Proceedings of the University Alliance Executive Directors Workshop - ECIS 2001

The introduction of Enterprise Systems (ES) into the curriculum at Business and IS Facultiesand Schools is for many universities a major challenge. However, this problem is in variousaspects of special nature: the students' demand is enormous and in many cases productfocused,Enterprise Systems are typically very comprehensive and complex, and knowledgeabout ES is often missing. By the time textbooks of satisfying quality are available, there arenew systems' upgrades and innovation cycles to deal with. The Queensland University ofTechnology (QUT) is comprehensively using the market leading Enterprise System SAP R/3within its curriculum and is also conducting research in this area. This paper briefly reportson the activities and experiences at QUT, which is now one of the few world-wide mySAPUniversity Application Hosting Centers.