Why choose Secanda in the education sector?
Educational institutions — universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational schools, or secondary schools — face multiple challenges: securing access, streamlining student identity management, digitizing payments, simplifying printing, and integrating systems. Secanda Suite addresses all these needs with a modular, scalable, and interoperable platform, already adopted by 92% of Swiss universities.
Physical & Digital Identity – Secanda Secure
Secanda Secure manages the entire identity lifecycle: from enrollment to card issuance, including access rights management and authentication.
✔️ Creation and personalization of RFID cards (students, staff, visitors)
✔️ Integration with Edu-ID, IS-Academia, Universitas, LDAP, or other HR/ERP databases
✔️ Profile synchronization with connected services (access, payment, printing)
✔️ On-site card production via Evolis printers or self-service kiosks
Mobile Identity & User Autonomy – Secanda App
Secanda App enables each student or staff member to independently manage their services from their smartphone:
✔️ Easy registration, photo upload, and activation of the mobile identity
✔️ Mobile access to buildings, services, and lockers
✔️ Account top-up, balance check, and transaction history
✔️ Notifications, identity validation, and credit transfers between users
Physical & Logical Access Control – Secanda Access
Secanda Access centralizes and secures access to buildings, libraries, laboratories, classrooms, or student housing.
✔️ Integration with Salto, Gantner, Kaba, Glutz
✔️ Dynamic assignment of rights based on roles and schedules
✔️ Visitor management, temporary access rights, and sensitive zones
✔️ Access via card, badge, app, or QR code
Cashless Payments & Balance Management – Secanda Pay + Micanda POS
Secanda Pay allows students to make cashless payments across campus.
Combined with Micanda POS, it covers all points of sale: cafeterias, vending machines, shops, and internal services.
✔️ Payments via student card, QR code, or Secanda App
✔️ Integration with Wallee terminals and standard POS systems
✔️ Differentiated pricing based on status (student, staff, external)
✔️ Payment deduction via balance, invoice, or even payroll for staff
Secure & Prepaid Printing – PaperCut integrated with Secanda
The integration of PaperCut with Secanda enables controlled and cost-effective print management:
✔️ Authentication on printers via card or app
✔️ Secure printing with manual release
✔️ Automatic credit deduction from personal balance
✔️ Quota control, statistics, and waste prevention
Info-Terminal & Load-Up-Terminal Kiosks
Self-service kiosks allow students to manage their accounts anytime:
✔️ Top-up with bank card or cash
✔️ Balance, history, or access rights consultation
✔️ Reduced administrative workload and streamlined services
Interoperability & Integration – Secanda Connect
Secanda Connect ensures native compatibility with third-party systems thanks to an open, scalable, and well-documented architecture.
✔️ REST API and standard connectors
✔️ Existing integrations with:
Wallee, Micros Fidelio
✔️ Automatic synchronization of rights and profiles
✔️ Low-code/no-code approach for fast and secure deployment
- Edu-ID, IS-Academia, Universitas
- LDAP / Active Directory
- PaperCut
- Salto, Gantner, Kaba, Glutz
- Evolis Print Center
- Wallee, Micros Fidelio
✔️ Automatic synchronization of rights and profiles
✔️ Low-code/no-code approach for fast and secure deployment
The benefits for your institution
- Centralization of identity, access, payments, and printing
- Reduced queues and administrative workload
- Student and staff autonomy through an all-in-one app
- Enhanced security and GDPR compliance with Swiss-based hosting
- An open, proven system adaptable to any educational environment
Secanda Suite is more than an identity system: it is a complete infrastructure that connects students, services, and technologies, ensuring fluidity, security, and operational efficiency.