Muscat, Sultanate of Oman — Oman’s Nationwide College of Science and Know-how (NU) will probably be among the many first establishments within the GCC to undertake an built-in, end-to-end increased schooling resolution from international expertise firm SAP, with Omantel and Yash Applied sciences Center East because the implementation companions.
The answer will allow school members and college students to handle all the pieces from curricula, schedules and attendance to grades and grants by an easy-to-use portal, whereas additionally optimizing the college’s enterprise processes – together with finance, HR and procurement – for its management.
In embarking on a digital transformation technique, NU was looking for a versatile resolution that would cowl enterprise useful resource planning (ERP) capabilities in addition to meet the wants of scholars and school throughout 5 campuses. Shaped in 2018 with the merger of three well-established establishments, the college now has 5 schools – Engineering; Drugs and Well being Sciences; Pharmacy; Worldwide Maritime; and Superior Know-how – in addition to the Faculty of Basis Research. Its enrollment of round 5,000 contains international college students from greater than 30 nations. It additionally has worldwide affiliations and analysis collaborations in 28 nations, together with the UK and USA, including to the complexity of its expertise wants.
The scholar data part of the answer is SAP’s Pupil Lifecycle Administration, which has been carried out at greater than 125 academic establishments worldwide. College students self-manage their diploma necessities from registration by to commencement on a web-based portal or cell app. The system ensures transparency; is versatile to permit for adjustments in educational construction and processes; and is suitable throughout totally different curriculum-execution programs at affiliated international universities.
Dr. Ali Saud Al Bimani, Vice-Chancellor of NU mentioned, “Our imaginative and prescient is to be an internationally acknowledged college famend for excellence in schooling and analysis, and pushed by social values. As such, we purpose to draw and retain the very best caliber of college and college students, and to make sure that we ship excellence not solely in our schooling and analysis requirements, however throughout the complete educational expertise. SAP Pupil Lifecycle Administration is a user-friendly, strong and versatile software program resolution, capable of accommodate the college’s progress and adapt to new necessities when wanted. Built-in with ERP and human capital options from SAP, we’ve got an entire and complementary bundle to make sure that we are able to meet the wants of all stakeholders, college students and employees members.”
The college opted for on-premises deployment of S/4HANA to prioritize management and customization of the answer. This ERP system will streamline the college’s enterprise processes and can present key measurements, analytics and full visibility over all operations to assist decision-making, transparency and compliance. It additionally helps standardization and automation of processes throughout departments to enhance high quality of the educational expertise and scale back administrative efforts for tutorial employees.
Talal Stated Al Mamari, CEO of Omantel mentioned: “We’re proud to associate with the Nationwide College of Science and Know-how on this transformative initiative. Because the implementation associate, alongside Yash Applied sciences, Omantel is dedicated to leveraging our technological experience and native know-how to make sure the seamless integration of SAP’s complete increased schooling options. This mission aligns with our mission to empower establishments with modern digital options, enhancing their operational effectivity and enriching the academic expertise for college students and school alike. We imagine that the combination of those superior programs is not going to solely streamline NUST’s operations but in addition set a benchmark for digital transformation within the academic sector throughout the GCC.”
Alaa Jaber, Managing Director, SAP Qatar, Oman and Quick-Rising Markets, mentioned of the mission, “The implementation by NU of this cohesive resolution will guarantee all features of the college’s operations, together with front-end and back-end, are absolutely built-in on one platform. NU may even profit from improved accessibility for college students and a give attention to their preferences in addition to simpler and extra intensive interplay between college students and school. Furthermore, the college can harness the expertise administration capabilities of SuccessFactors to develop and retain sturdy school members. Lastly, there will probably be automated processes and seamless monitoring of the college’s monetary features resembling course charges and funds, and real-time analytics on pupil traits throughout campuses. As well as, S/4HANA will streamline enterprise processes, create efficiencies and scale back complete value of possession.”
Commenting on his firm’s function within the mission, James Griffin, Managing Director of Yash Applied sciences, mentioned, “We collaborated intently with NU and SAP to create an answer fully tailor-made to the wants of the college, college students, employees and stakeholders, and befitting of an establishment targeted on creating the following era of science and expertise leaders in Oman. Yash Applied sciences has been delivering SAP companies to organizations globally for greater than 20 years, and we leveraged this experience to assist create an efficient roadmap for NU. The ensuing options will assist NUST’s dedication to advancing the requirements of Omani schooling and producing college students who will make a constructive contribution to the world.”
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