Case Study: Technische Universität München delivers hands-on digital-transformation training with SAP HANA

Sharpening Students’ Skills for Digital Transformation with SAP S/4HANA

Technische Universität München’s Department of Informatics, a leading center for technical education and an SAP University Competence Center, needed to give students a practical learning environment that reflects digital transformation. The school aimed to expand its education-as-a-service cloud offering to include SAP S/4HANA so students worldwide could gain up‑to‑date SAP skills, while relying on a high-performance, low‑maintenance infrastructure.

TUM migrated a full model company from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA, deployed role-specific SAP Fiori user experiences, and ran the solution in the cloud using SAP HANA tailored data‑center integration on IBM Power Systems—becoming the first UCC to adopt S/4HANA. The move delivered hands‑on exposure to real‑time, analytical and IoT‑ready processes, strengthened the UCC’s education services, and provided global, mobile access with high availability for students and lecturers.

Technische Universität München

Helmut Krcmar

Professor of Information Systems