Higher Education ERP Software
Universities and colleges face pressure from every direction. Unit4's higher education ERP software helps your institution manage finances, people and operations in one connected platform, so your teams can focus on what matters: the student experience.
Trusted by higher education institutions worldwide
"End users... are rapidly becoming more confident in their budgeting skills and understand the numbers more deeply, making them more self-sufficient and able to turn that insight into action."
Ninja Ýr Gísladóttir
Director of Finance, Reykjavik University
Key outcomes for your institution
Right for higher education, right for your institution
Hit "Play" to watch our short overview video and discover why Unit4's cloud solutions are built for higher education institutions.
Our next-generation higher education cloud solutions help institutions like yours deliver resilient, progressive education. They connect operations and empower your people to face the future with confidence.
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Watch our demo video to see how higher education institutions can be more agile and future ready.
- Adopt an integrated financial planning approach across faculties and departments.
- Clearly define organizational goals.
- Break down goals into measurable activities.
- Plan scenarios before making decisions about resource allocation.
- Build a workforce strategy that addresses skills you need now and in the future.
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Watch our demo video to see how universities and colleges can deliver more streamlined, joined-up operations.
- Move away from out-of-date legacy systems that create data silos
- Work from one common set of data across departments and faculties
- Simplify and secure operations, with a flexible SaaS platform.
- Connect third-party applications, including student information systems
- Build an ecosystem that evolves as your institution's needs change
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Watch our demo video to see how higher education institutions can empower finance teams and decision-makers with smarter budgeting tools.
- Manage your budget with a single source of truth across the institution.
- View dashboards covering grants, capital expenditure and people costs.
- Use workspaces designed for finance users, with alerts near budget thresholds.
- Respond faster to changing priorities with data-driven adjustments.
- Provide full transparency of costs, dependencies and approval workflows.
- Benchmark salaries and identify skills shortages to support workforce planning.
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Watch our demo video to see how higher education institutions can take control of source-to-payment processes.
- Assess, monitor and analyze your supply chain to protect revenue and meet regulatory requirements.
- Create contracts with ease using ready-made templates or customize to meet your needs.
- Automate procure-to-pay workflows, with integrations to product catalogues and external marketplaces.
- Manage suppliers with analytics and insights into contract usage to improve strategic sourcing.
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Watch our demo video to see how higher education institutions can build the resilience and agility to plan, respond and thrive.
- Visualize your historic employee costs and simulate organizational change.
- Understand the associated impacts and include commentary to support sign-off.
- Implement your new organizational structure with ease.
- Get new team members up and running quickly.
- Prepare your institution for ongoing change
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Watch our demo video to see how higher education institutions can engage talented people and help them do their best work.
- Plan for future workforce needs across academic and professional staff.
- Accommodate flexible working arrangements.
- Empower people with Employee Self Service for everyday queries.
- Develop employees with online learning opportunities.
- Set objectives aligned to institutional strategy and review performance regularly
- Listen to your people with pulse surveys and act on feedback.
- Maintain a central, single source of truth for every employee.
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Customer success stories
Unit4 helps higher education institutions focus on their mission with ERP, FP&A and HCM solutions built for the sector.
Customer interview: Dublin City University
Helping this fast-growing university move away from spreadsheets with a modern tool for reporting, planning and forecasting.
Customer Story: Birmingham Metropolitan College
This further and higher education college has chosen Unit4 for smart, connected finance to improve education outcomes.
Customer Story: Cranfield University
Helping this postgraduate specialist make annual savings of £90K by removing the need for costly external IT consulting.
Customer Story: Kingston University
A unified ERP solution from Unit4 frees administrative staff and faculty to achieve the best in education and research.
Customer Story: Logan University
This leading healthcare university has gained a 20% increase in productivity, thanks to Unit4 ERP on Microsoft Azure Cloud.
Customer Story: University of Salford
Cloud Unit4 ERP is helping this global industry-focused research and teaching university transform finance and technology access.
Customer Story: Reykjavik University
Providing a robust financial infrastructure to improve data quality, empower end users and drive global growth.
