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Study Time Splitter

Free study time splitter: list your subjects with total study hours and exam dates, add the hours you can study per day, and get a daily plan. When time runs short, the earliest exam is funded first and every shortfall is shown.

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Hours = total study time for the subject. Exam date (YYYY-MM-DD) is optional.
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Enter your subjects above, then press Calculate.

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A LITTLE CONTEXT · 4 MIN READSplitting Study Time: Daily Rates, Deadlines, and Overload

How study time splitter works

The core number for every subject is its required daily rate: total study hours divided by days until the exam. Ten hours of review with 5 days left demands 2 hours a day; the same 10 hours with 20 days left needs just 30 minutes. The rate is the honest price of the deadline — dates turn vague goals into arithmetic.

Enter one subject per line as “name, hours, exam date” (the date is optional), plus how many hours you can realistically study per day. The calculator adds up the required rates. If the total fits inside your daily budget, every dated subject is fully funded and leftover time is reported as slack.

When the rates exceed your budget, the plan is overloaded — and the calculator prioritizes the way real deadlines do: earliest exam first. The nearest exam is funded in full, the next one gets what remains, and later subjects are scaled down, with each shortfall shown as uncovered hours. That is not a punishment; it is the arithmetic telling you to add days, add hours, or cut scope.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know how many hours a subject needs?
A common rule of thumb is 2–3 hours of self-study per hour of lecture, per week. Estimate across the remaining weeks of the course, then adjust after your first practice test tells you where the real gaps are.
What if I don’t know an exam date?
Leave the date off. Undated subjects are funded after every dated exam and split whatever daily budget is left, which keeps hard deadlines protected while steady subjects still get time.
What does “overloaded” mean in the result?
The required daily rates of your dated subjects exceed the hours you have per day. The earliest exam is funded first and later subjects absorb the cut. Fix it by starting earlier, adding daily hours, or lowering a subject’s hour estimate.
Does the plan say which day to study which subject?
It gives each subject a daily rate rather than a rigid calendar. Pair the rates with your week — rotate subjects across days in the proportions shown, and give the highest-rate subject your best hours.