Khalifa University wins Ellucian Inspire Award

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Published April 9th, 2013 - 07:47 GMT

Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Khalifa University announced today that it has been awarded the Ellucian Inspire Award: For Operational Excellence at the recent Ellucian Live event in Philadelphia, USA. 

The University employed best practices from around the world, including some of Ellucians techonoloy, to capture $10 million of goods and services expenses and apply them to the fiscal 2012 budget, freed an estimated 400 hours per year for IT and functional resources to devote to other value-added services and accessed detailed information on key performance indicators, student data, performance measures, and more that are required for the important processes of re-licensure and accreditation.

“I am pleased to see our excellent staff, from several different areas of our administrative and academic units, recognized in this way,” said Khalifa University Senior Vice President for Research and Development and chair of the ERP Steering Committee, Dr. Mohamed Al Mualla. “Our staff works hard to find new and innovative ways to make important improvements to our administrative, infrastructure, and business processes, which are vital for the successful management of the University. By streamlining these areas, we are better able to focus our time and effort on providing a high quality education to our students” 

Background Information

Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research

The newly-established Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU) combines the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI), the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) and the Petroleum Institute (PI) into one world-class, research-intensive institution, seamlessly integrating research and education to produce world leaders and critical thinkers in applied science and engineering. Khalifa University endeavors to be a leader among research intensive universities of the 21st century, while catalyzing the growth of Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s rapidly developing knowledge economy.

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