Campus management software for German-speaking universities
Simovative operates academyFIVE, a web-based campus management system deployed across 70+ universities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The tech stack—PHP, Angular, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes on AWS—reflects a mature, containerized architecture built for multi-tenant SaaS. Active hiring spans engineering, sales, and support roles across Germany, but velocity is decelerating; the pain-point list signals organizational friction around sales-cycle length, post-implementation support processes, and scaling partnership models.
Simovative builds academyFIVE, a unified campus management platform for higher education institutions. The software integrates students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and external partners into a single, customizable system that handles institutional workflows—student information, course scheduling, facility management, and alumni relations. Customers are state and private universities, applied sciences universities, and conservatories across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Implementation is hands-on: each deployment includes project management, configuration, and go-live support tailored to the customer's existing IT infrastructure. The company has operated since 2002 and maintains a 51–200-person team based in Munich.
PHP, Angular, and Tailwind CSS on the frontend; MySQL and Docker on backend infrastructure, orchestrated with Kubernetes and Helm; hosted on AWS; sales and support tools via Pipedrive and Zendesk.
Over 70 higher education institutions in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland use the platform, including state universities, private institutions, applied sciences universities, and music and art conservatories.
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