Higher education integrations made easy with Frends iPaaS

Frends iPaaS helps higher education institutions integrate systems, automate processes, and improve student experiences. From admissions to course management, Frends keeps your data and processes running smoothly, so your institution operates without a hitch.
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Connect faculty, administration, and students

Frends iPaaS is a low-code integration platform designed to simplify integration and automation. With Frends, higher education institutions can easily connect systems, automate processes, and manage APIs without extensive technical expertise.

Automate and reuse

Higher education institutions benefit from Frends' reusable integrations, visibility into processes, and secure handling of personal information. This saves time and resources while ensuring better, more efficient services for students. Automate tasks, reduce manual work, and minimize errors with Frends.

Secure your data

With Frends iPaaS, your sensitive data is securely managed. Achieve compliance with even the strictest regulations through full process visibility, comprehensive audit logs, and cloud services hosted in Europe.

Connect legacy with cloud

Frends iPaaS makes it simple for different systems to work together, whether they’re older or newer, on-premise or hybrid. This is critical for institutions using legacy systems alongside newer cloud services. Easily share and access important data and ensure both students and staff receive better, faster services.

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Easily gather information from different departments in one place and get a 360-degree view of your educational institution with Frends iPaaS.

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Customer retention rate

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customers across 16 countries

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Connect all your higher education systems

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Universities often use multiple systems for admissions, enrollment, grades, and academic records. Frends iPaaS can integrate these disparate systems with others like CRM or learning management systems (LMS). With real-time syncing of student data across platforms, you ensure accuracy in reporting and eliminates the need for manual updates.

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With Frends iPaaS, you can connect your LMS to other educational tools, online platforms, and analytics systems. It links course content, student work, and grades to systems like student information and email platforms, ensuring everything works together seamlessly.

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Handling applications from multiple sources, university portals, and international student systems can be challenging. Frends iPaaS automates data transfers between these systems and student databases, speeding up application processing, improving communication with prospective students, and reducing manual data entry.

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Frends iPaaS connects HR systems like SAP and Workday with payroll, time tracking, and benefits platforms, making day-to-day operations easier and ensuring compliance with employment rules. This leads to more efficient employee management, faster payroll processing, and fewer errors in data entry.

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As you gather data from various systems — such as academic performance, student engagement, and financial reports — Frends iPaaS consolidates this information and connects it to business intelligence tools like Tableau or Power BI. This provides better insights from unified data sources, enabling data-driven decision-making.

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Universities are using IoT for smart campus projects like energy management, security, and facilities monitoring. With iPaaS, you can connect IoT platforms to campus management systems, allowing real-time monitoring of energy use, building security, and equipment management — all through a single, easy-to-use interface.

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Case Aalto University

Aalto University, Finland's second-largest university, uses Frends iPaaS to ensure a smooth data flow between students, staff, and systems. With Frends, Aalto automates key processes and manages integrations in-house.

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Systems integrated

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Daily integration executions

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Students

Hear what others are saying about Frends iPaaS

"Frends has a modern, process-driven way to develop and document integrations. The fact that there’s a collaboration forum with other municipalities is a big plus. It was also possible to place the product in a Swedish data center and still be able to use the SaaS service."

Claes Öster

Division Manager at Höglandets IT

“To be able to reach our goals, we needed a platform that was safe, flexible, and easy to manage, all of which we have found in Frends. Frends now plays an important role in our overall IT-strategy when it comes to digitalizing and automating our processes.”

Mari Fryklund

IT Manager at Municipality of Östersund

"Frends has allowed us to reuse data in our complex IT landscape with systems of various ages. The team's expertise in both older and newer interface technologies has been invaluable. Reusability brings us significant savings of time and money."

Jarno Koppala

ICT Architect at City of Helsinki

The Rise of MOOCs and Cloud Platforms:

Why iPaaS Matters for Higher Education

Higher education is going through a major shift with the rise of MOOCs and cloud-based learning platforms. Students can now access courses from anywhere, making learning more flexible and accessible. But managing all these systems and keeping them connected can be a real challenge.

Frends iPaaS steps in to make life easier for universities. Instead of juggling disconnected systems, iPaaS integrates everything — LMS, student portals, and more—into one smooth workflow. This means less manual work, more automation, and better communication between students and staff.

  •  Making student life easier

With Frends iPaaS, universities can create a connected learning environment. Imagine students signing up for courses, accessing lectures, submitting assignments, and receiving grades — all through one platform. Frends iPaaS brings these pieces together, making it easy for students to focus on learning, not navigating different systems.

It also allows for real-time collaboration between students and professors, helping to improve communication and support. Plus, it makes it easier for universities to keep things running smoothly, even as they add new tools or scale their systems.

  • Scaling without the Stress

As universities grow and adopt more technology, their IT systems need to keep up. Frends iPaaS is designed to scale with your institution. Adding new tools or systems is simple, and it reduces the need for custom coding or complicated IT infrastructure. This helps universities save time, money, and resources while focusing on what matters— education.

  • Keeping data safe

Data security is a big concern for universities, especially with so much sensitive information being shared online. Frends iPaaS ensures secure data transfers between systems, protecting student records, financial information, and more. By automating these processes, iPaaS reduces the risk of human error and ensures everything stays up-to-date and safe.

  • Why iPaaS is essential right now

With more students learning online and more tools being used every day, iPaaS is becoming essential for higher education. It simplifies the way universities manage their technology, making it easier to automate processes, secure data, and provide a better experience for both students and staff.

In short, Frends iPaaS helps higher education institutions keep up with the times. It’s a tool that makes the shift to digital learning smoother, more secure, and easier to manage. By connecting systems and automating tasks, iPaaS frees up time and resources so universities can focus on what they do best — educating the next generation.

With Frends iPaaS, we can operate and understand everything even without technical knowledge.

Patrick Maltusch

Head of Integration at Aalto University

Why iPaaS for higher education

Integrate third-party APIs to create new services, such as connecting discount programs, transportation, ID verification, and payment systems into a single interface with Frends iPaaS.
Automate operational and administrative processes, such as admissions, schedules, registrations, billing and invoices in one place and in real time. 
With Frends iPaaS, non-technical users can easily set up and manage integrations through a user-friendly interface. This reduces the need for IT support and helps automate processes like admissions and enrollment.
Frends iPaaS ensures that data is always current by syncing information across systems in real-time. This improves data accuracy across platforms like SIS, LMS, and CRM, enhancing both student and administrative experiences.
Whether your systems are on-premises or in the cloud, Frends iPaaS can connect them all. This is especially useful for educational institutions using older systems alongside modern cloud-based tools, ensuring everything works together smoothly.
Easily manage and standardize APIs with Frends iPaaS. This ensures secure, consistent integration with third-party apps and other tools while complying with data governance policies.
Frends iPaaS helps you trigger real-time actions based on specific events, like sending an alert when an application is updated or a payment is processed. This improves communication and engagement with students.
Frends iPaaS supports multiple departments or campuses on the same platform while keeping data secure and separate. This reduces costs and simplifies management across your institution.

Reviews & Certifications

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G2

Frends is chosen as one of the best integration platforms on the peer-to-peer review platform G2, earning badges for "Easiest Setup", "Fastest Implementation" and "Easiest Admin".

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Certifications

Certified quality

Ensure certified quality and reliability: The International Organization for Standardization, ISO, has qualified Frends for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001.

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Gartner Peer Insights

Frends users have given the iPaaS a remarkable 4.5 rating on the peer review and ratings platform Gartner Peer Insights.

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Certifications

Verified Security

Nixu, a cybersecurity company accredited to audit high-security information systems, has certified Frends. The certification includes the Frends iPaaS system, web application, integration agents, as well as the Azure environment hosting Frends.

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Ready to automate and modernize higher education?

Prepare your IT infrastructure for the future with Frends iPaaS. Modernize legacy systems, streamline integrations across departments, and automate processes to ensure smooth, efficient operations for students, staff, and faculty.

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