Aplic Platform

Aplic Platform Inc., operating as Aplic.io, is a private Canadian company running a global degree enrollment and student employment marketplace that connects students with post-secondary institutions, scholarships, employers and service providers. Its central product concept, announced in 2018, is A-Pass — a universal digital passport built on blockchain technology that stores verified credentials, achievements, competencies and employment history, so that academic records and skills such as foreign languages, software or mathematics can be confirmed across borders by schools and former employers.

The platform allows students to complete a single student profile and use an Application Manager to apply to multiple programs and to major scholarships covering at least 25% of tuition. Program descriptions are standardized across schools with visual content on program and school pages to simplify comparison, and matching is based on English language proficiency, academic performance and personal preferences such as campus sports activities and social clubs; similar programs are surfaced alongside each listing. The 2018 announcement also described job-search functionality linking candidates to internships and part-time or permanent positions internationally, with degrees and competencies validated by colleges and prior employers.

On the institutional side, admissions offices can search for students whose academic records and interests align with their goals and target student profile, which the company described as a way to identify candidates who do not necessarily fit numerical screens and to support student-body diversity.

Business model

Aplic Platform Inc. operates a two-sided online marketplace: students create a single profile and apply to programs and scholarships, while education institutions, businesses and service providers use the platform to identify and recruit candidates whose academic records and profiles match their target student or employee profile. The 2018 announcement positioned institutional use as a way to reduce marketing and admissions costs relative to legacy student recruitment services such as test-score-based contact lists.