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“Together with universities around the world, SAPUniversity Alliances builds the new early talentfor the SAP ecosystem – the early talent of thefuture; drives the channel for innovation fromuniversities to SAP and the SAP ecosystem;and helps to shape the future of highereducation.”Ann RosenbergVice President,Head of Global SAP University Alliances

The SAP University Alliances program opens up the world of SAP to more than 2,300 universities in 90 countries worldwide, and aims to develop highly qualified graduates with critical skills for the 21st-century workforce. Through engagement with 95% of top universities around the world, and through 1,000+ events held annually, SAP University Alliances inspires students and faculties around the world about SAP.

In partnership with SAP’s six Universi-ty Competence Center (UCC) loca-tions and four Academic Competence Center (ACC) locations around the world, universities gain access to an ever-expanding range of SAP software and curriculum, enabling faculty to help students better connect busi-ness and IT concepts to practice.

SAP University Alliances also fosters entrepreneurship and innovation with Millennials through crowdsourcing, in-spiring students to form startup com-panies leveraging SAP technologies.

The SAP University Alliances network brings together faculty and students from our member institutions to download resources, share their stories, and engage with the wider SAP ecosystem.

Are you looking to enhance your teaching, power your Big Data re-search, build industry partnerships, launch students in the SAP ecosys-tem, or inspire today’s young thinkers to become tomorrow’s university stu-dents? If so, we invite you to join our academic network!

Be Part of the SAP University Alliances Network

Partner with SAP University Alliancesand drive your future!

Building the next-generation talents for the digital enterpriseEmpower students to better prepare for a successful career path and growth in the digital enterprise, con-sisting of SAP and its customers and partners, through SAP University Alli-ances program offerings. Build the next-generation entrepreneurs through the SAP Student Entrepre-neur program.

Driving innovation from academia and next-generation users to the digital enterpriseStrategically enable young bright minds to participate and contribute

their great ideas through crowdsourc-ing, including industry contests, co-in-novation projects, and research pro-jects empowered through SAP HANA Cloud Platform.

Shaping the future of higher educationDrive unprecedented empowerment of the university community on the latest, most innovative topics from SAP, including enabling universities to leverage massive open online courses available on the openSAP platform and running operations in the cloud.

SAP University Alliances Mission

These three missions are carried out through six strategic pillars:

LEARN APPLY SHARE RECRUIT EMPOWER IMPACT

Through a blended learning model, faculty and students access SAP soft-ware and SAP University Alliances curricula, bringing hands-on learning with SAP’s world-class enterprise software solutions into the classroom.

As they learn using multiple chan-nels, students are able to better con-nect concepts to practice, becoming better prepared to compete for to-day’s careers in business and IT.

Students also have the opportunity to earn an industry certification in SAP technologies to position themselves for outstanding careers in the SAP ecosystem, including with top imple-mentation partners.

Help your students receive more job offers at higher salaries from top employers in your area by adding SAP hands-on content into your courses!

University Competence CenterLow-cost peer hosting; no hardware or software on your campus

SAP Learning Hub, academic edition and student edition E-learnings and e-certifications

openSAP, openHPI, and openSAP Thought LeadersFree massive open online courses on the SAP HANA platform, SAP Mobile Platform, design thinking, business networks, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, and more

SAP software certifications and in-dustry certificationsSAP ERP (TERP 10), SAP HANA, SAP Mobile Platform, analytic solutions, data scientist, Industry 4.0, and de-sign thinking (with Academy Cube as the certification body)

Classroom resourcesSimulations, mobile apps, demo sys-tems, and downloadable software

Faculty training workshopsTo enable faculty to use the provided curriculum, SAP University Alliances offers train-the-trainer workshops around the world. They are planned separately for the different regions (Americas, EMEA, and APJ) to tailor content to regional needs.

LEARN with SAP University Alliances

Be a leader in driving innovation at your university, partnering with SAP and the SAP ecosystem.

Become an SAP University Alliances Innovation Lab and drive Big Data, enterprise mobility, and cloud re-search and co-innovation together with an SAP Innovation Center.

Join crowdsourcing projects so you and your students can provide valued creative input to help SAP create the next generation of cloud solutions powered by SAP HANA.

Become a leader in the SAP Student Entrepreneur Program, fostering student startups leveraging the SAP technology platform for innovation.

Encourage your students to joinindustry contests to showcase their creativity and compete to win trips to SAP events and the chance to build their ideas into actual solutions.

SAP Innovation Centers for Big DataProviding faculty and students with hosted infrastructure for Big Data re-search and industry innovation (healthcare, smart cities, energy, life sciences, Industry 4.0, and more)

Five crowdsourcing modelsFrom unlimited global crowdsourcing to regional contests to projects at a specific university . . . enabling input from the millennial generation to shape the future of SAP solutions

Inspired students forming startups with SAP technologyBlending best practices for design thinking, business modeling, and in-vestor pitching to foster entrepre-neurship on SAP technology as well as an entrepreneurial mind-set

APPLY with SAP University Alliances

Get engaged with SAP and the SAP ecosystem at 1,000+ events worldwide.

Learn valuable new skills such asdesign thinking.

Learn about SAP’s latest innovations and gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a leading business and IT professional or entrepreneur.

Showcase winning design concepts at microforums, demo theaters, andexpert sessions.

Network with SAP customers and partners to enhance career readiness.

SAP InnoJam, SAP Code Jam, and hackathonsGet hands-on and work alongside SAP experts and customers to code and build the next-generation apps

Entrepreneurship bootcampsBlend design thinking, business mod-eling, and investor pitching to develop a compelling startup concept

Techniversity eventsLearn the latest about SAP technolo-gies and meet SAP’s innovation leaders

SAPPHIRE® NOW and SAP TechEd Join SAP’s premier business and technology events and network with the SAP ecosystem for new faculty in-sights and student career inspiration

Academic conferencesEnabling faculty to stay current with the latest curriculum and best prac-tices for integrating SAP software in the classroom

SHARE with SAP University Alliances

Prepare students to be recruited by SAP and the SAP ecosystem or to form startups.

By joining SAP University Alliances and tapping into our resources for classroom learning as well as re-search and co-innovation, and by bringing your students to SAP events, you will prepare them to be the talent pool of the future for SAP and the SAP ecosystem.

You can also inspire your students with the SAP Student Entrepreneur program, fostering a spirit of entre-preneurship on your campus.

SAP• SAP CareerStarters Program• SAP Sales Academy • SAP develop&&impact Program• Impact MBA Program • SAP Innovation Center Job Openings

SAP customersCustomer graduate academies

SAP partnersPartner graduate academies

Or form a startupOn SAP’s technology platform

Be RECRUITED into SAP and the SAP Ecosystem

Faculty can demonstrate benefits to their university’s operations and IT groups, helping them see SAP as a partner dedicated to enabling univer-sities to run simpler in the cloud.

Student Information System

Student Lifecycle Management

Student Retention Analytics

Environmental Health and Safety for Research

Business Intelligence

Knowledge Management

Enterprise Resource Planning

EMPOWER Universities to Run Simpler with SAP

As a member of SAP University Alli-ances, you can team with SAP’s corporate social responsibility and government relations groups to drive joint events aimed at community, civ-ic, and workforce development.

SAP’s culture emphasizes volunteer-ism. Encourage your students to get involved in volunteer efforts with SAP, so together we can help improve peo-ple’s lives.

Join important projects such as the Barcode of Life, which aims to cata-log the DNA of all living species, ena-bling scientists to uncover ways to im-prove health, biodiversity, and the environment.

Leverage the “Human Face of Big Data” video to educate students on what the Big Data revolution means in our daily lives.

Academy CubeDeveloped by leading global compa-nies to strengthen tomorrow’s work-force and to open the door to new opportunities in the international labor market for motivated talents. Academy Cube globally connects students, graduates, and profession-als with companies seeking business- and IT-ready talent.

SAP Young Thinkers programAims to stimulate interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning and careers to help address the skills shortage that is prevalent around the world, to en-courage entrepreneurial thinking, and to ensure young people are college- or workforce-ready.

Make an IMPACT with SAP University Alliances

Join the SAP University Alliances Community!

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