Answers
Frequently asked questions
Who can claim an institution?
Any office bearer of the institution or its alumni association, or a volunteer authorised in writing. You submit a claim with proof — an official letter, an institutional email domain, or an association resolution — and the platform team reviews it before granting owner rights.
What if my institution is not listed yet?
Add it in seconds from Institutions → Add institution, or ask a platform admin to bulk-import a registry file. New listings start as unclaimed stubs so nobody gets exclusive rights by simply typing a name.
How do alumni get verified?
Alumni request to join with batch, course and role details. Admins approve or reject from the manage desk. Admins can also invite alumni in bulk — each invitee gets a secure one-time link that pre-verifies them.
Whose email address sends invitations?
The institution's. Each tenant registers its own sender name, address and domain, so blasts go out under the institution's identity and reputation — never a shared platform address.
How are donations and store payments handled?
Each institution links its own payment account. Money flows directly to the institution; the platform records the transaction, updates campaign totals and order status via signed webhooks, and gives admins a reconciliation view.
What does the SaaS subscription cover?
A tenant subscription by institution size — school, college or university tier — covering member capacity, admin seats, email volume, store, campaigns and gallery storage. Billing is per institution, annually or monthly.
Who owns the alumni data?
The institution does. Data is collected for the institution admin's purposes; we maintain, secure and process it as their platform provider and never sell or reuse it across tenants.
Can one person belong to several institutions?
Yes — that is the point. One login, one profile, and every school, college and university you belong to appears in My Universe with its own branding.
Is it a mobile app?
It is a PWA. Install it from the browser on Android or iOS and it behaves like a native app with themed icons and a full-screen shell.