A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Award the Degree of Master of Science in Embedded and Mobile Systems of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
A significant challenge faced by the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is the
lack of a common Higher Education Information System (HEIS) for the East African
Community (EAC) to harmonize the region's education and training system. The system has to
manage data about the academic program, universities, research, and human capital
respectively developed in different modules. Both EAC's citizens and IUCEA need statistics
regarding this information and complex questions these data may answer. Traditional high
education management is not only costly but also ineffective. In this work, a web-based data driven University Information Management system (UIMS) for IUCEA is designed to
effectively manage university information concerning the academic life cycle, assets, finance,
and human resource. In addition, a university application portal to help high education
institutions is provided to apply for being among all degrees awarding high education. This
system is the second module of the East Africa Community High Education Information
System (EAC HEIS); it has been developed using agile software development and web
technology such as RESTful API, React, Django, and MySQL. UIMS for IUCEA will
significantly impact the IUCEA's day-to-day operation and receive recognition from the surfer.
It will improve the efficiency of many processes.