Hakijan opas 2013 (pdf) - Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu

Studying in a foreign language in your home
country calls for courage and an open mind,
but it can turn out to be the most profitable investment
you make for your future career. The
degree programme in Information Technology
gives the students a good readiness to work in
multicultural work communities abroad as
well as in international companies operating in
Finland. Foreign degree and exchange
students are studying in the same groups. Students
are, thus, introduced to foreign cultures
and their language skills which are regarded
highly by employers are improved as well.
The Robot Soccer Team:
Friends, Practice and
Language Skills
One of the fascinating specialisations in
Information Technology is the robot soccer
project, which brings together specialities
like mathematics, programming, electronics,
telecommunications and mechanics under one
continuous project.
A practically-orientated and challenging project
prepares the students for an easy shift into
working-life and making careers with an eye on
contacts to local large-scale industrial
enterprises and software houses. By familiarising
oneself with real software, telecommunications
and electronics challenges of the
enterprises, the student gets a realistic idea of
industrial product development and the latest
trends of the field. Open Source technologies
and the Linux environment are particularly
utilised in studying systematic design processes
and project management. Projects also
acquaint future IT-engineers with cooperative
skills and working in a multicultural environment.
The goal of the international robot soccer
community is to have robots play against a
human team in 2050 – VAMK has taken up the
challenge!
VAMK is working-life
oriented
Luis Alvarez Iglesias began
his studies in the degree
programme in Information
Technology in 2011. He
moved to Vaasa from
Spain and wanted
to find a study place
where he can both
study and work at the
same time.
Your motives to choose
VAMK? When I moved to
Finland my goal was to study
for a better future. I needed a
university that offers degrees taught in
English and so I did not have many options.
VAMK not only offers the possibility to study in
English, it is also working-life orientated and I
considered that very important. VAMK students
are ready to start a professional career without
the embarrassing experience of making rookie
errors due to ignorance. In VAMK, I think everything
has a meaning.
Your experiences of practical training? As a
first year student I still haven’t done my practical
training but my friends tell me that practical
training is a very important step where they
have learnt to apply their knowledge. I have
also heard that many people get permanently
employed into their practical training place.
I’m very much looking forward to my practical
training period.
Your opinion of the degree programme? It
is fantastic how most of the teachers get really
involved in our development. The lectures
are often given in such small groups that the
students can participate actively.
What is best in Vaasa? Vaasa is a friendly and
cosmopolitan place, something that I really
like in a city. But the best thing about Vaasa
is that when the spring comes it gets green
everywhere. I really love the summer
in here. Taking walks in the forest,
long bike rides or spending
time with friends sitting on a
terrace where it gets warm
but not too hot.
The best memories of
the studies? My studies
at VAMK have been like a
second chance into having
a promising working life. Besides
this, my class-mates, my
new friends from many different
countries are something that I enjoy
every day.
Your plans for the future? Continue my
studies at VAMK. My goal in studies is related
to automotive industry. The growing implementation
of embedded systems that can
still be improved in many ways makes this an
attractive field for me. A dream of mine would
be my own company as a partner of one of the
automotive clusters around the world. I would
like to improve the interactivity of a car with the
users in a safe way.
ICT, software
engineering and
embedded systems design
for energy industry
You have an opportunity to apply for IT related
tasks in working life, such as design, programming,
marketing and maintenance, independent
entrepreneurship and international tasks at export
companies. Your future career may involve professional
tasks of a product development engineer,
project manager, IT specialist, programmer, electronics
design engineer, telecommunication design
engineer or a sales engineer.
Basic and Professional Studies Introduction to
Engineering Studies, Electronics I and II, Basic
of ICT Skills, Telecommunication and Electronics,
Professional ICT Skills, Economy, Energy
Technology.
Advanced Professional Studies
Embedded Systems Product development in engineering
and programming for electronic devices.
Connecting electronic devices to data networks.
Software Engineering Applying state of the art
designing and programming methods for development
of information systems.
INFORMATION TECHNOGOLY
240 ECTS
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
Optional Studies
Practical Training 30 ects (5 months)
Thesis
Selection Criteria Upper secondary education or
a Minimum of three years of vocational education,
good command of English and entrance examination.
Online application at www.admissions.fi
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Application Period 7.1. – 12.2.2013
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