Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vol. 22, No. 3, June 2021, pp. 1679~1687 ISSN: 2502-4752, DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v22.i3.pp1679-1687  1679 Journal homepage: http://ijeecs.iaescore.com Multi-agent class timetabling for higher educational institutions using prometheus platform Angelita D. Guia 1 , Melvin A. Ballera 2 1 University of the East, Caloocan Campus, Philippines 2 Research and Development Office, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Manila Philippines Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jan 14, 2021 Revised Jun 12, 2021 Accepted Jun 13, 2021 A in a university setting, class scheduling is vital for teaching and learning process. Academic institutions rely on time tables in their day to day activities. University Course Timeframe problem can be resolved by using multi-agent systems-based method which may increase the independence of each department's class scheduling, adaptability in a distributed environment and prevents conflicts between events or resources, and unforeseen allocation through intervention between agents in a dispersed environment. Class timing is performed manually in most of the higher educational institutions, which is a very challenging and time-consuming process. The main objective of the study is to build a multi-agent class timing system that automates the process of class scheduling of higher education institutions (HEIs) using the Prometheus methodology. The implementation of the Prometheus approach in the development of a multi-agent framework has resulted in a complete and comprehensive system covering all phases of software development as applied to the agent systems. Keywords: Class timetabling Higher educational institutions Multi-agent system Prometheus methodology This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. Corresponding Author: Angelita D. Guia College of Engineering University of the East 105 Samson Road, Caloocan City 1400, Metro Manila, Philippines Email: angelita.guia@ue.edu.ph 1. INTRODUCTION Currently the interplay between innovation and digitalization are among the most important assets for educational system. Higher educational institutions concentrate on discovering new knowledge by means of digitalization methods and endorse new forms of its distribution in the society [1]. New opportunities for academic institutions are enabled by adopting digital technologies and incorporating it in their infrastructure [2], one of which is the automation of its class timetabling system. Class preparation is important in a university setting in the teaching and learning process. The educational institutions use timetables for their everyday operations. Timetable management means planning the use of scarce resources as ideally as possible, promising effective teaching and learning and safeguarding the comfort of stakeholders as much as possible. Timetabling, which is a time-consuming job, is designed for any semester or term. Multi-agent systems can be used to answer problems that are hard or difficult for each agent or a monolithic system to solve and it became a widespread approach in solving problems [3]. Multi-agent approaches can be used to solve school timetabling problems. These include an improvement in the independence of the establishment of schedules for each agency, adaptability in a disseminated setting, and the prevention of conflict between events/resources, and unintended distribution by cooperation between agents in a distributed environment [4]. A multi-agent framework is made up of software agents that work in unity to solve problems beyond the