This monograph deals with theoretical and practical aspects of creating course timetables at
academic institutions. The task is typically to create a timetable that suits the requirements
of the stakeholders - students lecturers and the administration - as well as possible. The
book presents an exposition of the basic combinatorial problems and solution methods for course
timetabling and related tasks. It provides a rigorous treatment of fairness issues that arise
in the course timetabling context and shows how to deal with the potentially conflicting
interests of the stakeholders. The proposed methods are also readily applicable to other
classes of scheduling problems such as staff rostering. Finally it presents a comprehensive
case study on the implementation of an automated course timetabling system at the school of
engineering of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The case study includes a detailed
description of the problem model as well as an evaluation of stakeholder satisfaction.
