University information system

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University information systems or campus management systems are IT systems that are used to map business processes in the area of ​​the student life cycle (student, course and examination administration, etc.) as well as other areas of responsibility for university administration. The processing and presentation of study, teaching or exam-related information is increasingly carried out in the sense of the e-campus through internet-based university portals with self-service functions. The demand for IT-supported handling of university business processes to relieve university administrations has increased significantly in the course of the modularization of courses and further reform steps at European universities at the beginning of the 21st century.

Scope of services

The scope of services of the modularly structured university management systems from different providers differs considerably from one another. The following business processes, whose internet-based processing by students, lecturers or employees, enable modern university information systems on the basis of a differentiated system of rights, are often counted among the core applications:

  • Application and admission process
  • Student administration
  • Modeling of study programs and examination regulations
  • Event planning (including creation of the course catalog as well as the standard and individual timetables)
  • Classroom management
  • Participant management (registration and cancellation, admission and distribution to courses and exams)
  • Course coordination (including planning the semester program and ensuring that it is possible to study)
  • Exam management (e.g. booking grades, crediting of achievements, administration of theses)
  • Organizational data management (e.g. building and lecture hall plans, email and telephone directory of the faculties , institutes, departments, staff, etc.).

University management systems are also used to map administrative processes in the areas of human resources, accounting, controlling or computer-aided facility management (CAFM). In the course of a differentiation of the requirements at the universities, additional functions such as alumni administration and marketing, course evaluation, internship management or non-overlapping timetable are included in the range of services of established systems. In view of the growing complexity of the branching IT landscape at universities, greater integration of university management systems with other IT applications is necessary.

Spitta et al .: Campus Management Systems. 2015, p. 66 come to the conclusion: "It seems that universities have some catching up to do with their introduction and operation ..."

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literature

  • Rainer Alt, Gunnar Auth: Campus Management System. In: Wirtschaftsinformatik , H. 3, 2010, pp. 185–188.
  • Frank Bensberg: TCO analysis of campus management systems - methodological frame of reference and software support. In: Hans Robert Hansen , Dimitris Karagiannis, Hans-Georg Fill (eds.). Business services: concepts, technologies, applications. 9th International Conference on Information Systems. Vienna, 25.-27. February 2009. Vol. 2 . Vienna: Austrian Computer Society 2009. pp. 493–502.
  • Marcus Bick, Kathrin Börgmann: Reference model for evaluating information systems for integrated campus management. In: Hochschulmanagement , H. 4, 2009, S. 108–114.
  • Anna Beise, Stefan Bieletzke : Holistic quality management through campus management systems . Bielefeld, Bonn 2010. Online at qm.campus-management-system.de
  • Lars Degenhardt, Harald Gilch, Birga Stender, Klaus Wannemacher : Successfully introduce campus management systems. In: Hans Robert Hansen, Dimitris Karagiannis, Hans-Georg Fill (eds.). Business services: concepts, technologies, applications. 9th International Conference on Information Systems. Vienna, 25.-27. February 2009. Vol. 2 . Vienna: Austrian Computer Society 2009. pp. 463–472.
  • Patrick Gerling, Lisa Hubig, Andreas Jonen, Volker Lingnau: Decision problem university software: Solution approaches with the help of utility value analysis. In: J. von Knop, W. Haverkamp, ​​E. Jessen (Eds.): Seeing tomorrow today, Lecture Notes in Informatics - 19th workshop on communication networks . Düsseldorf 2005, pp. 85-101.
  • Monique Janneck, Cyrill Adelsberger: Designing complex software implementation processes: Basics and methods. Using the example of a campus management system. Werner Hülsbusch, Glückstadt 2012.
  • Jon Sprenger, Marc Klages, Michael H. Breitner : Profitability analysis for the selection, migration and operation of a campus management system. In: Wirtschaftsinformatik , H. 4, 2010, pp. 211–224.
  • Thorsten Spitta, Marco Carolla, Henning Brune, Thomas Grechenig, Stefan Strobl, Jan vom Brocke: Campus Management Systems. In: Informatik Spektrum , H. 1, 2015, pp. 59–68

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