Dropbox Education
Build a secure, connected campus
Power student learning, faculty research, and staff operations on Dropbox Education’s secure cloud collaboration platform.
Manage users and safeguard institutional data
Visibility and control
Dropbox Education gives IT the administrative tools they need to easily manage users, monitor activity, and control sharing permissions.
Advanced security
Multi-layered protection helps you safeguard sensitive research IP and institutional data. Customize security by integrating with tools like Active Directory, Cloudlock, Shibboleth, InCommon, and Okta.
Trust and compliance
Dropbox supports the most widely accepted standards and regulations, including FERPA, COPPA, HIPAA, HITECH, ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, and ISO 22301. Dropbox Paper also supports HIPAA compliance.
Accelerate academic and research collaboration
With cross-device sync and file sharing across all operating systems—including Linux—researchers can securely collaborate on all file types, including Office 365, DCM, LaTeX, and more. Dropbox Enterprise continues to provide users as much storage space as they need.
Boost student learning and staff productivity
Foster faculty and student engagement. Dropbox connects with best-in-class learning management systems like Blackboard, Canvas, and Moodle, and communications tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack and Zoom.
Speed up agreement workflows
Admissions, human resources, and facilities staff can request, sign, and store important documents using with Dropbox Sign.
“Isn’t it funny how the simplest things can make dealing with the most complex thing that much easier?”
Tom Otis, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, University College London“The joint power of Dropbox and Blackboard has allowed us to significantly improve the collaboration process between faculty and students. These newly improved workflows are enhancing our efforts to move course curriculum from the computer to the classroom.”
Dr. Henry TorresCIO, Arkansas State University “I’ve been using Dropbox personally and professionally for a very long time,. It’s just the easiest and most efficient way to house living folders and documents that my colleagues, trainees and patients can access in real time.”
Dr. Christina HanAssociate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine“File requests have provided a very fast and simple way of collecting large amounts of data from my collaborators, who are located around the world. Using a file request removes any concerns I might have with file sizes or storage quotas, and enables me to get the data I need without much thought or coordination.”
Dr. Min ShinProfessor and Assistant Dean, Computer Science, UNC Charlotte“Dropbox provides an amazing balance of feature-rich usability and security. At Wharton, our mission is to create and share business knowledge; we leverage Dropbox to enable seamless collaboration between faculty and students both on and off campus while protecting their cutting-edge academic research and other sensitive data.”
Dan AligCIO, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania“We have a large faculty of researchers in fields like medicine who work with sensitive data and require higher levels of security. Because Dropbox is HIPAA compliant, these employees can be confident their information is secure and all in one place. That peace-of-mind means they can focus solely on the research.”
Lane BlanchardIT Director, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida“We deployed Dropbox Business to ensure that the University, its students, staff, research, and global partners can continue to learn, teach, and innovate truly world-class ideas securely without disruption.”
Caroline HargreavesIT Services, University of ManchesterFor additional information and FAQs on Dropbox Education
