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Smart system solution for your learning success: SuSy
Thesis Submission System (SuSy)
We have found that proposing, registering and submitting the thesis is an administratively intensive and often painful process.
It involves many parties, the administration or the student advisors, the professors and the students - and it requires a lot of communication, negotiation and organisation.
Most of the time, communication happens through emails and phone calls, and registration and submission take place in paper form. Especially considering the current situation, a digitial solution is critical.
Our Approach
Inspired by the needs of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, we created a submission system that would reflect existing workflows and allow users to complete the thesis process online.
The solution needed to consider how to:
- Support all three user types – students, professors, and administrative staff – with the various tasks associated with the thesis process
- Save time and reduce sources of error
- Ensure enough flexibility that it could be adapted to unique workflows and processes at different institutions
We conducted extensive user research and applied the design thinking process to ensure we fully understood all aspects in the workflow. Through a combination of activity-centred design, user-centred design, and the application of human-computer interaction research, we created a system to model the process.
The result:
SuSy – your online Submission System. SuSy provides an intuitive solution in the university sector to manage the complete thesis process.
SuSy enables your administration to maximise benefits from digitalisation and minimise costs.
Our Value Proposition
Students
- Find a thesis topic and supervisor faster
- Get support and guidance throughout the process
- Have an overview of important deadlines and requirements
- Receive results and feedback from supervisors
Your supervisors
- Keep track of the status of all projects, deadlines and possible efforts
- Find all necessary documents in one place
- Can process requests in real time
Administrative staff
- Maintains a completely digitized and clear process for managing final projects
- Are always up to date on the current project status
- Can edit and export results for archiving or accreditation purposes
Currently, supervising theses involves a lot of administration and organisation. With SuSy, I have a clear overview of due dates, who applied, who registered, and how many open supervisions I have at any given time. I can also publish my research areas/topics for students and keep all the important documents in one place. Grading is also faster. One of the biggest advantages of SuSy is that the workflow is completely digital and transparent. This saves a lot of time and eliminates the potential for mistakes. It even makes supervising more fun, because I don’t need to worry about keeping track of the theses manually
SuSy provides a great overview of the complete thesis organisation process for my entire
study group. It helps me get a better understanding for each student’s thesis status – whether upcoming deadlines, registration updates, extension requests, or supervisors’ feedback.
And all that in a clear and nice layout. I particularly enjoy that it reduces email communication and supports me in keeping track.
For me, Susy is tremendously helpful. It helps me to keep track, which theses are in progress and which are waiting to be discussed and graded. I do not have to perform those vague email searches anymore if there is a thesis "waiting" somewhere.
I am also looking forward to the next updates, which will bring a more intuitive approval of grades and encamped communication between supervisors.
More Info
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management offers SuSy to universities and education providers in an attractive ASP package.
Contact us and arrange a live presentation, we will be happy to advise you.
Contact
Peter Rave
Key Account Manager Learning Innovation