
Procurement Software for Universities
Does your purchasing software cover all the bases?
Modern procurement teams are being asked to do more than process purchases. They're expected to manage risk, support sustainability and demonstrate value for money. IQ Purchasing has everything teams need in one place: built-in compliance, pre-approved suppliers and real-time spend visibility.
Bring clarity to every purchase
Spend less time on transactional admin, more time creating value for your university
When purchasing happens across disconnected systems and processes, procurement teams can spend valuable time managing exceptions, correcting errors and trying to understand where money is going. A more connected approach gives teams the foundation to move beyond transactional work and focus on savings, supplier relationships and wider university priorities.
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Making supplier risk visible: Risk management for modern universities
Understand how universities can identify, assess and manage supplier risk with a more structured, proactive approach.

Better value from every supplier deal
Guide spend to your best-performing suppliers and agreements.
When staff purchase outside agreed contracts, procurement loses visibility and negotiating power. By making approved routes easier to use, procurement teams can influence more purchasing decisions and help the university get greater value from the suppliers and agreements already in place.

More capacity for procurement
Reduce the admin burden holding procurement back
Manual processes, duplicated information and invoice queries can take time away from the work that creates greater value. Simplifying purchasing and reducing manual intervention gives procurement teams more capacity to focus on supplier relationships, strategic sourcing and opportunities to improve.

Real-time spend visibility
Turn purchasing data into procurement intelligence
Better visibility gives procurement teams more than a record of what has already been spent. It provides the intelligence needed to understand purchasing behaviour, identify trends and uncover opportunities to improve value, manage costs and influence future decisions.

Clear processes, stronger governance
Make oversight part of your day-to-day
With increasing scrutiny around value for money and evolving procurement requirements, leaders need confidence in how purchasing is happening across the university. Greater consistency and visibility make oversight part of the day-to-day, helping teams strengthen governance while remaining focused on wider strategic priorities.
A clear view of sustainability
Procurement decisions go beyond cost. Purchasing brings sustainability information directly into the buying process, giving teams a clearer view of environmental impact.
More time. More savings. More impact.
Resources built for HE procurement

Resource type: BlogResource sector: EducationPublished on 21/05/2026
How to choose the right purchasing software for your university
In this blog, we explore how universities can take a more structured and efficient approach to purchasing – reducing administrative effort, improving visibility of spend and meeting sustainability and compliance requirements.
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Resource type: Success StoryPublished on 07/06/2025
University of Exeter, unlocks significant value
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Resource type: WebinarResource sector: EducationPublished on 09/06/2026
The hidden cost of disconnection: How universities can reduce complexity and deliver more with confidence
University teams are no strangers to the challenges posed by fragmented, disconnected core systems. The result is all too familiar: manual processes, operational inefficiencies and growing cyber risk. In this session, we introduce IQ Education — a c...
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Resource type: WebinarResource sector: EducationPublished on 07/07/2026
Powering your Entire Organisation: Finance, Spend & Governance
Discover the latest innovations in our Summer Release for Finance, Spend and Governance, designed to help colleges and universities streamline operations and improve decision-making. In this webinar, we explore new capabilities across Finance, Purcha...
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