Spend less time managing data and more time moving your institution forward.
FME helps higher education institutions bring data together across disconnected systems, automate repetitive administrative work, and deliver reliable information where it’s needed.
It’s more than possible,
it’s proven.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) uses FME to integrate campus spatial data and power seamless, accessible wayfinding.
“I don’t know what I would do without FME… I can do almost anything with it, and I can do it quickly.”
Jeff Burton
Systems Analyst, University of British Columbia
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Higher Education Use Cases
Explore how higher education institutions use FME to connect campus systems, automate data workflows, and support better decisions across campus.
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Campus Facilities & Asset Management
Transform facilities data into actionable insights for campus planning and operations.
Connect campus facilities and asset data across systems by integrating GIS, CAD, BIM, and facilities management platforms to give teams consistent information about buildings, spaces, infrastructure, and assets.
Turn CAD and BIM building data into actionable campus information by converting DWG, IFC, Revit, and other building data into GIS-ready formats, making it easier to map, analyze, and manage facilities spatially.
Keep facilities and asset information current by automating updates to floor plans, room inventories, and asset records as campus facilities change, reducing manual work and discrepancies.
Improve space planning and utilization by bringing together floor plans, room inventories, and facilities data to better understand classrooms, labs, offices, and other campus spaces.
Mapping for accessibility: How FME powers UBC’s campus navigation
Learning Management Systems
Connect learning systems and data to power better decisions across campus.
Connect LMS and campus systems like Blackboard, Absorb LMS, and 360Learning with student information systems, databases, and other applications to reduce data silos across the institution.
Automate student and course data workflows between LMS, SIS, enrollment, and administrative systems to reduce manual imports, exports, and repetitive data tasks.
Improve the quality and consistency of student and course data by validating, cleaning, and standardizing information as it moves between systems.
Enable more comprehensive reporting and analytics by combining LMS data with student and institutional data, giving teams improved insight into course activity, enrollment, and academic programs.
Create reusable workflows that connect applications, data sources, and systems, making it easier to scale as institutional needs evolve.
Portland Public Schools (PPS) achieves an 80% reduction in data update time
Student Data Integration & Reporting
Transform student data into trusted insights for better decision-making.
Integrate student data across systems by bringing together information from SIS, LMS, enrollment, financial, and other institutional systems to support more informed reporting, planning, and decision-making.
Improve reporting accuracy and reliability by automatically cleaning, validating, and standardizing student data before it reaches analytics and reporting tools.
Reduce manual data preparation by automating repetitive transformation and integration workflows, freeing staff to focus on higher-value work.
Deliver student data where it’s needed by transforming and routing information to reporting, analytics, and data platforms like Power BI and Snowflake.
Keep reporting data current by automating recurring data workflows, giving teams access to more timely information for reporting and decision-making.
Smart sensors enhance energy efficiency in Swedish preschool
Document Management
Keep campus documents connected, consistent, and accessible.
Connect documents with campus systems by integrating repositories like SharePoint and Office 365 with GIS, facilities, databases, and other applications, making information accessible across departments.
Automate document workflows by moving files, updating metadata, and processing information between systems, reducing repetitive manual work and helping teams keep records current.
Improve document data organization and consistency by validating and standardizing file metadata as documents move between systems, helping teams maintain accurate and reliable information.
Simplify document migrations by automating the movement of files and associated metadata between repositories and systems.
Open Data Portals
Turn campus data into trusted, accessible information for everyone.
Provide students, researchers, staff, and the public with easier access to approved institutional data by integrating information from GIS, databases, and other systems into open data portals.
Improve the quality and consistency of published data by validating and standardizing schemas, formats, attributes, and spatial information before publication.
Automate data publishing and updates to reduce manual processes and keep publicly available datasets current as source information changes.
Make complex campus data easier to access and reuse by transforming spatial, facilities, sustainability, and other institutional data into formats that support different users, applications, and research needs.
Scale open data initiatives with repeatable workflows that make it easier to publish and maintain datasets from across the institution.
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FME helps educational institutions bring data together from disconnected systems, automate repetitive data processes, and keep information accurate and accessible. From student and learning data to documents, facilities, and assets, FME helps teams spend less time manually managing data and more time using it for reporting, planning, and day-to-day operations.
Yes, FME can integrate data across GIS, CAD, BIM, facilities management, databases, and other campus systems. It can also transform building data such as DWG, IFC, and Revit into GIS-ready information, helping teams use existing data across mapping, facilities management, space planning, and asset management workflows.
FME is a visual, no-code data integration platform designed for teams of all technical levels. Safe Software also provides free instructor-led training, a comprehensive knowledge base, and a supportive user community to help teams get the most out of FME.