Backed by Prodigy Finance’s experience in international education
Insight from what happens after the offer. Applicant data never flows back into lending.
You made the offer. They never arrived.
After months of reviewing, interviewing and chasing, seats still sit empty. The warning signs were scattered, or missing.
Meet the Pulse score
- Academic strength82%
- Intent74%
- Funding92%
- Visa readiness60%
Every score shows its signals and why. Here, visa readiness is amber: two documents are missing.
One score. Four signals.
Works with what you have.
No new forms for students. No system to replace. Your team stays in charge.
- 01 · ConnectPlug into the CRM you already use.Salesforce, Slate, Dynamics or your own. Read-only, revoke any time.
- 02 · ScoreEvery applicant, ranked with reasons.94Priya Sharma93Jin-ho Park89Rafael Costa, and 997 more
- 03 · DecideYour team sends. Pulse prepares.Pulse drafts the reminders and follow-ups. Nothing goes out without your team.
Why only Pulse
Other tools describe your applicants.Pulse shows who's likely to arrive.
Because it draws on 19+ years of funding international students.Applicant data never flows back into lending.
Built for how you recruit.
UK compliance. US efficiency. EU's four signals. One score, shaped for your market.
UK universities
Know who'll meet UKVI guidelines.
Compliance comes first, and enrolment follows. Pulse shows which applicants are most likely to meet UKVI guidelines, and who needs a credibility interview, before you make the offer. It helps protect your BCA rating and CAS allocation, and works alongside the tools you already use.
UK universities →US universities
Find the 100 who'll arrive.
A visa refusal costs you the student and the scholarship money behind them. Pulse scores visa readiness for every applicant, green, amber or red, before you make the offer or commit an award. It ranks all of them, including strong students a grades-only cutoff would miss.
US universities →Drag the budget. Awards are ranked by composite score, and your team confirms each one. Sample data (illustrative).
EU universities
Four signals. One score.
Academics, funding, visa readiness and intent usually sit in four different places. Pulse brings them together as one composite score. Your data is processed in the region you choose, including the EU.
EU universities →Same grades band, different chance of arriving. Sample data (illustrative).
Pulse scores. Your team decides.
Built for your data and IT teams from day one.
No automated decisions
Every outcome is approved by a named member of your team.
Your data stays yours
Never used to train the model. Zero data retention at the provider.
Identity stays out
Names, nationality and protected characteristics never enter the score.
Questions admissions teams ask
What is NovaGrad Pulse?
NovaGrad Pulse gives every international applicant one score out of 100, showing how likely they are to arrive, with the reasons shown. It's a NovaGrad product, powered by Prodigy Finance, and is informed by 19+ years of funding international students.
What goes into the Pulse score?
Four signals: academic strength, intent, funding and visa readiness. Every score shows its signals and why, so your team can see what's behind it.
Does Pulse make admissions decisions?
No. Pulse scores and your team decides. Every outcome is approved by a named member of your team, and nothing goes out without them.
Is applicant data used for lending?
No. Applicant data never flows back into lending.
Which systems does Pulse work with?
Pulse plugs into the CRM you already use: Salesforce, Slate, Dynamics or your own. Access is read-only, and you can revoke it any time. There are no new forms for students and no system to replace.
Is our data used to train the model?
No. Your data is never used to train the model, and there's zero data retention at the provider. Names, nationality and protected characteristics never enter the score.
Where is our data processed?
In the region you choose, including the EU.
See who'll arrive.
See how Pulse would have ranked last year's intake.