Department Strategy

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

The Department of Software Engineering and Management Intelligent Technologies NTU “KhPI” is a prominent educational center in the field of training IT specialists. Among our advantages there are:

fundamental approach to training in the most promising field, that is information technology (convenient working conditions, high wages, constant growth of the labour market);

50 years of successful experience in training specialists in the field of automated systems and high-level information technologies;

100% employment rate of graduates in accordance with their specialty;

highly qualified teaching staff, consisting of lecturers who have real experience in IT companies (Telesens, NIX Solutions, Sigma, INSART, Interpak);

modern computer equipment (as well as the availability of educational and industrial facilities, where students acquire not only theoretical, but also practical skills, carrying out real projects);

– collaboration with prominent universities in Austria, Sweden, Slovakia which guarantees the exchange of students within the framework of educational programmes, getting double-diplomas as well as undergoing foreign traineeships and internships;

– participation of the department in international educational projects and grants (MASTIS, Erasmus) together with prominent European universities in Germany, France, Italy, the Baltic States, Sweden, Norway;

– graduates’ placement not only in leading IT companies of Kharkov and Ukraine (over 30 companies of various scales: EPAM, Telesens, NIX Solutions, Sigma and others), but also in IT enterprises of international level (Google, Siemens, Facebook, Yandex);

– specialty “software engineering” provides a group with training in English, which opens up to its graduates additional employment prospects in international companies with higher level of wages;

– for the first time in Ukraine, the system of dual education (theoretical training and paid trainee-ship synthesis) is implemented in the master’s degree curriculum of the SEMIT Department, which makes it possible to shorten the graduate’s adaptation period in the labour market for 2-3 years, acquire the official work experience required for further professional growth and during the period of training to earn up to $ 2.000 per month.

– the project training system was introduced in the Innovation Campus, which gives students the opportunity to develop practical skills in the chosen training track.

Choose the future – choose ІТ at the SEMIT Department!