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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                 SCHEDULE TO-I/A

            TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2

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                    SYSTEMS & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                    SYSTEMS & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                        (Name of Filing Person (Offeror))


           OPTIONS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    871873105
                      (CUSIP Number Of Class Of Securities)
                            (Underlying Common Stock)
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                              Richard A. Blumenthal
                                 General Counsel
                    Systems & Computer Technology Corporation
                          Great Valley Corporate Center
                               4 Country View Road
                           Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
                            Telephone: (610) 647-5930
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
        to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)
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                                 with a copy to:

                                Barry M. Abelson
                                Robert A. Friedel
                               Pepper Hamilton LLP
                              3000 Two Logan Square
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
                            Telephone: (215) 981-4000

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                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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             Transaction
             Valuation*                          Amount of Filing Fee**

             $13,205,231                              $1,068.30
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*   Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the filing
    fee, based upon the purchase of 3,040,271 options at the purchase price
    applicable to each option. The purchase price for each option is the amount
    by which $16.50 exceeds the exercise price of the option. This offer relates
    to the following options with the respective exercise prices set forth
    below: (i) 56,601 options at $6.75; (ii) 2,000 options at $6.955; (iii) 500
    options at $7.00; (iv) 50,000 options at $7.15; (v) 1,500 options at $7.37;
    (vi) 15,000 options at $8.125; (vii) 31,539 options at $8.625; (viii) 3,500
    options at $8.73; (ix) 44,667 options at $9.25; (x) 12,500 options at $9.65;
    (xi) 310,000 options at $9.6875; (xii) 14,000 options at $9.875; (xiii)
    30,934 options at $10.00; (xiv) 4,000 options at $10.125; (xv) 874,701
    options at $10.14; (xvi) 40,000 options at $10.73; (xvii) 7,000 options at
    $10.95; (xviii) 18,000 options at $11.00; (xix) 1,000 options at $11.24;
    (xx) 287,820 options at $11.25; (xxi) 253,850 options at $12.29; (xxii)
    196,350 options at $14.625; (xxiii) 2,000 options at $14.75; (xxiv) 12,500
    options at $15.19; (xxv) 3,000 options at $15.9375; and (xxvi) 767,309
    options at exercise prices greater than or equal to $16.50. The amount of
    the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $80.90 per $1,000,000 of the
    transaction valuation.

**  Previously Paid

[ ] CHECK THE BOX IF ANY PART OF THE FEE IS OFFSET AS PROVIDED BY RULE
    0-11(A)(2) AND IDENTIFY THE FILING WITH WHICH THE OFFSETTING FEE WAS
    PREVIOUSLY PAID. IDENTIFY THE PREVIOUS FILING BY REGISTRATION STATEMENT
    NUMBER, OR THE FORM OR SCHEDULE AND THE DATE OF ITS FILING.

Amount Previously Paid:    Not Applicable         Filing Party: Not Applicable
Form or Registration No.:  Not Applicable         Date Filed:   Not Applicable

[ ] CHECK THE BOX IF THE FILING RELATES SOLELY TO PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS
    MADE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF A TENDER OFFER.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
[ ] THIRD-PARTY TENDER OFFER SUBJECT TO RULE 14D-1.
[X] ISSUER TENDER OFFER SUBJECT TO RULE 13E-4.
[ ] GOING-PRIVATE TRANSACTION SUBJECT TO RULE 13E-3.
[ ] SCHEDULE 13D UNDER RULE 13D-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]
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         This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9,
2004, as previously amended, relating to our offer to the optionholders of
Systems & Computer Technology Corporation ("SCT") to tender options (whether
vested or unvested) that have not expired and are outstanding under the SCT's
1990 Employees' Stock Option Plan and 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, all as
amended to date ("Eligible Options"), in exchange for a cash payment, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, the
related cover letter, the Form of Election to Tender Eligible Options, and the
Form of Notice of Withdrawal, all dated January 9, 2004, as amended.

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and restated as follows:

         (a)     (1)  Offer to Purchase, dated January 9, 2004, as amended.

              ***(2)  Form of Election to Tender Eligible Options.

               **(3)  Form of letter to optionholders.

                 (4)  Form of Notice of Withdrawal.

                *(5)  Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (filed
                      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8,
                      2004, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

              ***(6)  Supplement, dated January 27, 2004, to Offer to Purchase,
                      dated January 9, 2004, as amended.

                 (7)  Supplement, dated February 4, 2004, to Offer to Purchase,
                      dated January 9, 2004, as amended.

              ***(8)  Form of notice to optionholders dated January 20, 2004.

              ***(9)  Form of notice to optionholders dated January 27, 2004.

                (10)  Form of notice to optionholders dated February 4, 2004.

         (b) Not applicable.

         (d) Not applicable.

                *(1)  Systems & Computer Technology Corporation 1990 Employees'
                      Stock Option Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
                      reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement filed with
                      the Securities and Exchange Commission by Systems &
                      Computer Technology Corporation and dated January 29,
                      1990).

                *(2)  Systems & Computer Technology Corporation 1994 Long-Term
                      Incentive Plan, as amended through November 14, 2000
                      (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form
                      S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
                      Systems & Computer Technology Corporation on December 4,
                      2003).

         (g) Not applicable.

         (h) Not applicable.

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  * Incorporated by reference.
 ** Previously filed on issuer's Schedule TO on January 9, 2004.
*** Previously filed on issuer's Schedule TO-I/A on January 28, 2004.




                                    SIGNATURE

                  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule
TO is true, complete and correct.

                            Systems & Computer Technology Corporation

                            /s/ Eric Haskell
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                            Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration;
                            Treasurer; and Chief Financial Officer


Date:  February 4, 2004