Case Study: Leeds Beckett University achieves a modernized Wi‑Fi 6 campus and improved student experience with Extreme Networks

Leeds Beckett University Modernized Campus Infrastructure with Extreme Networks

Leeds Beckett University, a public university in Leeds serving over 28,000 students and 2,900 staff across 85 buildings and a sports stadium, needed to modernize its campus network to support a £200M campus development plan and rising expectations for instant, reliable connectivity. Facing exponential device growth and a need for roaming, remote access, stronger security and scalable capacity, the university partnered with Extreme Networks to overhaul its infrastructure and adopt next‑generation Wi‑Fi 6 and Extreme Elements technologies.

Extreme Networks deployed a solution built on Extreme Management Center™, Extreme Fabric Connect™, ExtremeWireless™ and ExtremeSwitching™ to deliver Wi‑Fi 6, centralized control, automated network management and a collapsed, single logical services architecture. The implementation gave Leeds Beckett real‑time control and automation that reduced manual IT tasks, enabled campus-wide roaming and faster wireless for students, and produced a scalable, cost‑efficient, future‑proof network that immediately improved the student experience and lightened the IT team’s operational burden.

Leeds Beckett University

Basem El-Haddadeh

Director of IT Services