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Information Technology
- creating future technology already today
More and more information technology experts are needed, as IT covers broadly areas in
both working and everyday life. Although the society is highly internationalised, the challenges
of information technology are also local and lasting. This is the case also in the Vaasa
region, where a strong and international concentration of energy industry offers interesting
job opportunities for IT experts.
The degree programme in Information Technology at VAMK University
of Applied Sciences prepares students for demanding IT work in the
industry and public sector. Since the field is developing rapidly, we
emphasise the ability to adapt to the transforming duties.
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.
A VAMK educated Bachelor of Engineering is able to develop and
create new products and applications for the needs of businesses.
The diverse specific areas include C, Java and TCP/IP applications,
mobile telephone systems, Internet programming as well as embedded
systems. Advanced professional studies emphasise internationalisation
and project work.
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!
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