NMBU

A more user-friendly website for NMBU

Frontkom delivered a new website for NMBU – faster, more sustainable, and built with a modern Gutenberg page builder and integration with the Common Student System.

NMBU Tower Building

About the solution

In 2023, NMBU launched its new website – not only blazing fast, more sustainable, and visually refreshed, but also featuring improved search, leaner pages, and a more user-friendly experience.

Here you can explore programmes of study, search for courses, find student resources and activities, and discover the research taking place at NMBU.

What did we deliver?

  • Strategic advisory on technology, universal design, and UX
  • Management across all consultancy areas (insight, process management, development, design, testing, etc.)
  • Advisory on frameworks and systems
  • Technical development of the website with all necessary integrations and coordination of all third parties
  • Data and content migration
  • Advanced role and access management
  • Modern visual page builder in Gutenberg, saving more than half the time spent building content
  • Ongoing operations and support

Technical integrations

The Common Student System (FS) is used by almost all Norwegian universities and university colleges. Frontkom has developed an integration between the CMS and FS that automates the retrieval and presentation of information on study pages. The solution uses Sikt's API without XML and provides automatic synchronisation of study information.

In addition, Azure Authentication via SAML has been implemented for single sign-on – simple, secure, and user-friendly login using the same account as the rest of NMBU's systems.