About Bangor University

Established in 1884, Bangor University has a long tradition of excellence and exceeds expectations, both for academic standards and student experience.

Bangor University has a long history of academic distinction as well as a strong emphasis on the student experience. Approximately 10,000 students are currently enrolled in the University, with teaching personnel organised into fourteen Academic Schools.

According to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Bangor University is ranked in the top 40 in the UK for research*. The REF recognised that more than three-quarters of Bangor’s research is either world-leading or internationally excellent, placing the university above the national average.

The challenge faced by Bangor University

“Prior to adopting Advanced Secure’s certification platform, we did not have our own degree awarding powers. Our degrees were being awarded by the University of Wales, and so our awards data was being forwarded to them to record and produce award documents.

As a result, the University didn’t have control over the certification process which caused challenges around security, internal process efficiency and the ability to improve our student and graduate experience.”

Secure certification technologies used by Bangor University

• Digital Certificates – a holistic secure certification platform for the print & publish of degree documents.
• Blockchain Paper  – creates an unrivaled level of document security to protect our degree documents.

What has been Bangor University’s experience working with us?

“An excellent overall experience. We have been working with Advanced Secure Technologies since 2009 and can highly recommend their secure certificates and software solutions.

We are particularly impressed by the level of customer service and support that the team at Advanced Secure Technologies has and continues to deliver. Being kept informed of the newest technologies available to support our secure document production has meant that we can remain ahead of challenges faced by traditional systems and continue to provide the best certification experiences to our students and graduates.”

What are the key benefits gained from adopting our secure certification solutions?

• Secure & straightforward system to manage our daily certification tasks
• Ability to provide our graduates with immediate access to verifiable documents – namely their certificates,
  HEAR and confirmation of award letters.
• Ability to share these documents securely with third parties from any location, any time.
• Auditable trail of exactly when both the hard copy documents were printed / re-printed, along with the dates
  eDocuments were produced.

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