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Three Hungarian universities to launch a new IT bachelor program
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According to Magyar Idők, the overall aim of the program is to train IT specialists more adequate to the needs of the market. As we already reported, there are tens of thousands of unfilled positions in the IT sector in Hungary. One of the reasons is that skilled workforce abandons the country. However, many do not even get a degree because of e.g. harsh maths requirements. Experts say that informatics education needs flexibility, less maths, and more English. Thus, starting such an IT bachelor program is reasonable.
Less maths, more practice
László Palkovics state secretary for higher education cleared on a press conference that the new, practice-based bachelor program will start
in Veszprém, Nagykanizsa (Pannon University) and Budapest (University of Technology and Economics).
He added that there will be less maths but more practice included in the program because that is what employers need. They would like to train IT specialists who can maintain and develop enterprise information systems. He said that the idea came from Nagykanizsa, Zala county, where Pannon University has a campus.
Palkovics added that unlike traditional BSc programs students will learn less theoretical and maths background. In fact, emphasis will be on practice and
students will be able to work for companies during their studies.
Furthermore, the dual study program can encourage secondary and vocational school students to continue their studies in informatics and gain marketable knowledge quick.
According to Palkovics, the new IT bachelor program is not designed to be a dead in higher education. Clearly, students can continue their studies provided they accomplish some additional modules.