Join the SAP Student Council where you can learn about the latest student events and networking opportunities. Encourage
your college or university to join the SAP University Alliances community!
2. “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
3. The SAP University Alliances program
opens up the world of SAP to more
than 2,400 universities in 90 coun-
tries 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 engage-
ment at over 750 events annually,
SAP University Alliances inspires
students around the world about SAP.
In partnership with SAP’s six Universi-
ty 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 techno-
logies.
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.
Meet SAP University Alliances
4. 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!
5. 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, con-
sisting 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 crowdsourc-
ing, including industry contests, co-
innovation projects, and research pro-
jects 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.
SAP University Alliances Mission
These three missions are carried out through four strategic pillars:
LEARN APPLY SHARE RECRUIT
6. 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.
7. Through a blended learning model
and with the guidance of your profes-
sors, you as a student can access SAP
software and SAP University Allianc-
es curricula to gain hands-on experi-
ence with SAP’s world-class enter-
prise software solutions.
Distributed via multiple channels, the
learning assets enable you to better
connect concepts to practice, prepar-
ing you to compete for today’s careers
in business and IT.
You also have the opportunity to earn
an industry certification in SAP tech-
nologies to position yourself for an
outstanding career in the SAP ecosys-
tem, including with top implementa-
tion 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® plat-
form, 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
LEARN with SAP University Alliances
8. Join Next-Generation Consulting
projects, driving innovation at your
university, partnering with SAP and
the SAP ecosystem.
Innovate the future through crowd-
sourcing 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 En-
trepreneur program and form a start-
up leveraging SAP’s technology plat-
form 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 entrepre-
neurship on SAP technology as well
as an entrepreneurial mind-set
APPLY with SAP University Alliances
9. 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 de-
velop a compelling startup concept
Techniversity events
Learn the latest about SAP technolo-
gies and meet SAP’s innovation
leaders
SAPPHIRE® NOW, SAP TechEd
Join SAP’s premier business and
technology events and network with
the SAP ecosystem
SHARE with SAP University Alliances
10. 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!
11. Prepare yourself to compete for out-
standing 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 technol-
ogy platform
• Networking with SAP, customers,
and partners
Join the SAP ecosystem recruiting
community for universities.
Together with its customers and part-
ners, SAP offer graduates an opportu-
nity 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 free-
dom to perform and is seen as an
employer of choice. Our retention rate
is 94%.
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
Be RECRUITED by SAP and the
SAP Ecosystem