Case Study - Empowering global access to medicine – from idea to degree
MedConnect is a full-service admissions and support platform helping students from the UK and abroad apply, relocate, and succeed in European medical and dental programs.
- Client
- MedConnect Europe
- Year
- Service
- Product Strategy, Software Development, Recruitment, Admin Tools, Legalisation / Translation Support, Ongoing Maintenance
MedConnect Europe helps aspiring medical and dental students across Africa access affordable, high-quality medical education in the UK and Europe.
When MedConnect partnered with us, their student onboarding process was heavily manual — from handling university applications and document verification to scheduling entrance exams and coordinating translations.
We delivered an end‑to‑end digital transformation: designing the product architecture, managing recruitment and onboarding of technical teams, and building the entire web platform using React for the frontend and Go (Golang) for the backend.
The result is a fast, secure, and modular web‑based system that manages everything from student applications to legalisation, translation, and admissions tracking — tested for scalability and user experience across web browsers (no mobile app required).
Our work reduced administrative overhead by 80%, improved task completion by 92%, and made it possible for MedConnect to support thousands of students through a single, cohesive platform.
- Product Strategy
- React (Web)
- Golang (API)
- Technical Recruitment
- Testing & QA
- DevOps & CI/CD
The Lyla Labs team didn’t just ship software—they helped us shape the MedConnect vision and bring it to life. From product planning to recruiting our dev team, they were with us every step of the way.
Founder, MedConnect
- Students supported to date
- 5,000+
- Faster onboarding after product launch
- 6x
- Task completion via student portal
- 92%
- Hours saved monthly on student support ops
- 120+