Secure collaboration for education.
Element is a combined messenger and collaboration tool that provides end-to-end encrypted communication for education, universities, faculties and research.
Available in the cloud or on-premise.
Open network for collaboration between people and organisations
Unlimited rooms, connections, messaging, screen-sharing, voice and video
End-users empowered to make their own connections, internally and externally
Digital sovereignty to protect personal data and the organisation’s IP
End-to-end encryption by default, with cross-signed device verification
Open source and open standard for flexibility and freedom
Safe, inclusive communications for the University of Innsbruck.
Discover how one of Austria's largest universities uses Element and Matrix as a university-wide real time communications platform to support its vibrant learning culture.
Designed for inclusive communities.
Based on the open Matrix network, Element gives staff and students the freedom to connect and communicate with millions of people across thousands of organisations.
It’s ideal for people to create, manage and discover interest-based communities, without any admin and IT support.
Unite a multi-campus environment-
Ideal for research communities as well as student unions, clubs and societies
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Connect with like-minded faculties across multiple universities
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️Manage communities across the globe
Education trusts Matrix for secure collaboration and messaging.
Linköping University
Used for internal collaboration, with plans to connect with other universities on the Matrix network.
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Technische Universität Dresden
Launched at the end of 2018, the university-wide deployment provides secure collaboration, messaging and calls.
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Fachschaft
Element and Matrix is used by a cross-university council of computer science students across DACH.
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ETH Zurich
Introduced by the Physics department, its popularity has grown across multiple departments throughout the university.
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Secure collaboration and messaging.
Element is designed to protect users and their privacy. A faculty, university or research department can host its own messaging and collaboration on-premise to retain full ownership and control. Alternatively, Element is available as a fully-managed hosted solution that provides the same level of data ownership.
End-to-end encryption by default keeps users’ conversations and files safe, while cross-signed device verification using QR codes or emoji comparisons guards against imposters and attackers.
For larger deployments, single sign-on (SSO), antivirus and audit bots bring an extra layer of security and help ensure compliance.
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Unique opportunities for education.
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Feel the benefits of the Matrix open standard.
Collaborate with your extended ecosystem
Individuals
Individuals, for example a guest lecturer, can easily create their own free Element account using a public Matrix server. It is a completely cost-free way for a third party person to collaborate with a university, its staff and students.
Communities
Communities (large and small) and entire universities can opt for the fully managed Element Cloud solution. Fast, reliable performance with a custom branded domain and flexible interoperability. The advantages of self-hosting, but as a service.
Enterprise
Companies can easily adopt Element and Matrix to connect with universities. Likewise, Element-based universities can interoperate with internal and external collaborators.
Public sector
Regional or country-level deployments can be created, managed and hosted completely on-premise by an in-house team. Consultancy and support is available from Element. Hosted solutions are available from Element Matrix Services.
Built on Matrix
Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralised communication, connecting 80M+ users over 80K+ deployments.
