Case Study: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid achieves 10x enrollment capacity and eliminates downtime with Oracle

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Uses Extreme Performance to Eliminate Downtime and to Support a 10x Increase in Enrollment

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) is a leading Spanish public university serving more than 35,000 students. Its IT department needed to replace aging servers and upgrade ERP, enrollment, application‑server, and web‑management systems to deliver high performance, high availability, low maintenance, and the scalability to handle extreme, simultaneous enrollment demand and future growth.

UAM deployed Oracle SuperCluster with Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle WebCenter Sites, and Oracle Consulting, completing the rollout in three months. The upgrade enabled 285 students per minute (a 10x increase), cut scheduling time by 91%, reduced response times from >5 seconds to <0.5 second, allowed 98% of students to enroll with no concurrent‑session limits, shortened database export/import from >2 hours to 20 minutes, and delivered scalable, user‑friendly web and application management for future needs.

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

María José García Rodriguez

Director of Information Technology