Project management software for universities, educational and research institutes

Efficient collaboration of diverse teams and departments in educational and research institutes.

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OpenProject offers you a secure and flexible,
open source project management software

Efficient collaboration. Digital and web-based.

Effortless and cross-location collaboration and communication between faculties, staff, students, departments in a central web-based project management system.

Free Software: Open Source, Open Standards.

Freedom through free open source software, licensed under GPL v3, and integrated open standards.

Clear processes and transparency.

Creation of common, university-wide processes and standards. Transparency and clarity in all areas and obvious responsibilities.

Flexibility and adaptability.

Adaptable to the way of working of each project team or department by customizing goals, projects, processes, members, functions, dashboards. Access to all project information from anywhere.

Data privacy and security.

As a European company based in Berlin, OpenProject complies with European and national data protection regulations. It can be used both securely in the cloud and installed on site.

Easy and intuitive to get started.

Simple and intuitive software, web-based and secure. Create a test account and get started! No installation or operating costs.

Learn how our customers use OpenProject
to successfully manage projects.

Coburg University of Applied Sciences uses OpenProject in hybrid project management, to consolidate the teaching content in practice.

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At the Technical University of Berlin OpenProject is used for the organization in the laboratory and for the planning of master theses.

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The HTK Hygiene Technology Competence Center uses OpenProject for hybrid project management and an overview of its projects.

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The Institute for Construction Operations and Management University Duisburg-Essen is using OpenProject for the development of the Campus Information Management System (CIM) for the new FutureWaterCampus.

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Project management features for universities

Link faculties, students and project teams in a central web-based project management system for universities - for project work or administration.

Project Overview

Improve collaboration.

Efficient communication and collaboration between all project participants is essential.
Customizable dashboards help you to do the right things efficiently. Keep track of projects, important milestones, members, tasks and much more.

Gantt Charts

Improve planning and administration.

Plan and manage your projects and tasks collaboratively with the team. Keep track of important deadlines, manage dependencies and see what needs to be done next.

Tasks and Priorities

Prioritize and visualise tasks.

Input tasks centrally in one system. Responsibilities, status and priority as well as organization-specific information are directly visible and can be transparently tracked by the team.

Agile Boards

Support agile methods.

Forget Excel lists, sticky notes and sketches on whiteboards: agile boards allow you to control and track workflows in the best way. Implement processes and enable simple and intuitive tracking.

Wiki

Improve documentation and result tracking.

You can record information and results centrally in a project wiki and thus maintain and document important content together with your team. Link relevant project information and documents directly.

Forum and News

Discuss topics in a forum. Share news about the project.

Communicate directly within your team. Discuss and comment on topics, ask questions and get your information or exchange ideas and opinions on important issues in a forum. You can easily share news with the team via project news.

Project management software for education & research

Educational and research institutes have in common that they need to efficiently collaborate across diverse teams and departments. To do this, OpenProject offers you a secure and flexible, open source project management software. Organizations in the below mentioned fields are already working with OpenProject. Get your free trial now.