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Sebastian Trott

Head of IT, CBS International Business School

"Thanks to Academic Software, our students now have customised and easy access to digital tools and software."

Sebastian Trott

Head of IT, CBS International Business School

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The digital transformation of CBS with Academic Software

With 4,000 students at 7 campuses, CBS International Business School is one of Germany’s top higher education institutions. As part of its continued commitment to offer the highest quality of education, CBS was looking for a way to make software and digital tools more easily accessible to students and staff. 

The challenge

Sebastian Trott explains: "The biggest challenge for us was that we didn't have the software as such bundled in one central location. Everything was very much scattered across different providers, on different websites, partly self-hosted. This made it particularly difficult for the students and staff to find the software."

Oftentimes this also meant that the support effort of their IT department was very high. The school wanted to find a solution where all software is managed in a central location, tools are more easily accessible to students and staff, and the installation process is smoother.

The solution

CBS chose a collaboration with Academic Software to create a central platform for student software. This platform allows every student to download the software they need and request the associated licences. 

The integration of Single Sign-On with their existing Office 365 Tennant was a key point in this collaboration.

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“The overall tenor we hear is that students are very satisfied with the software solution. They can access the portal with their university account and install software like SPSS independently.”

Results

The Academic Software platform offers students a straightforward way for students to access the software they need for their classes. Their is also a seamless integration with the CBS student administration systems, so students can log in and immediately access the software linked to their curriculum. Because of all this, less support is needed from the IT department.

In words of Sebastian Trott: "The feedback has been very positive, so we can truly say that it is a fantastic collaboration."

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