Higher Education
Where agility meets academic impact
Deliver exceptional experiences for students, faculty, and staff with an AI-powered, intelligent work platform.
Benefits
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Standardize processes, automate workflows, and optimize the use of resources to reduce administrative burden, control costs, and achieve better results, faster.
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Centralize information and connect teams on a shared platform to facilitate seamless collaboration, align stakeholders around shared goals, and gain real-time visibility into initiatives.
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Connect to the tools you use everyday, bring data into a single platform to unlock real-time insights and make more informed decisions with AI-powered analysis.
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Empower teams to build tailored solutions with an easy-to-use, flexible platform, backed by the security and governance controls needed to manage risk and protect campus data.
20%
boost in productivity
University of the Western Cape replaced inefficient systems to increase productivity.
25%
of budget reinvested
With improved data management, St. Edward's University was able to reinvest valuable budget.
Flexible solutions for complex institutional needs
Smartsheet supports higher education leaders and teams across campus
Smartsheet solutions that power higher education
Strategic planning
Align projects to strategic goals, enable each school to manage their own plans, and give leadership campus-wide visibility.
Projects and portfolios
Connect strategy to execution, empower collaboration, and improve project success rates with an AI-powered, integrated platform.
Grants management
Streamline the full grant lifecycle from application to post-award fulfillment with better visibility, automation, and collaboration to maximize funding and stay compliant.
Facilities management
Manage campus maintenance with a single, flexible platform, streamline work orders, prioritize requests, assign tasks, and track progress all in one place.
Operations management
Remove barriers, standardize processes, automate workflows, and optimize resources to drive operational excellence across campus.
Capital projects
Accelerate project execution, standardize processes, and improve portfolio visibility to boost capital efficiency and avoid delays or budget overruns.
Accreditation management
Unify accreditation data and evidence in a single location, standardize workflows to improve collaboration and visibility, and ensure compliance for the multi-year reporting process.
Facility and staff onboarding
Standardize and automate onboarding workflows, improve cross-departmental coordination, and centralize resources to make it easy for new hires to find what they need.
Curriculum development
Streamline curriculum reviews at scale with clear visibility, built-in collaboration, and automated reminders to keep academic programs on track.
Student services
Track student requests such as admissions, financial aid, and course registration from submission to close to ensure a quicker resolution and higher satisfaction.
IT portfolio management
Align IT projects with institutional goals, unify work on a single platform, and scale with consistency and speed.
Marketing and communications
Centralize marketing, event, and fundraising operations, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and provide real-time visibility to improve efficiency and demonstrate impact.
Empowering higher education institutions for success, resilience, and sustainability
Streamlined course development and review process through automation
Streamlines certification and curriculum development for students
160+
nursing courses managed centrally through Smartsheet
Enhanced data security compliance and time savings with automated workflows
Data consolidation, alerts, and easy reports to track students
FAQ
Smartsheet is built with enterprise-grade security to protect your data and maintain compliance with global standards. Our platform features robust encryption (both in transit and at rest), role-based access controls, and detailed audit logs to safeguard your information.
Smartsheet is certified for key compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, ensuring adherence to industry-leading best practices. We also offer customizable security configurations, so you can align the platform with your institution’s specific requirements or to meet your legal and compliance obligations under applicable laws including FERPA, HIPAA, and GDPR. For more details, visit our Trust Center.
Absolutely. Smartsheet integrates seamlessly with a wide range of enterprise systems, including popular tools for CRM, ERP, ITSM, and collaboration like Salesforce, Jira, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Tableau, Docusign, and more via our extensible API. Learn more about integrations on our Integrations page.
Smartsheet AI tools use large language models with your Smartsheet data, providing powerful, context-aware AI features with a focus on data privacy. The data you submit to our AI tools is not used to train our LLM providers’ models. Learn more in our AI whitepaper and help content.
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