Software for Higher Education
Customisable software and CRM solutions to drive engagement with alumni, donors, students, and staff.
High-impact colleges and universities around the world choose Blackbaud
higher education portal software to drive success.
Read these stories and more in our customer story showcase.
There's never been a better time to be a part of our community.
75%
of UK universities are powered by Blackbaud solutions.
£80B
raised, granted, and invested in their programming by our customers each year
93%
of global higher education institutions with billion-dollar campaigns
The Cloud Solution for Higher Education Institutions
Purpose-built to drive digital transformation and impact across your institution. Flexible and scalable to work the way you want.
Increase revenue, drive efficiency, and deepen engagement with higher education fundraising software solutions that connect your entire campus.
Higher education institutions are leading the charge into a new world. But long-term, stable funding sources are eroding; alumni are more dispersed than ever before, and alumni donors have increasingly sophisticated expectations. Amid challenges like these, you need a technology partner with the commitment, expertise, and proven ability to help you not just respond to the changing landscape, but thrive in it.
Blackbaud's purpose-built solutions for higher education enable your institution to:
- Advance your institution with increased revenue
- Deepen alumni engagement and enhance community outreach
- Connect departments and students, saving time and effort and driving increased outcomes
- Improve the student and alumni experience through high-impact life cycle management
With unmatched higher education software solutions spanning across campus, unparalleled analytics, and undisputed expertise, no other partner can help you ensure a thriving institution today and in the future like Blackbaud.
Integrated Higher Education Software Solutions
Our higher education software helps you to drive unmatched efficiency by connecting Advancement, Alumni Relations, Development, Finance and Operations, and Marketing and External Relations, with integrated:
Resources for Higher Education Institutions

ebook: Increasing Scholarship Applications
Learn how to simplify your application process and overcome the challenges of applicant participation

Webinar: Improve your Fundraising and Grantmaking with Tech
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity use Blackbaud Grantmaking™ and Raiser's Edge NXT® to improve their fundraising and grantmaking processes...

Tipsheet: 3 Steps to Improving your Supporter Experience
Mark Stevens, Head of Fundraising at Wales Air Ambulance, shares his top three tips for improving supporter experience.

Webinar: Improve your Supporter Experience with Tech
Learn from Mark Stevens, head of fundraising at Wales Air Ambulance about what it takes to be a Supporter Experience Expert. Mark’s team have been using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® as their CRM fundraising database since 2019 when they began implementing a new long-term strategy to increase supporter engagement...