Start-up private liberal arts college in Kuwait needed to modernize its student administration system • Culture-specific customizations – the first of its kind in the Middle East Region – successfully implemented.

1. Astute Successfully Deploys Culture-Specific
Campus Administration System – the First of its
Kind in the Middle East Region
Background
A new private four-year liberal arts college • Start-up private liberal arts
in Kuwait, duly accredited by the Ministry
of Higher Education, wanted to automate college in Kuwait needed
its student administration and course to modernize its student
management systems using PeopleSoft
Campus Solutions. It operates in the administration system
same way as the University of Missouri at • Culture-specific
St. Louis, USA, and has colleges of arts,
sciences and business administration. customizations – the first of
its kind in the Middle East
As a start-up private university, the client
was operating without government support Region – successfully
and was facing challenges in providing implemented.
top-rate Student Support Services.
Customer Requirements
• Campus Solutions Upgrade from 8SP1 to 8.9.
• Complete Customizations of Online and Offline objects
• Design New Security on the Lines of the Modified Person Model.

2. The upgraded and customized
system gave the university a
leaner, meaner and much
more efficient system.
Astute Solutions Customer Benefits
Using its unique onshore-offshore The upgraded and customized system gave
support model, Astute was able to deliver the university a leaner, meaner and much
significant cost savings for the client and: more efficient system. University administrators
are now able to access advanced Campus
• Successfully upgraded the university’s Solutions capabilities after the upgrade.
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions ahead of
schedule Astute’s ability to work independently freed
• Applied several complex customizations up client resources to focus on key internal
and new modifications that projects and other strategic initiatives.
incorporated local customs and
education system requirements – the The project was always ahead of schedule,
first of its kind in Kuwait and the entire which left the client more time for testing and
Middle East Region user training prior to going live.
• Provided User Acceptance Test (UAT)
scripts and Training Guides By working in close coordination with the
• Trained end users from the university’s university and taking time to understand their
Finance, Admissions & Registration and specific needs, Astute helped deliver tangible
SIS Help Desk departments. improvements in its business operations.
About Astute Business Solutions
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burden of messy and difficult-to-maintain customizations. Our unique combination of onsite,
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