STI Receives SAP Educational Excellence Award

By: Alyssah Lucman , July 30, 2026

STI College has received the SAP University Alliances Educational Excellence Award at the SAP Academic Community Conference APAC 2026, held in Jakarta, Indonesia from July 13 to 17, 2026.

The award is given to institutions within the SAP University Alliances network for outstanding curriculum contribution, strong performance in SAP-related student competitions, and innovative ways in including SAP technology into academic teaching, and more. As partners in education, STI was recognized for its successful approaches in integrating SAP technology into its academic programs.

SAP is an enterprise software used by companies worldwide to manage operations such as finance, supply chain, and payroll. According to SAP, 77% of the world's transaction revenue touches an SAP system, and the company serves more than 440,000 customers across 180 countries.

STI students in Business Administration Major in Operations Management, Accountancy, Management Accounting, Accounting Information System, Retail Technology and Consumer Science, and Information Technology programs undergo an immersive learning of the SAP S/4HANA with Global Bike platform through its effective integration into their curriculum.

"This award affirms something we've believed for years: that Filipino students deserve access to the same enterprise tools the world's top companies run on," said Karen Tabije, the STI Vice President for Academics. "When we bring SAP into the classroom, we're giving students a head start on the systems they'll actually use once they start their careers."

The award is further indicative of the of STI's Enrollment to Employment (E2E) System, which aligns curricula across its 63 campuses with workplace requirements. STI is among a group of institutions recognized in the same award category this year, alongside universities from India, South Korea, and Indonesia.