Ladok vs Workday Student
Last updated October 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Workday Student? Here's how Ladok compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: Ladok. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
Swedish national student administration system for higher education
Cloud-based student information system for higher education institutions.
Headquarters
🇸🇪 SE
🇺🇸 US · 2005
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
Available on some plansEU data residency is available via EU Sovereign Cloud or contract-specified region, but not default for all customers.
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
Yes
Certifications
Edu-API (1EdTech), GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct, SWAMID AL2/AL3
ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
Price from
No
No
Free plan
No
No
Open Source
No
No
Integrations
CSN (Central Study Support Board), UHR (Swedish Council for Higher Education), SCB (Statistics Sweden), Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Agency), Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) +10
Workday Financial Management, Workday HCM, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Grants Management
Where each one wins
Ladok
Workday Student
Strengths
- +End-to-end higher-education SIS
- +Mobile self-service for students
- +AI-driven administrative support
Limitations
- −No public pricing transparency
- −Export formats not specified for Workday Student
- −Regional hosting depends on contract terms
Data residency & compliance
Ladok
Workday Student
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
Available on some plansEU data residency is available via EU Sovereign Cloud or contract-specified region, but not default for all customers.
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
EU-US Data Privacy Framework
Certifications
Edu-API (1EdTech), GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct, SWAMID AL2/AL3
ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
Features
Ladok
- Educational Planning & Curriculum Management
- Design and maintain course syllabi and education plans, Course packaging structures (kurspaketering), Manage course offerings and structural prerequisites, Support for preparatory, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels
- Study Participation & Student Administration
- Course and program enrollment, Student registration and group management, Tuition fee invoicing and tracking for fee-paying students, Exchange studies administration
- Grading, Assessment & Credit Transfers
- Reporting and certifying exam and course results, Processing credit transfer applications and decisions
- Degree Certification & Verification
- Degree application workflows, Issuing and certifying digital degrees and certificates, Public verification of degrees and transcripts
- Doctoral Studies Administration
- Supervisor assignment, Individual study plans, Tracking study activity and funding sources
Workday Student
- Recruitment and Admissions
- Student recruiting, Admissions management, Application processing
- Academics and Curriculum
- Curriculum management, Academic advising, Course registration
- Student Records and Financials
- Student records management, Enrollment tracking, Tuition and financial aid management
- Student Experience
- Mobile self-service, Grade viewing, Advising appointment requests
- Administrative Support
- AI-driven recommendations, Data-entry validation, Outlier flagging