Box for Education, Secure File Sharing and Content Management

Higher Education

One secure content layer for all campus content and any AI agent

Unlock the value of your institution’s content

Modern universities manage vast amounts of unstructured data, from admission files and transcripts to research datasets, which are often trapped in legacy silos. With a single, secure Intelligent Content Management platform, you can centralize content, automate critical workflows, and strengthen security with a Zero Trust Architecture. Eliminate redundant IT spending and accelerate student outcomes on a compliant platform trusted by leading institutions.

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Work securely across your campus

Protect sensitive student records, donor profiles, and high-impact research data. Safely coordinate inter-institutional research and streamline campus operations on a single platform. Box supports secure e-signature authentication, phishing-resistant MFA, FedRAMP Class D (High), and FERPA compliance, ensuring secure collaboration with external researchers and donors.

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Turn unstructured data into campus insights

Automatically extract metadata, classify documents, and summarize complex files where they live. Box AI turns dense academic records, research findings, and vendor contracts into searchable, actionable insights, allowing you to eliminate administrative backlogs, accelerate decision-making, and safely leverage AI within a secure compliance boundary.

Safely leverage AI for campus content insights

Automate file-heavy intake workflows

Replace manual, paper-based processes with intelligent digital workflows. Automate everything from transcript submission to folder creation, reviews, and real-time alerts. Build no-code dashboards for tracking using simple drag-and-drop tools, and cut processing times from days to minutes.

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Sign sensitive documents inside Box

Sign, send, and organize university documents with unlimited, built-in e-signatures. Streamline paper-heavy administrative processes and eliminate expensive third party signature tools.

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Surface answers for students and staff

Organize information into secure, customizable portals. Easily share files across departments, and leverage Box AI to extract instant answers and insights from thousands of documents in seconds.

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A single content layer for your campus

Access files in Microsoft 365, manage records in your CRM, and connect content to workflows in Workday. Box integrates with 1,500+ applications while respecting underlying security and permissions.

Secure campus and research data with certainty

Protect sensitive student, staff and faculty data, PII, and research findings with FERPA, HIPAA, and FedRAMP Class D (High) compliance. Align with institutional records requirements with built-in compliance controls.

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The golden rule of data — treat your information that you’re interacting with at work every day like you would your own personal data.

Jon Allen, Baylor University CIO / CISO

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AI is everyone’s job in IT, and everyone needs to be upskilled. You need an amazing infrastructure team, an amazing architecture team, and a great cybersecurity team. All those pieces need to come together.

Mike Pfeffer, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Healthcare and Stanford School of Medicine

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“[Box has] done an admirable job of dealing with our very particular demands on compliance… HIPAA-compliant storage was essential for us.”

Kemal Badur, Chief Technology Officer at the University of Chicago

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