The Higher Education User Group (HEUG) is a global nonprofit organization whose mission is “to facilitate sharing of ideas, information and experiences among its members, and to provide a unified and effective voice to the Oracle Corporation on all issues involving the use of Oracle application software in the higher education industry." HEUG represents over 900 campuses and over 25,000 individuals from 29 countries on 6 continents, making it the largest independent industry-specific Oracle User Group in the world.
History
HEUG traces its origins to the grass roots efforts of several dedicated individuals at the handful of higher education institutions that were the early adopters, beta partners, and charter institutions for PeopleSoft’s Financials, Human Resources and Campus Solutions systems in the late 1990s. The organization was originally known as HESIG (Higher Education Special Interest Group) and held three conferences under that name in Dallas, Texas from 1998 to 2000. The HEUG was legally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2001.