SAP has developed and integrated specific solutions building a strong customer base in higher education and research.

To learn more about how colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning are taking advantage of SAP for Higher Education & Research, check out these success stories:

• Duke University (PDF, 297 KB), United States – Learn why one of America's most prestigious universities turned to SAP solutions to gain the agility and transparency it needed to deal with ever-tightening budgets – resulting in improved purchasing, strategic decision making, and support for two major lines of business.
• Los Angeles Community College District (PDF, 121 KB), United States – Examine how LACCD, with nine colleges and over 130,000 students, implemented SAP NetWeaver, and components SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Enterprise Portal, to improve financial reporting, control budgets, and reduce procurement life cycles.
• University of Nebraska (PDF, 93 KB), United States – See how SAP Consulting and a dedicated team from the university collaborated to complete implementation of the integrated SAP Business Suite on time and under budget – helping the university to consolidate resources, reduce costs, and improve business processes.
• University of Tennessee (PDF, 73 KB), United States – See how this university uses various SAP solutions – including the SAP Business Suite family of solutions and SAP Business Intelligence, a component of the SAP NetWeaver platform – to improve efficiency for human resources, payroll, and purchasing processes.
• University of Toronto (PDF, 313 KB), Canada – Consider how this university uses the SAP Supplier Relationship Management solution to purchase items ranging from paper clips to scientific devices – to help reduce costs, increase productivity, and simultaneously improve accountability, transparency, and control.

Overall, more than 350 institutions around the world have turned to SAP to address the challenges and opportunities of higher education in today's economy. Here is a sampling of some of the colleges and universities in the United States that SAP for Higher Education & Research is helping embrace a more efficient way of doing business:

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Central Michigan University
• Duke University
• Los Angeles Community College District
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
• Purdue University
• Texas State University, San Marcos
• University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Mississippi
• University of Nebraska
• University of Northern Kentucky
• University of Tennessee