together vibrant digital:

the ZDT.

Welcome to the Center for Digital Transformation of Brandenburg Universities (ZDT): With this high-powered cooperation network, we jointly exploit the opportunities of digital transformation and strive for a modern portfolio of IT services for all universities.

Well positioned with our cooperation

To face the complex challenges of digital change eight state universities in the Land Brandenburg and the Ministry of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs (MWFK) agreed on a close cooperation in the area of digitalization. For this reason, they founded the Center for Digital Transformation (ZDT). Together they strive to modernize and expand the portfolio of digital services, to pool expertise in joint competence centers and create synergies in cooperation projects.

Die Mitglieder der Brandenburgische Landeskonferenz der Hochschulpräsidentinnen und -präsidenten
The university presidents of the Brandenburg State Conference (Brandenburgische Landeskonferenz der Hochschulpräsidentinnen und –präsidenten, BLHP) form the Steering Committee. Together with their deputies, they shape the strategic direction of the ZDT.

Knowledge from all areas

The managers responsible für digital transformation and IT at the universites contribute ideas and prepare decisions. They work closely with experts from all areas of higher education and with the Ministry of Science. In this way, we pave the way for joint projects, clarify goals and perspectives in the interaction of all digitization projects at Brandenburg Universities. We implement projects quickly and review progress together. With the help of IT officers at the universities, joint working groups and open events within our „ZDT Forum“, we actively involve employees at the universites in the development of ideas and change processes.

The Vice-Presidents for Digitisation and the CIOs of Brandenburg's universities launch joint digitisation projects. They provide ideas and act as a link to the employees and experts at the universities.

First milestones of our success

We are pleased that we have already achieved some important goals together:

2016

the first position paper on cooperation between universities in the IT sector

2019

an assessment of administrative IT and the founding of the ZDT

2020

the first concrete cooperation project in 2020

2021

all universities and the Ministry of Science develop the "Common Agenda on Digital Transformation"and decide to expand cooperation via the ZDT

2022

Collaboration to create the „Working Paper on Study and Teaching“ as supplement to f the Common Agenda on Digital Transformation

2022

First projects like DMS1, OnP and FDM-BB have been finished while several others such as OZG and Koha are started

2023

An external evaluation of the ZDT assesses that the cooperation needs to be amplified; A paper of the Brandenburg State University Presidents' Conference present an outlook on the future

2024

Agreements between Brandenburg’s universities and the federal state secure the ZDT’s work till 2028

2025

the first shared services are launched, and the universities pave the way for new shared competence centers

Governance of the ZDT

VP R = Vice-Presidents for Research and Transfer | VP S = Vice-Presidents for Studies and Teaching | C = Chancellors

1,7

million euros annual funding from the state of Brandenburg

Supported by Ministry of science, Research and Cultural Affairs

The federal state Ministry of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs (MWFK) supports cooperation, innovation and sharing of services and competences within the ZDT. It provides an annual 1,7 million Euros. This makes development and digital transformation of teaching, research and administration for Brandenburg’s universities possible and also makes them nationally and internationally competitive and future-oriented. A condition for financial support is that six out of eight universities cooperate in the specific field.

Studierende sitzen im Kreis auf grüner Wiese

Relaxed and successful studying is possible because CampusApps and digital learning platforms bundle everything important for students and make it accessible everywhere.

Topics of the ZDT

Since its founding the ZDT has been a vital part of many projects and their success. One of these milestones is the support for the introduction of document management systems at Brandenburg’s universities since 2021. Furthermore, we supervise the implementation of software for the support of online examinations and the transition of current library management systems. Our recent projects focus on IT-Securitymanagement and Green IT. We have been working on a collection of topics such as Identity Management, standardization, buying consortia, Open Access, Open Educational Resources and Research Data Management. 

Projects of the ZDT and associated initiatives in Brandenburg

  • DMS: Document Management System – support for the introduction and knowledge transfer ( project DMS1 | project DMS2) 
  • FDM: Research Data Management RDM-BB – a network of eight federal state universities  with the aim to develop and implement research data management in these institutions ( FDM-BB | IN-FDM-BB)
  • Koha: A next generation library management system (koha)
  • OZG: Service and competence center OZG/SDG – a joint approach to implement the Online Access Act and the European Single Digital Gateway (OZG)
  • IdM-BB: Federated Identity Management in the Brandenburg Higher Education Area (IdM-BB)
  • Konzepte: IT concepts – portfolio of common templates and samples (IT-Konzepte)
  • OnP: Development of digital solutions for the support and proctoring of online examinations (OnP | OnP2)
  • VuK: Networking and Competence Center Open Access (VuK)
  • IT-RV: Framework agreements – development of a portfolio of joint IT framework agreements for buying consortia (IT-RV)

 

 

Fabian Heuel

We are happy to help

Feel free to find out more about our current projects and events, our committees, application procedures or our strategy. Important documents are available in our download area. For any specific topic or question, please contact us via e-mail or phone.

Fabian Heuel
ZDT business office
mail: heuel@zdt-brandenburg.de 
phone: +49 3375 508 741

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