Project Progress - Project One

Workday HCM and Finance is Live at all UA System institutions as of July 2022. Implementation milestones for Workday Student have concluded. Hypercare for institutions continues through the end of December 2025 at which time the Project will come to a close.

Workday Student has been implemented over the course of three years in two cohorts:

Cohort 1 includes all two-year institutions, and Cohort 2 includes all four-year institutions plus the University of Arkansas Clinton School. Cohort 2a includes the UAMS programs of Medicine, PharmD, BSN, and PA. All other UAMS programs are in Cohort 2.

Latest Workday Student Updates

August 18, 2025Cohort 2 is live with all 5 Milestones

With the final milestone, Cohort 2 institutions are deploying historical account information and functionality for grades and transcripting in preparation for the first full academic year using Workday Student.

July 14, 2025Cohort 2 reaches another milestone

At Milestone 4, students can review Fall 2025 tuition and fees, make payments, and create payment plans through Workday.

April 14, 2025Cohort 2 has reached Milestone 3

Milestone 3 of Workday Student is live! All four-year institutions have opened course registration for Fall 2025 in Workday, and students are completing onboarding tasks. After extensive testing of real student ISIRs, campuses are preparing to start processing and packaging financial aid for the 2025-2026 year in Workday.

November 18, 2024Cohort 2 is live with Milestone 2

Workday’s curriculum management framework was deployed, allowing greater flexibility in academic calendar planning and course eligibility rules. With this development, Cohort 2 institutions are now creating the Fall 2025 course schedule in Workday. Also released in this milestone, matriculation of new students and financial aid functionality for Fall 2025.

August 26, 2024Cohort 1 is live with all 5 Milestones

Cohort 1 reached the final milestone, deploying functionality necessary for end of term processing, grading, and transcripts in Workday.

Workday has been implemented as an integrated, highly efficient Human Capital Management (HCM) and Finance system at all 21 UA System institutions. Learn more about the implementation of HCM and Finance (Workday Platform).