The World's Leading Institutions Trust Akari
THE LARGEST HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDER OUTSIDE OF THE US
Since 2010, Akari Software has been transforming the Teaching and Learning experience and modernising curricula across the globe. Support your institution to design, control, and automate the behaviour of your curriculum management processes with a workflow tool that offers flexibility, configurability, and integrated intelligence.
Massey University
Being the first in New Zealand to become an Akari client, Massey University is an institution based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with campuses in Albany and Wellington.
Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or distance-learning students, making it New Zealand’s second largest university when not counting international students. Research is undertaken on all three campuses, and more than 3,000 international students from over 100 countries study at the university.
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University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London (UAL), a global leader in art, design, and communication, partnered with Akari Software to support its need for CMA compliance, rigorous curriculum version control, and collaborative course workflows. Following a pilot in one college, the university-wide rollout delivered a singular source of curriculum truth, integrated directly into UAL’s public course pages via the Akari Open API suite.
By adopting Akari, UAL eliminated manual publication processes, enhanced curriculum accuracy, and ensured consistent student-facing information across its six colleges. Staff now benefit from structured, repeatable processes and dynamic updates, while the platform continues to support innovation and growth across the university’s diverse and complex programme offerings.
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Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology, based in Melbourne, Australia, selected Akari Software to support its complex curriculum change management needs. Following an initial discovery phase, the project involved extensive configuration and bespoke development—including workflows for faculty and university-level approvals, research degrees, and governance processes.
Akari’s platform was integrated with Swinburne’s existing systems and delivered advanced custom features like professional accreditation tracking, course review date auditing, and comprehensive change summaries. The result is a curriculum management solution tailored to Swinburne’s strategic needs, enabling data transparency, streamlined processes, and a more agile academic governance structure.
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The University of Sydney
Since 2017 as an Akari client, The University of Sydney is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia, and today counts a total of 60,968 being supported by the Akari Curriculum Management System.
Founded in 1850, it is Australia’s first university and is regarded as one of the world’s leading universities. The university is one of Australia’s six sandstone universities.
The University of Sydney was awarded #2 position in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021.
London School of Economics and Political Science
As one of the latest Akari Software clients, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ranks #6 in the 2024 QS World University Rankings in Political Sciences – being featured in the top 10 for over a decade.
The Akari Curriculum Management System supports over 13,000 LSE students.
The college opened in 1895 and joined the University of London in 1900.
Heriot-Watt
Having signed up with Akari in 2020, Heriot-Watt University is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is the eighth oldest higher education institute in the UK. The university has five campuses across the world: Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia, as well as 53 Approved Learning Partners (ALPs) and educational collaborative partners in 150 countries.
Heriot-Watt is one of the most internationally diversified of any UK university, with one third of on-campus students studying in Scotland being from outside the UK.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland’s first private university. It was established in 1784 as the national body for the surgical branch of medicine in Ireland, with a role in supervision of training, and as of 2021 provides a broad range of medical education in multiple countries.
RCSI achieved Ireland’s highest position in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021, coming joint second in the world for ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’.
UiTM Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA became an Akari client in 2015.
It was established in 1956 and opened with around 50 students. It has since grown into the largest institution of higher education in Malaysia as measured by physical infrastructure, faculty and staff, and student enrollment.
It offers over 500 programmes taught in English that range from undergraduate to over 170,514 full-time and part-time bumiputera and international students.
