University Alliances Community in the News!

On April 13, Qatar University (the biggest University in Qatar) signed the agreement to join the SAP University Alliances Program in a big signing ceremony. With the first university from Qatar having joined the program, the number of member universities in the MENA region has increased to 17, the number of member countries to 7 (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar). "SAP is committed to the MENA region, and Qatar is in the heart of its transformation. The skills gap in the region can only be closed by enhancing and developing young and professional talent through the University Alliance program. We are excited about Qatar University joining the program and confident it will serve as a catalyst to our human capital development initiatives throughout the region." says Sam Alkharrat, managing director of SAP MENA.

Read the full article from AME Info & SAP.com.
See photos from the event.

SAP Africa, in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation & Development (BMZ) and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has launched the erp4school programme.

Northern Illinois University's (NIU) College of Business was invited to be a member of the SAP University Alliances Community.

SAP is dominant player in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software market. Academic institutions are invited into the SAP University Alliances Community only after meeting stringent criteria.

Joining the SAP University Alliance Community will permit NIU business faculty to use SAP software and have access to curricular materials that will allow them to introduce NIU business students to ERP systems.

Read the full story at NIU Today.

Several spring graduates at Rogers State University (RSU) recently received the SAP Student Recognition Award from the SAP University Alliances Program.

The RSU School of Business and Technology presented the awards to students who completed the SAP business software curriculum at RSU.

The RSU School of Business and Technology has incorporated SAP software into its curriculum, using the ERP applications in several courses. The curriculum expansion and related faculty training were made possible with support from ConocoPhillips and RSU membership in the SAP University Alliances Program.

Read the full story at TMCnet.com.

The SAP University Alliances program and partner Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) launched the erp4school project at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town, South Africa.

Read more about the erp4school launch.

SAP Pilot Program Designed to Give SOM Students a Jump on New Technology

As cloud computing changes the way companies run their business, the UT Dallas School of Management is grooming tomorrow's business leaders to gain an edge with this emerging technology.

Read more at The University of Texas at Dallas News Center.

As organizations are increasingly turning to enterprise resource planning systems, the University of Scranton has added a specialization to its online MBA program.

Read the full story at Benzinga.com.

Read a similar story at CompareERP.com.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee migrated its SAP Hosting Center to IBM Cloud-ready hardware and software.  The school switched its system from Oracle and Dell products to IBM cloud-ready infrastructure.  Read more on IBM's press release or at govtech.com

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