# Integrate your university in Python

Connect SIS, LMS, ERP, CRM, AI agents, research systems, identity management and cybersecurity using an open-source integration platform in Python

Say goodbye to fragmented campus systems and hello to integrated university operations

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## Legacy systems and integration complexity hold your university back

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of institutions treat AI as strategic, but only 11% have an institution-wide approach

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of higher-ed institutions hit by ransomware, with $4.02M average recovery cost

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of institutions still running legacy, on-prem student information systems

Overview

## Modernize the campus integration layer

- From siloed legacy systems to **unified campus operations**
- From vendor lock-in to **open architecture**
- From batch file transfers to **real-time data exchange**

This is the path forward for universities ready to **break free from decades of integration complexity**

[Read case studies](https://zato.io/customer-success/index.html)

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#### Build a data-driven university powered by AI

Give students, researchers and AI agents governed access to every system through one integration layer. RAG pipelines, predictive analytics, MCP-based APIs - one platform makes every AI initiative possible instead of a separate integration project for each one.

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#### Connect your entire campus ecosystem

Students, faculty, research partners, government agencies, accreditation bodies, funder portals - bring them together with real-time data sharing without rebuilding existing systems.

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#### Maintain control with enterprise-grade security

FERPA, GDPR, HIPAA compliance, zero-trust identity, SIEM/XDR aggregation, audit readiness - keep data within your security perimeter while connecting everything.

## Business and administrative operations

Unify tuition, fees, aid disbursements and regulatory reporting between your SIS and ERP, automate submissions, establish master data governance across institutional systems, and replace batch flat-file extracts with event-driven data flows

## Academic and student operations

Integrate your SIS with LMS, automate student rostering and grade sync, streamline the admissions-to-enrollment pipeline, coordinate advising, financial aid and credentials exchange, and enable real-time transfer credit evaluation using Open Source and Python

## Research operations

Connect grants management, ORCID, DOI registries, CRIS systems and institutional repositories, automate compliance workflows by connecting HR, travel and COI data to funder portals, and integrate research outputs with REF, Plan S reporting and open-access mandates

## AI operations

Give students and researchers governed access to data through MCP-based APIs that LLMs and AI agents consume directly, build RAG pipelines over SIS, LMS, ERP and research systems, deploy AI agents that orchestrate grant submissions, compliance checks and literature reviews across multiple systems, power predictive analytics and AI-driven advising, and make your university truly data-driven by turning every system into an accessible, governed data source

## Cybersecurity operations

Govern every system-to-system connection with built-in authentication, authorization and audit trails, integrate with Microsoft Entra ID, InCommon, Shibboleth and eduGAIN for federated identity, automate provisioning and deprovisioning for multi-affiliation users, enforce FERPA, GDPR and HIPAA-compliant data flows, and monitor every integration in real time to close the attack surface that ransomware exploits

## Cloud and hybrid operations

Bridge on-prem SIS and ERP with cloud-native SaaS across decade-long migration windows, govern multi-cloud environments spanning M365, AWS, GCP and Oracle, replace proprietary iPaaS lock-in with vendor-neutral open-source integration, and migrate systems to the cloud without disrupting campus operations

## Customer Spotlight

"Using Zato is a game changer because it accelerates research. This is what automation is all about: freeing specialists to focus on analysis and innovation, not routine data processing."

Vincent Le Falher, Senior IT Advisor at University of Montreal

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## Connect to anything, integrate everything

ESB, API, AI and Cloud Integrations in Python

Open-source total product with enterprise support

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