Mobile Applications in Educational Institutions

The proliferation of mobile devices in our daily life has resulted in a technological and cultural shift in the society. Availability of information via this medium is profoundly altering the way we perform our activities, like, searching, shopping, government interaction, education etc. Educational institutions across the globe have started providing mobile applications (apps) to become easily accessible to their stakeholders -- students, teachers, etc. In this paper, we discuss the mobile apps provided by the different education institutions. We have performed a study of top universities based on Times Higher Education World University Rankings Report 2013-14. The paper focuses on penetration of the mobile apps, the kind of mobile apps supported by the institutions (native apps/mobile web), and the functionality provided by them.