Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
Digital transformation of the internship ecosystem at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
The challenge
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), one of Venezuela's leading private higher education institutions, needed to coordinate early career placement for thousands of students across hundreds of companies in different industries. Internship management had no unified ecosystem. Openings circulated through informal channels, and the university had no centralized view of participating companies, internship terms or how many students were actually benefiting. Approvals depended on slow email exchanges and spreadsheets, there were no indicators to measure program impact, and academic data lived in platforms disconnected from the process.
The solution
We developed a responsive web platform on a cloud client-server architecture, accessible from desktops, tablets and phones. It is a scalable, multi-campus system that connects students, companies and administrators in a single automated ecosystem. The system comprises twelve functional modules with tailored experiences per role: a super administrator with full system control and global configuration; UCAB staff administrators who approve companies and offers, synchronize data and generate reports; students who build their profile, apply and leave reviews; and company representatives who self-manage their profile, post opportunities and review their metrics.
The result
All management consolidated into a single unified, traceable and secure environment.
What we built
- Internship offer management covering on-site, remote or hybrid formats, durations from 1 to 12 months and compensation, all subject to institutional approval and with a duplicate-offer option.
- An advanced student search with simultaneous, persistent filters by degree program, company type, format and campus.
- A company directory with self-service registration and corporate profiles (tax ID, logo, sector) subject to university validation.
- A review and rating system covering the student experience at each company.
- A student resume builder with skills, experience, certifications, LinkedIn and GitHub links, and digital signature.
- A dashboard with interactive, date-filterable charts on offers, active companies and participation.
- Five specialized reports exportable to Excel: postings, approved offers, directory, reviews and offer details.
- A training event catalog of webinars and workshops segmented by audience.
- User and permission management, with account recovery via national ID document.
- More than fifteen transactional email triggers with custom templates for welcomes, approvals and expiration alerts.
- Dynamic configuration of session timeouts, menus and system parameters, plus media file management with preview and size validation, all without developer support.
Impact and results
- All management consolidated into a single unified, traceable and secure environment.
- Faster processes through structured, automated approval workflows.
- Data-driven decisions, with executive visibility through management dashboards.
- Broader access to internships for students across every campus and degree program.
- Stronger ties between industry and academia, backed by a verified directory and transparent reviews.
- Governance assured through strict role and permission controls.
Technologies and integrations
- Single Sign-On with OAuth 2.0 against the university identity system
- Banner ERP, with real-time synchronization to validate identities, faculties and degree programs
- SMTP service for automated delivery of all system communications
- Cloud client-server architecture
