Jan 09, 2024
Customer Story: unibz Streamlines Academic Data Analysis With Power BI & ZoomCharts
When working with academic and demographic data that involves thousands of students and more than 300 active research projects, the right data visualization tools are a force multiplier when it comes to efficiency.
When working with academic and demographic data that involves thousands of students and more than 300 active research projects, the right data visualization tools are a force multiplier when it comes to efficiency.
We chatted with Łukasz Karolak from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to explore how Power BI and ZoomCharts visuals can be used in an education and research institution and how they have impacted their data analytics process.
About unibz (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
Located in South Tyrol, the northernmost province of Italy, the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (unibz) is an international hub of academics and research that provides trilingual education in Italian, German, and English.
Founded in 1997, unibz provides undergraduate and postgraduate education to 4100 students across more than 30 study programmes, achieving high university rankings both in Italy and internationally.
unibz Campus Bozen-Bolzano: Main Building. Image Credit: unibz
Challenge: Analyzing Academic Data for 4000+ Students
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano has adopted Power BI as the main tool for their data analysis and reporting needs. While many universities already use big data to gain insights about their students and staff, unibz met unique challenges that required leading-edge business intelligence and data visualization solutions.
Since unibz is a truly international institution that provides education in three languages, and more than 35% of lecturers and 17% of students have come from abroad, the university requires a tool that allows them to quickly perform a deep and granular analysis of complex demographic data and didactics.