Saudi Arabia’s Umm Al Qura University revamps education using Oracle Autonomous DB

BT News Desk
February 16, 2019 4:43 am

Saudi Arabia’s Umm Al Qura University will implement Oracle Autonomous Database to create an integrated digital platform that will help the University deliver paperless educational services to more than 100,000 students across 36 colleges in 5 campuses. The implementation will enable the University to introduce programmes in digital skills across emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, for students from various disciplines to help prepare the country’s next-gen workforce.

Based in the Holy City of Mecca, the Umm Al Qura University receives nearly 35,000 applications for its Bachelors’ Degree programme and over 50,000 applications overall across all degree programmes. With the implementation of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, the University will be able to enhance the user experience of the automated registration, admissions, administration and many other processes, especially for the university’s top management.

“As part of the Vision 2030 initiative, the Government of Saudi Arabia is focused on developing at least five universities in the country to be featured amongst the world’s top educational institutions; Umm Al Qura University being one of them”, said Dr Atif Al Hijali, Vice Dean E-Services, Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia.

“At Umm Al Qura University, we are fully aligned with the national aspirations and have thus been investing in creating a modern IT infrastructure that will help us deliver a truly digital experience across all our colleges. The Oracle Autonomous Database is helping us create this platform, as the solution enables us to scale efficiently while also integrating vital data with other relevant Government ministries.”

“In 2018, only 40 of our services were online, our aim is for everyone including tutors, researchers and students to complete all tasks from their home or office and come to the University only for in-person classes or to write exams. With Oracle Autonomous Database, we will now offer 200 sub-sites with personalised editors and publishers with their own workflows, without any intervention from the IT department,” added Dr Hijali.

“Umm Al Qura University is a pioneering educational institution that has always prioritised technological advancement to deliver high quality education to Saudi students. The adoption of Oracle’s self-driving, self-securing and self-repairing Autonomous Database will help the University deliver future ready education to Saudi students, to equip them with the required skills for succeeding in the digital economy”, said Fahad Al Turief, Country Manager Saudi Arabia, Oracle.

Key takeaways

Strategy

  • Adoption of Oracle’s Autonomous Database will help equip with the required skills for succeeding in the digital economy.

Execution

  • With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, the University will be able to enhance automated registration, admissions, administration.
  • Umm Al Qura University will implement Oracle Autonomous Database that will help deliver paperless educational services to more than 100,000 students across 36 colleges in 5 campuses.

People

  • Umm Al Qura University receives nearly 35,000 applications for Bachelors’ Degree programme and 50,000+ applications across all degree programmes.

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