Education and research
Foster innovation, efficiency, and growth to advance your institution’s goals
Support research and student success, enhance operations and collaboration, and adapt to institutional change with integrated applications, data, and AI.
Education and research software from SAP can help you:
Improve financial stewardship with best-in-class budgeting and grants management.
Unlock the power of data to gain deeper insights for institutional planning.
Enhance and automate operations with AI insights and agents.
Achieve savings using analytics to understand where money is being spent.
Connect front-line support with operations to deliver great service experiences.
Modernise operations for efficiency and compliance
Boost operational efficiency with a portfolio of AI-enabled applications that optimise end-to-end processes.
Streamline processes and optimise resources
Automate routine tasks to free up time for staff to focus on faculty support, research outcomes, and student success.
Strengthen financial resilience
Optimise funding and grants, align budgets with priorities, and direct resources toward long-term institutional success.
AI for education and research
Drive research, student success, and institutional excellence with AI that surfaces actionable insights and automates routine work.
Autonomous Project Delivery
Automate the entire services project lifecycle—from opportunity and scoping, through project setup and staffing, to financial management, billing, and performance insights.
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Improve student success, faculty support, and research outcomes with a unified suite of solutions.
Enterprise resource management
Serve students and faculty more effectively with an integrated solution designed to help you:
Adhere to education best practices by applying preconfigured processes.
Optimise spending with synchronised finance and grants data.
Improve budgeting with tools to control funds earmarked for personnel.
Allocate resources more effectively with real-time data insights.
Streamline accounting processes to improve stewardship of funds.
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Budget planning and grants management
Simplify grants management with automated workflows to reduce unnecessary expenditures and optimise programmes.
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Asset management
Reduce costs and streamline operations with integrated maintenance planning, asset monitoring, and work order management.
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Enterprise portfolio and project management
Improve efficiency with real-time integration between project management, finance, and grants reporting and compliance processes.
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Treasury management
Optimise working capital and financial risk while automating tasks to streamline treasury workflows.
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Manage real estate data, finances, and properties. Integrate smart building tech for the ideal work and learning environment.
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Flexso NV Research Budget Management
Simplify and optimise budget management with entry, simulation, and calculation for research projects.
PARTNER APPLICATION
Flexso NV research Funding Model Management
Streamline reporting and adapt funder rules to every project with a centralised, extensible funding model repository.
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