Students

Experts and Teachers

IT Expert

Educational programs modernization at Lviv universities

About The project

To get a higher education that will prepare you to work at the IT sphere is a dream of every technical specialty student who wants to achieve professional success and rapidly build a career.

Assistance in providing such education is a goal of Lviv IT Cluster and its member companies.

The project which will modernize educational programs: IT Expert is one of the most important educational initiatives of the Cluster.

Involving IT practitioners in teaching courses at universities enables students to get the most relevant and practical knowledge required to work in the industry. As for the companies that are involved in the project, they get an opportunity to prepare highly qualified young professionals according to market needs.

Quality changes in education of the future employees drive quality changes in the future of the country

Project goals

Consulting services

Advisory assistance for university teachers in questions of educational content and changes in IT specialties courses, according to the modern requirements of IT industry

Introduction of real cases

Introduction of real cases and modern programming technologies that are used in IT industry into educational process of studying

Motivating students

Motivational lectures by CEO’s of IT companies

Good education is the key
in training highly qualified human capital

Realization and participation

To solve the problems, which Lviv IT Cluster sets, it provides comprehensive and deep interaction with the graduating departments of universities and teachers who teach IT profession disciplines, the ones which are the most important to provide a proper knowledge level of future IT specialists.

Partnership with higher education institutions

Cluster makes a proposition to conclude partnership agreements with the university on the terms that our community will provide:

Expert support
Addition of practical courses with learning methodologies and modern programming technologies tools.
Expert lectures
Expert lectures before and after the courses, with annual repetition.

Expert Participation
Attracting the leading expert (as a listener) in selected classes and examinations.
Practical tasks
Practical tasks pool (with details) for laboratory works, course works, bachelor and master’s thesis.

Work with teachers

At the same time, the teacher involved in IT teaching course has to be prepared to comply with these requirements:

Cooperation with the expert
Cooperation with the expert (consultant) from Lviv IT Cluster.
Modern practice
The introduction of modern practices and software tools during laboratory works.

Course modernization
Modernization of the course content
especially in terms of materials and examples.
Training
Passing the training in one IT Сluster members’ Training centers.

Study control

Quality Management of compliance with IT Cluster requirements on teaching students of IT specialties will be provided by IT Cluster.

Expert reviews
Students survey
Monitoring of education quality

Higher educational institutions and Lviv IT Cluster develop and offer necessary improvements in educational process.

Educational Programs

Universities together with Lviv IT Cluster develop and suggest changes in education

Educational programs – an example of how academics, IT professionals and Lviv IT Cluster cooperate. For a few months, the workgroup of experts works on improving programs, designing the curriculum. University expects to have more professional graduates, and the IT industry – more skilled employees. Graduates of the program – specialists with practical knowledge in IoT, internships at IT companies, professional English and the future in IT business.

Bachelor Program IoT@NULP

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Bachelor Program AI@NULP

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Bachelor program in Artificial Intelligence – a degree program that trains Artificial Intelligence specialists.

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Bachelor Program DS&IS@LNU

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The program consists of 4 directions that students can choose after the first year of studies: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, IoT, Intelligent Solutions, and Systems.

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Bachelor Programs DS@LNU and CS@LNU

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Bachelor programs in Data Science and Computer Science – partly modernized degree programs at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.

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Bachelor Program Robotics@NULP

Bachelor programs Robotics – trains robotics, industry 4.0 specialists.

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Bachelor Program BA&DS@NULP

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The program consists of 3 directions that students can choose after the second year of studies: Data Science (DS), Business Analysis (BA) and Business Intelligence (BI).

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Bachelor Program Cybersecurity@LNULS

Bachelor Cybersecurity Program – first modernized educational program at Lviv State University of Life Safety.

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Bachelor Program Cybersecurity@NULP

Bachelor Program CyberSecurity – students of cybersecurity@NULP will have an opportunity to get know about modern technologies, work with experienced mentors from IT companies on real case studies.

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Bachelor Program Cybersecurity@LNU

logo-cebersec-nulp-kopyya Cybersecurity@LNU – an educational program навчальна програма that trains high qualified specialists, who can use modern data protection methods.

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Bachelor Program Statistics and Data Science@LNU
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Statistics and Data Science@LNU graduates will be able to work as Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Finance Analyst in the state institutions and private companies.

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Bachelor Program Software Engineering@LNU

Software Engineering@LNU – the graduates of the program will combine an independent project execution with teamwork skills.

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New degree programs, initiated by Lviv IT Cluster, consist of three blocks. The fundamental one includes basic courses in Math and Programming. The second one – concentrates on more specialized courses. And the third one offers courses focused on communication – teamwork, presentation skills etc.

Lviv IT Cluster is grateful to all IT companies that contributed to launching and supported these programs: PLVision, N-iX, Ciklum, SoftServe, Eleks, Intellias, Conscensia, Cypress, Perfectial, KindGeek, Lohika, Vakoms, VectorSoftware, V.I.Tech, GlobalLogic, Sombra, Nravo, and Masteram.

For the best execution of our educational programs, Lviv IT Cluster is constantly looking for mentors, IT experts, consultants, and speakers. Come, join the project!

Zenoviy Veres

Education Director, Lviv IT Cluster

“Modernized programs in public universities are the first step in making our education correspond to the needs of the market. The ideology of studying is being changed: students are encouraged to create their own projects and experienced IT professionals become their advisors and mentors. The IT industry needs innovators – people with unconventional thinking, ready to take risks both in new and existing projects”.

LABS

In 2017 – 2019 Lviv IT Cluster with IT companies have been actively working on the construction of innovational student labs.

In 2018 the first IoT lab in Lviv Polytechnic was opened. The students of IoT educational program are now able to work in a 14 workplaces lab equipped with computers and instruments, required for development and construction of “smart devices”.

Companies which contributed financially the most to the construction of the lab and procurement of equipment are PLVision, SoftServe, Ciklum, and Cypress. Other sponsors are Eleks, Sombra, KindGeek, Vakoms, V.I.Tech, Lohika, GlobalLogic, Intellias, N-iX, Conscensia, Perfectial, Vector Software.

Details

In 2019 at the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Technologies of Ivan Franko National University th new and professional Data Science and Machine Learning lab was opened. It wouldn’t be possible without the financial contribution of Infopulse. Data Science & Machine Learning Lab allows students to work with Big Data. Infopulse Data Science & Machine Learning Lab has 15 workstations and a modern powerful server to conduct calculations. робочих станцій і сучасний надпотужний сервер для проведення обчислень. Here, students will be able to work on their own projects, attend lectures and workshops by IT experts.

Details

Besides, Lviv IT Cluster is working on 2 new labs in Ivan Franko National University and Lviv Polytechnic. That will be Smart Solutions & ІоТ and “Designing and construction of IoT” lab.

Conscensia, Sigma Software, PLVision LLC, SoftServe, Intellias, Perfectial, Vakoms, and N-iX have already contributed to new labs construction.

Khrystyna Martynyak

Project Coordinator

Do you have questions, suggestions or wish to contribute to the project? Please contact khrystyna.martynyak@itcluster.lviv.ua»

FAQ on the project

Why is there a need for quality change of the IT education in higher education institutions of Ukraine?

Colleges provide a lot of outdated and irrelevant information. College students usually have to attend IT courses or appropriate academies to obtain relevant knowledge and skills. So colleges provide basic knowledge, but it is definitely not enough for beginners, since IT sphere is constantly developing and students often learn programming languages, which are almost out of use in real life.
Which subjects will the project improve?

The list of subjects for the past and current year subjects is available on our website.
Who can participate?

All employees of the Cluster member-companies, which reside in Lviv. You can find out if your company is part of the Cluster here.