SAP University Alliances Jump-Start Your Future with SAP Experience SAP in the Classroom and Become SAP Certified Join Next-Generation Consulting Projects Innovate the Future with Crowdsourcing Projects Showcase Your Creativity in Contests Form a Startup on SAP s Technology Plattform Network with SAP, Customers, and Partners Be Recruited into the SAP Ecosystem www.uac.sap.com 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
Are you thinking about your future career direction? Do you want to use your creativity and entrepreneurial mind-set to shape the future of businesses within areas as diverse as healthcare, banking, energy, smart cities, and sports and entertainment, and make an impact in the world? Then join the SAP University Alliances student network and jump start your future. Ann Rosenberg Vice President, Head of Global SAP University Alliances
Meet SAP University Alliances The SAP University Alliances program opens up the world of SAP to more than 2,400 universities in 90 countries worldwide, and aims to develop highly qualified graduates with critical skills for the 21st-century workforce. Through a community of over 8,000 faculty members as well as engagement at over 750 events annually, SAP University Alliances inspires students around the world about SAP. In partnership with SAP s six University Competence Center locations around the world, universities gain access to an ever-expanding range of SAP software and curricula, aimed at enabling students to better connect business and IT concepts to practice. SAP University Alliances also fosters entrepreneurship and innovation with millennials through crowdsourcing, inspiring students to form startup companies 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 community.
Are you looking to build your skills, earn an SAP certification, power a Big Data research project, join a crowdsourcing project, win a contest, network in the SAP ecosystem, or be recruited by SAP or an SAP customer or partner? Join the SAP Student Council program to jump-start your future, and encourage your university to join the SAP University Alliances program!
SAP University Alliances Mission Building the next-generation talents for the digital enterprise Empower students to better prepare for a successful career path and growth in the digital enterprise, consisting of SAP and its customers and partners, through SAP University Alliances program offerings. Build the next-generation entrepreneurs through the SAP Student Entrepreneur program. Driving innovation from academia and next-generation users to the digital enterprise Strategically enable young bright minds to participate and contribute their great ideas through crowdsourcing, including industry contests, coinnovation projects, and research projects empowered through SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Shaping the future of higher education Drive 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. These three missions are carried out through four strategic pillars: LEARN APPLY SHARE RECRUIT
By gaining strong experience in SAP during college, you can better compete for a career at SAP or with SAP customers and partners who actively recruit early SAP-ready talent.
LEARN with SAP University Alliances Through a blended learning model and with the guidance of your professors, you as a student can access SAP software and SAP University Alliances curricula to gain hands-on experience with SAP s world-class enterprise software solutions. Distributed via multiple channels, the learning assets enable you to better connect concepts to practice, preparing you to compete for today s careers in business and IT. You also have the opportunity to earn an industry certification in SAP technologies to position yourself for an outstanding career in the SAP ecosystem, including with top implementation partners. Classroom teaching systems and curricula hosted by SAP University Competence Center locations Low-cost peer hosting; no hardware or software on your campus SAP Learning Hub, student edition E-learning and e-certifications opensap Free MOOCs on the SAP HANA platform, SAP Mobile Platform, design thinking, sustainability, and more Certifications SAP ERP, SAP HANA, SAP Mobile Platform, analytic solutions Classroom resources Simulations, mobile apps, demo systems, downloadable software
APPLY with SAP University Alliances Join Next-Generation Consulting projects, driving innovation at your university, partnering with SAP and the SAP ecosystem. Innovate the future through crowdsourcing projects so you can provide valued creative input to help SAP develop the next generation of cloud solutions powered by SAP HANA. Be a leader in the SAP Student Entrepreneur program and form a startup leveraging SAP s technology platform for innovation. Join industry contests to showcase your creativity and compete to win trips to SAP events and the chance to build your ideas into actual solutions. Six SAP Innovation Centers for Big Data Providing faculty and students with hosted infrastructure for Big Data research and industry innovation (healthcare, smart cities, energy, life sciences, Industry 4.0, and more) Five crowdsourcing models From 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 technology Blending best practices for design thinking, business modeling, and investor pitching to foster entrepreneurship on SAP technology as well as an entrepreneurial mind-set
SHARE with SAP University Alliances Get engaged with SAP and the SAP ecosystem at 1,000+ events worldwide. Learn valuable new skills such as design 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, and expert sessions. Network with SAP customers and partners to enhance career readiness. SAP InnoJam, SAP CodeJam, Hackathons Get hands-on and work alongside SAP experts and customers to code and build the next-generation apps Entrepreneurship bootcamps Blend design thinking, business modeling, and investor pitching to develop a compelling startup concept Techniversity events Learn the latest about SAP technologies and meet SAP s innovation leaders SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP TechEd Join SAP s premier business and technology events and network with the SAP ecosystem
The SAP ecosystem needs to hire graduates with strong knowledge and skills in various areas. Here are some of the career roles available to graduates: Sales / Account Executives Solution Engineers Developers Business Consultants Application Consultants Marketing Roles Communication Roles Solution Experts And many more!
Be RECRUITED by SAP and the SAP Ecosystem Prepare yourself to compete for outstanding careers at SAP and in the SAP ecosystem by: Experiencing SAP in the classroom and becoming SAP-certified Doing research using SAP technology Joining crowdsourcing projects Showcasing your creativity in contests Forming a startup on SAP s technology platform Networking with SAP, customers, and partners Join the SAP ecosystem recruiting community for universities. SAP SAP CareerStarters Program SAP Sales Academy SAP develop&&impact Program Impact MBA Program SAP Innovation Center Job Openings SAP customers Customer graduate academies SAP partners Partner graduate academies Or form a startup On SAP s technology platform Together with its customers and partners, SAP offer graduates an opportunity to enter a growing ecosystem and apply their knowledge and creativity to solving important problems, helping the world run better, and improving people s lives. SAP provides the freedom to perform and is seen as an employer of choice. Our retention rate is 94%.
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