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SAP for Higher Education and Research

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What is SAP for Higher Education and Research?

SAP for Higher Education and Research is a suite of scalable interrelated applications designed to support the various needs of higher education institutions, such as student lifecycle management, tuition and revenue management, grant and research management, research planning and analytics, and other institutional performance related modules.

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SAP never lets you down

Incentivized
Shubham ChauhanView profile
Student in Human Resources at North Island College (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This product is used at the university where I conduct research and at my former institution as well. The complete SAP suite, from operational management to documentation, is an essential component of the university. The SAP offers an engaging educational experience. The possibility to interact with technology is one of the advantages.

Pros

  • Better User Interface and easily accessible
  • Collaboration
  • Controlling and Managing Grants

Cons

  • Had some glitches when i used it
  • As of now i dont think if there are any other alternatives which i have worked on

Most Important Features

  • Research
  • Grant Writing
  • Statistics

Return on Investment

  • As i have used various SAP tools I can say this one too does well
  • It is the only stable research tool available in the market

Other Software Used

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

SAP Concur

Incentivized
Chang-Hwan ChoiView profile
Professor in Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Concur platform for reimbursement for travels and events. It is to streamline the reservation, expense reports, and reimbursement processes.

Pros

  • The concur platform integrates all the necessary steps for reservation, expense reports, and reimbursement.
  • It has customer supports that can easily be reached by emails.
  • It emails the users for any important process steps.

Cons

  • The system is not much user friendly.
  • Some menus are hard to understand intuitively.
  • It is not easy to learn how to use in the beginning.

Most Important Features

  • Travel/event reservation
  • Travel/event expense reports
  • Travel/event expense reimbursement

Return on Investment

  • It integrates into one platform for travel/event reservation, approval, expense reports, and reimbursement.

Other Software Used

Kuali Build, Canvas, Blackboard Collaborate

Experiencing SAP for Higher Education and Research

Incentivized
Verified User
Contributor in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were using SAP for Higher Education and Research for Student Affairs. We were managing the Courses, making official requests like Student Documents, Transcripts etc. We were also checking the Course Schedule, General infos. We were also managing our thesis, applying and selecting the subject, uploading and checking in the originals. There were a lot of workflows which was needed between the Academic Personnel and students and it was so far enough to manage it.

Pros

  • Workflow Management
  • Better UI with New Fiori Interface
  • Document Management

Cons

  • Error Handling : Sometimes it created some issues where there was not enough explanation. But I think it is mostly related with the consulting company making poor development.
  • In every period, when students tries to access to the system all together and sign up for the courses, it always crashed for minimum a week. I think it requires Load Balancing.
  • The options we used were very limited there, I think there is more capabilities for collaboration is still needed. For example, exams, homeworks etc can be managed by itç

Most Important Features

  • Workflow Management is really important in High Education and Research
  • 3rd Party Integrations through API and other technologies
  • Supporting the staff with RPA like technologies

Return on Investment

  • There were a lot of other platforms also used along with SAP for Higher Education and Research, I believe reducing these needs would be very important overall.
  • At the background, there are a lot of important functionalities reside like Accounting, HR etc. and this is where SAP for Higher Education and Research comes very powerful I believe
  • Cloud version would be a lot useful especially considering that, user logins are always seasonal so extra help always needed to balance the loads in the network.

Alternatives Considered

Workday Student

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, itslearning, Workday Student

Helps Finance Managers

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is a very user-friendly platform. It integrates data from different sources, such as financial data and operation data.

Pros

  • Integrates data
  • Improves efficiency
  • Reduces errors

Cons

  • More shortcuts
  • Make it easier for beginners
  • Create support for Microsoft Excel

Most Important Features

  • Cloud
  • Consistency
  • Integrations

Return on Investment

  • Less errors
  • More timely feedback
  • Has a relatively steep learning curve

Alternatives Considered

BISP Solutions Oracle EPM Consulting

Other Software Used

UKG Pro, BISP Solutions Oracle EPM Consulting, Vena

Review SAP for Higher Education and Research

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Learning Journeys are structured visual guides, designed to help you understand and navigate the path to become competent with an SAP solution. This system could be easier to access, it is not an accessible product and is sometimes slow

Pros

  • Overview information on the industry
  • Curated assets and links about Industry Cloud Solutions relevant for Higher Education and Research Industry
  • Reference to other relevant SAP Learning Journeys

Cons

  • detailed trainings
  • Improved accessibility on the platform

Most Important Features

  • Overview information on the industry and relevant SAP solutions
  • Trainings on transition to SAP S/4HANA and Intelligent Enterprise

Return on Investment

  • Slow Platform