Indiana University Bloomington students now have a new way to enroll in classes and chart their graduation pathway, a change carried out through the Stellic program.
Stellic will replace the Academic Advising Report, the Student Center's module for class enrollment and iGPS, according to IU Student Success.
IU used iGPS since 2014 as the primary tool for degree planning across all IU campuses, Associate Vice President for Student Navigation and Support Matthew Rust wrote in an email to the Indiana Daily Student.
The university made the decision to move to Stellic in 2023 following a formal evaluation process that included campus stakeholders, advisors and technical teams, Rust wrote.
“The decision was driven by the need for a more modern, student-friendly, mobile-friendly system that integrates planning, degree audit and registration in one place and can scale across all IU campuses,” Rust wrote in an email.
IU Bloomington was one of the last campuses to adopt Stellic. IU Northwest, South Bend, Southeast, Kokomo, Columbus, East and Fort Wayne used the system for fall 2025 and spring 2026 registration, while Bloomington and Indianapolis now have access for the spring and fall 2026 semesters, according to the Student Success website.
There’s no set timeline yet for when iGPS and the Academic Advising Report will be retired, Rust wrote, but students are advised to start using Stellic now to be more comfortable with the system.
The iGPS website states that it will be retired later this year.
Some students have said the implementation of Stellic has been difficult in that it does not have the same features iGPS has. IU Department of English Academic Advisor Claire Mahave said she prefers the iGPS course search feature over Stellic’s.
“It’s been chaotic,” Mahave said. “It’s a complicated system, it’s a big change and it’s been pushed in a way that’s confusing and inconsistent.”
For some freshmen, the transition has been easy because they had little experience with iGPS. IU freshman Ethan Marchand said he got comfortable using Stellic quickly.
“I’m a first year, so I don’t have much experience with iGPS and everything, but I kind of liked (Stellic) better because you could actually see the schedule better,” Marchand said.
Others voiced different opinions.
“I looked at (Stellic) and it was kind of confusing,” freshman Locke Perotti said. “Finding things that were actually useful such as which classes can you take and like what goes into your degree, like having information centralized, it was not as helpful.”
For senior Bhavya Patel, iGPS is the more comfortable option.
“I definitely prefer iGPS just because it’s easier to navigate compared to Stellic, and I feel like Stellic has so many features that it’s hard to keep track of what you’re doing versus just using iGPS,” senior Bhavya Patel said.
Rust wrote that compared to iGPS, Stellic is designed to be more interactive, transparent and centered on student experience.
“Stellic brings degree audit, long-term planning, and registration into a single, integrated platform with a more modern interface,” Rust wrote. “It allows for real-time scenario planning, easier course mapping and more flexibility in exploring majors, minors and timelines.”
However, Stellic is still in the early phases of being integrated at IU Bloomington and there have continued to be errors in the programming, Mahave said.
“Stellic’s planning feature can be a thing of beauty,” Mahave said. “I’m hoping it will allow students to be much more independent about knowing what they need to do.”
