IASI County

IASICounty(Romania)IT andOutsourcingFact File

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIASI County:‣lies in North‐East of Romania, onthe EU Eastern border with theRepublic of Moldova‣ its surface covers 2.3% of thewhole country area‣ ranks second at national level bynumber of inhabitants.‣ unemployment rate – 7%, similarto country rate‣ number of students per year –55,557

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileThe technology, information andcommunication sectors are all experiencingchange, consolidation and expansion, atpresent being the most representative sector.Iasi County provides a range of professionalservices and expanded opportunities forcompanies in communication industries.Measurable added value:• evolving services and products• geared towards understanding today’scritical business issues• addressing emerging challenges toleverage tomorrow’s vast opportunities

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileAdvantages of Iasi County forinvestors in IT&C and outsourcing:great number of well‐educatedand skilled specialistsrenowned local universitiesexpertise in advancedtechnologiesgood knowledge of foreignlanguagesroad infrastructure and anexpanding international airportmodern office buildings andfacilities, internet access.

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Al. I. Cuza” University ‐ Faculty of Computer Sciencetrains top specialists capable of developing theinformational society in Romaniapromotes excellence in education and researchmore than 300 Bachelor degree and 130 Masterdegree graduates.40035030025020015010050BachelorMasterSpecializations:•Distributed Systems•Computational Linguistics•Computational Optimization•Software Systems EngineeringStudents are prepared to work as softwaredevelopers, system engineers, networkadministrators, system managers, etc. orcomputer science teachers02010 2011 2012

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Al. I. Cuza” UniversityFaculty of Economics and Business ManagementGreat number of students interested in accounting andinformation systemsRelevant specializations:•accounting and information systems•business information systems•cybernetics, statistics and informationsystems•statistics and economic forecasting

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Gh. Asachi” Technical UniversityFaculty of Automatic Control and Computer EngineeringMission: training highly proficient and competentspecialists in the fields of Computers and InformationTechnology and Systems Engineering.The faculty offers students an education that combinesrigorous academic study with stimulation of creativeactivities.12001000800600BachelorMasterCompetences in: structure and computersystem architecture, microprocessors basedsystems, programming languages, softwareapplication systems, artificial intelligence andexpert systems, control system engineering,high level driving systems, robots andautomated production systems, industrialautomation.400Doctoral20002010 2011 2012

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Gh. Asachi” Technical University ‐ Faculty of Electronics,Telecommunications and Information Technology• teaching staff: 150Number of bachelor, master and doctoral students12001000800600400200BachelorMasterDoctoralCompetences•Applied electronics•Microelectronics, optoelectronics and nanotechnologies•Technologies and telecommunication systems02010 2011 2012

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Gh. Asachi” Technical UniversityFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Energeticand Applied InformaticsInternational research and cooperationthree CNCSIS certified research centres andresearch laboratories.25020015010050BachelorMasterDoctoralfocused on national, European andinternational projects.cooperates with European universities.More than 200 Bachelor degree and 50 Masterdegree graduates every year.0Students Alumni Students2012‐2013 2013‐2014estimate

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact File“Grigore Moisil” Computer Studies High School‣proven proficiency at each study subject‣great number of awards for its pupils at schoolcontests and competitions‣high rate of those passing entrance exams atimportant universities both from our countryand abroad.‣many graduates work for prestigiouscompanies in North America, Western Europeand Japan.920900880860840No. of pupils2010 2011 2012PupilsGraduation implies obtaining a certificate ofprofessional competences of using thecomputer and average programming skills.During 2011‐2012 the high school had 904 pupilsand 47 teachers.

Office Buildings andFacilities for InvestorsIASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIasi has an office premises stock ofover 100,000 m2, of which at least70,000 m2 are of A/B + classstandard.New modern office buildings right inthe centre of the city increaseattractiveness for investors.Companies that create at least 200jobs and have a minimum 20% IT&Ccomponent in the investment plancan benefit from a state aid.The companies have to maintain theprovisioned number of jobs for 5years.

IT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityIASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileApproximately 4,000 employees in Iasi Countywork in IT&C companies, namely 2.3% of thetotal number of employees.Total turnover 2011 ‐ 100,338,297 EUR.CompaniesAt present (including August 2012 ) there is atotal of 734 companies in Iasi in this field ofactivity.Depending on the location of socialheadquarters:‐ in urban areas ‐ 670‐ in rural areas ‐ 64

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityStatistical data on number andpercentage of IT&C companies inIasi, compared to the total economicactivity, turnover, number ofemployees and gross investments, asprovided by the Direction ofStatistics Iasi.Among the most important companies that havesettled development and support centres in Iasi are:Endava, Continental Automotive, Ness Technology,Capgemini, Genpact, EBS Romania, AROBS, Centric,Bentley Sistem and Team Net.

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityThe most representative IT&Ccompanies, according to the 2011company top of the Chamber ofCommerce and Industry IasiSoftware Developers

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityThe most representative IT&Ccompanies, according to the 2011company top of the Chamber ofCommerce and Industry IasiIT Services

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityThe most representative IT&Ccompanies, according to the 2011company top of the Chamber ofCommerce and Industry IasiConsultancy

IASI CountyIT & OutsourcingFact FileIT &OutsourcingEconomic ActivityThe most representative IT&Ccompanies, according to the 2011company top of the Chamber ofCommerce and Industry IasiTelecommunications

IASICountyCouncilBd. Stefan cel Mare siSfant nr. 69Iaşi, cod 700075RomaniaTel.: +40 232 235100Fax: +40 232 210336www.icc.ro