Case Study: Koç University achieves streamlined procurement, safer campus access, and improved student and faculty experience with Mendix

Koc University Delivers a Better Faculty and Student Experience

Koç University, a top-ranked non-profit research university in Istanbul, faced slow, manual processes and rapidly changing needs: procurement was handled with Excel and email under strict regulations, and the campus needed a way to manage COVID safety, building capacity and communications while integrating data from legacy systems. The IT organization also required a platform that could adapt quickly as requirements evolved and tie together disparate systems like SAP and PeopleSoft.

Using Mendix low-code, the team built a suite of apps — including a procurement application (delivered in six months), a COVID safety portal, and a university portal with a mobile app — backed by microservices and integrations (SAP, Azure AD, government APIs). The result: an automated, user-friendly procurement workflow, safer campus reopening for thousands of students, faster delivery and iteration of features, rapid onboarding of junior developers, and an improved overall experience for faculty and students.

Koc University

Fatih Büyüktaş

Software Development and Infrastructure Operations Group Manager