Streamline Your University Course Approval Process

Submitting a new course proposal shouldn't mean juggling multiple documents, email threads, and unclear approval workflows. This University New Course Proposal Form brings the entire process into one professional, structured submission that curriculum committees can review efficiently and faculty can complete with clarity.

Built for Higher Education Workflows

Whether you're a department chair, curriculum committee member, or faculty member proposing an innovative new course, this template handles the full scope of what universities need: course details, learning outcomes aligned with program goals, assessment methods, resource requirements, prerequisite justifications, and space for syllabus uploads. Everything curriculum committees need to make informed decisions is captured in one organized submission.

Why Paperform for Academic Administration?

Paperform is trusted by educational institutions worldwide to replace outdated PDF forms with dynamic, conditional forms that adapt to your needs. With conditional logic, you can show or hide sections based on course type (lecture, lab, hybrid), credit hours, or resource needs. Connect submissions directly to Google Sheets, Airtable, or your project management tools to track proposals through the review pipeline without manual data entry.

Need approvals from multiple stakeholders? Use Papersign to automatically generate approval documents from each submission and route them to department heads, deans, and committee chairs for eSignature—keeping a complete audit trail of who approved what and when.

Want to automate the entire approval workflow? Connect this form to Stepper to trigger notifications to committee members, update course catalog databases, assign review tasks, and keep everyone in the loop as proposals move from draft to approval. No more "did you see my proposal?" emails or lost submissions.

Professional, On-Brand, and Accessible

This template is designed with the clarity and professionalism higher education requires. Customize fonts, colors, and branding to match your institution's identity, embed it directly on department websites, or share it via link. Faculty get a clear, guided experience that respects their time, and administrators get structured data they can actually work with.

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant and GDPR-ready, with data residency controls and security features that meet institutional standards. Over 500,000 teams worldwide trust Paperform to handle sensitive workflows—from small liberal arts colleges to large research universities.