Student Management System in C

A simple Student Management System developed in C as part of my CodeAlpha C Programming Internship.

This project demonstrates the use of structures, functions, and file handling to perform basic student record management operations through a menu-driven interface.

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Features

• Add Student
• Display Students
• Search Student
• Update Student
• Delete Student
• Total Students
• Show Topper
• Clear All Records

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Technologies Used

• C Programming
• Structures
• Functions
• File Handling
• GCC Compiler / CodeBlocks / VS Code

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Project Structure

CodeAlpha_StudentManagementSystem/

│── student_management_system.c
│── README.md
│── LICENSE
│── .gitignore
└── screenshots/
   │── menu.png
   │── add.png
   │── display.png
   │── search.png
   │── update.png
   │── delete.png
   │── total.png
   │── topper.png
   │── clear.png
   │── exit.png

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How to Run

Compile

gcc student_management_system.c -o student_management_system

Execute

./student_management_system

or on Windows

student_management_system.exe

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Menu

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   STUDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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1. Add Student
2. Display Students
3. Search Student
4. Update Student
5. Delete Student
6. Total Students
7. Show Topper
8. Clear All Records
9. Exit

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Sample Output

Add Student

Roll : 01
Name : Samyak Jain
Age : 20
Marks : 88

Student Added Successfully!

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Display Students

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Roll : 1
Name : Samyak Jain
Age : 20
Marks : 88.00

Roll : 2
Name : Aditya
Age : 21
Marks : 79.00

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Search Student

Enter Roll : 1

Student Found

Name : Samyak Jain
Age : 20
Marks : 88.00

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Show Topper

Topper Details

Roll : 1
Name : Samyak Jain
Marks : 88.00

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Concepts Practiced

• Structures
• Functions
• File Handling
• Menu Driven Programming
• Searching Algorithms
• Updating Records
• Deleting Records
• Binary File Operations

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File Handling

Student records are stored permanently using file handling, allowing data to remain available even after the program is closed.

The project uses:

• fopen()
• fread()
• fwrite()
• fclose()
• remove()
• rename()

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Learning Outcome

Working on this project helped me understand how structures and file handling can be combined to build a simple data management system in C. It also improved my understanding of modular programming and record manipulation.

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Future Improvements

• Sort Students by Marks
• Export Student Records
• Attendance Management
• Subject-wise Result Management

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Author

Samyak Jain

CodeAlpha C Programming Internship 2026