32 <strong>STU</strong> Faculty of Informatics and Information TechnologiesIn co-operation with GTEC Common Training and Consultation Centre (CTCC) offersvarious programmes. The main purpose of this centre is to offer technical training for thenon-academy sphere.The Week of the Faculty and Partner Companies CooperationWith the aim of improving cooperation with praxis the Faculty established a new form ofcooperation with partner companies. We organized one week serial of special lessonsprovided by our industry partners for our students. The first annual set of this activity wassuccessful especially thanks to the following companies and lessons themes:− HP Slovakia, Ltd.: IT management and administration− PosAm, Ltd.: Software Development Trends− Soitron, Ltd.: IT Trends of the year 2009− Softec, Ltd., Centaur, Ltd.: Information Technologies in Praxis− Cisco, Ltd., GTEC, Ltd., ELFA, Ltd.: Modern Network Technologies andTechnology PlatformsEducational CooperationIn the field of education and other activities the Faculty has been cooperating with importantSlovak companies for many years. Academy training programmes were developedthanks to the support of cooperation with Cisco Systems Slovakia Ltd., Soitron Ltd., SiemensEnterprise Communications Ltd., DITEC Ltd., DATALAN Ltd., ASSECO SlovakiaLtd., HP Slovakia Ltd, Goldstein Fuchs, Tempest Ltd.Some of above mentioned companies have directly co-operated in Faculty education.Other remarkable support the Faculty has obtained in cooperation with IBM Slovakia,Microsoft Slovakia, SIEMENS, GRATEX, ACCENTURE, Q-Products. Cooperation withthe above mentioned companies is based on special agreements.5.3 Mobility programmes<strong>FIIT</strong> <strong>STU</strong> is using the cooperation within the mobility programme LLP/Erasmus. In year2009, this programme was contracted with these European universities:− KaHo Sint-Lieven University, Gent, Belgium− Angel Kunchev University of Rousse, Bulgaria− Faculty of Information Technologies, Technical University in Brno, CzechRepublic− University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark− University of Aarhus, Denmark− Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia− Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland− EPITA, Graduate School of Computer Science and Advanced Technologies, Paris,France
Annual report 2009 33−−−−−−−−−−−−ISEP, Graduate school of Engineers in Computer Engineering, Electronics,Telecommunications and Network, Paris, FranceThe Nordakademie, Elmshorn, GermanyRuhr-University, Bochum, GermanyLeipzig University, GermanyWienna University of Technology, AustriaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor,SloveniaFaculty of Engineering, Mondragón University, SpainTechnical university of Madrid, SpainCatalunya Technical University, Barcelona, SpainUniversity of Alcalá, SpainVäxjo University, SwedenUniversity of Calabria, ItalyIn 2009, seven incoming Erasmus students have visited <strong>FIIT</strong> <strong>STU</strong>. In 2009, 14 students ofour faculty were approved for Erasmus-mobility abroad for various destinations, 6 studentswere hosted by our faculty and 6 teachers have visited France, Great Britain andBelgium.Besides the LLP/Erasmus agreements, a special agreement of cooperation is establishedwith the Institut Superieur d’Electronique de Paris (ISEP). Based on this agreement, studentsfrom ISEP were visiting <strong>FIIT</strong> <strong>STU</strong> for the training period of 1 month (July) to dotheir mandatory students’ internship. In summer 2009, we hosted 5 students from ISEP.Assoc. Prof. Pavel ČičákVice-Dean for Public RelationsJuraj Štefanovič, PhD.Socrates Erasmus Coordinator