiency, official-test information and passport status, along with the available study-route and CSCA preparation fields. Record the stage you have actually reached. Planning a test, booking it and receiving a result are separate states in the language editor.
In Funding and mobility, record your annual contribution in USD and the source of that funding. The budget concerns your contribution to tuition and living costs for one year. If your plan depends on full scholarship funding, there is a specific control for that situation.
Passport status and visa refusal history provide preparation context. They do not hold your Academic completion percentage below 100% when left blank. Completion concentrates on information used for the study search.
Save, read back and return when something changes
Each section has a Save action. Review any highlighted information before saving, and wait for the save to complete. The matching experience uses saved information, so a change still open in an editor should not be treated as part of your current profile.
Back on the profile, read the section summaries. Check that the study level describes your next course, the qualification result belongs to the right education record, and the budget is annual. These simple checks catch mismatches that a filled field alone cannot explain.
The completion percentage measures how much of the relevant profile information is present. It is separate from the match percentage shown on a university option, and reaching 100% does not mean every university requirement has been satisfied.
When you receive a new result or change your plans, edit the affected section and revisit your options. Open Academic in IMS Hub with one concrete task: make your profile describe the next step you are actually considering.
