SAP University Alliances
Our longstanding partnership with the SAP University Alliance continues to thrive, offering students the opportunity to earn the SAP Recognition Award Certificate. This program not only enhances students' employability but also ensures they are proficient in in-demand tech skills. In AY 2023-24, we continued supporting our valuable partnership with SAP University Alliance to integrate high-tech skills into our curriculum. This year, we had eight additional recipients of the prestigious SAP Recognition Award, which adds to hundreds of students who used this award
The Lam-Larsen Initiative for Emerging Technologies is proud to support the SAP Recognition Award Certificate since 2022. The Information Systems Department has started partnering with the SAP North America University Alliance Program (SAP UAP) to issue the SAP Recognition Award certificate since 2012. This includes upgrading the curriculum by integrating cutting-edge technologies into several ISYS graduate and undergraduate courses. As a result of this program, students at both undergraduate and graduate levels can earn a jointly issued certificate by SFSU and SAP after completing at least three technology-integrated courses. Between the Fall of 2012 and the Spring of 2022, about 330 students received the SAP Recognition Award certificate, including 50 MBA/MSBA students. A preliminary scan of the LinkedIn profiles of SAP Recognition Award certificate recipients showed about 200 students who have been employed in IT-related positions and industries. Most of them highlight SAP ERP skills and SAP Recognition Award certificates in their profiles. Some of them have received internship opportunities as well as full-time employment at high-tech companies such as SAP, Google, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, PayPal, Symantec, and Cisco.