Informatics and computer engineering are all about the specialty. What is taught in the specialties "Informatics and Computer Engineering" and "Information Systems and Technologies"? How do they differ from each other

In our rapidly changing modern age, computer science and computer technology have become not just the norm of life, but have become our life. Already the quality of human existence begins to depend on how successfully people understand them. If a person knows how to handle computer technology on "you", then he lives in the rhythm of the times and he will always be successful.

The very word "informatics" in almost all languages ​​​​of the world means a science that is associated with computer technology or computers. Speaking specifically, this term has the following definition: this is the name of science, which has as its main task the study of various methods of obtaining, storing, accumulating, transmitting, transforming, and also using information.

Applied informatics includes its use in society, software, the fight against computer viruses and the information society. Informatics and computer technology are used in modern life in several main areas:

Development of computing systems and necessary software;

Information theory, which studies all related processes;

Artificial intelligence methods;

System analysis;

Methods of machine animation and graphics;

Telecommunication means, which include global ones;

A variety of applications that cover almost all aspects of human activity.

Undoubtedly, the developing technological progress has an important impact on our lives and constantly presents humanity with new opportunities for obtaining, collecting and storing information.

I study at the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering at the Department of Automated Information Processing and Control Systems at KPI, Kiev Polytechnic Institute, and Information Systems and Technologies are my path.
Actually, an excerpt from the description on the site, so as not to pull the cat by the tail:

Undergraduate Curriculum

1. Programming cycle

Algorithmization and programming. Algorithms and data structures. Object - oriented programming. Object - oriented modeling. WEB - technologies and WEB-design. Organization of databases and knowledge. Computer graphics. Computer technologies of statistical information processing. Cross-platform programming. Technology for creating software products. OS. Fundamentals of WEB-design.

2. Math loop

Analytic geometry and linear algebra. Higher Mathematics. Elements of the theory of functions of a complex variable and operational calculus. Discrete Math. Probability theory, probabilistic processes and mathematical statistics. Mathematical methods of research of operations. Theory of algorithms. Numerical methods. Theory of decision making. Statistical methods, theory of event flows.

3. System-technical cycle

System analysis. Systems Modeling. Technologies of distributed systems and parallel computing. Information security technologies. Design of information systems. Technologies of computer design. Data mining. Methods and systems of artificial intelligence. IT project management. Physics. Electronics and electrical engineering. Computer circuitry and computer architecture. Computer networks. Microprocessor systems.

Areas of activity

Our graduates are specialists of a wide profile. The objects of their specialization are in various areas of human activity - in the areas

• industry
• medicine
• finance
• transport
• trade
• business

Our graduates are able to solve a variety of problems: from accounting automation to the development of computer networks and intelligent decision-making systems. As system analysts, they deeply understand the essence of the complex processes of interaction between various areas of industrial, humanitarian and business activities, which gives them advantages for successful competition in the labor market.

Graduates work wherever software and various information (system) technologies are developed, implemented, adapted or operated, in particular, as:

• system analysts,
• project managers,
• data scientists,
• implementation and reengineering consultants,
• database administrators,
• application programmers,
• maintenance engineers,
• the like.

Approved

by order of the Ministry of Education

and sciences of the Russian Federation

1.1. This federal state educational standard of higher education (hereinafter referred to as FSES HE) is a set of mandatory requirements for the implementation of basic professional educational programs of higher education - undergraduate programs in the field of study 09.03.01 Informatics and computer technology (hereinafter, respectively - the bachelor's program, field of study).

1.2. Obtaining education under the undergraduate program is allowed only in an educational organization of higher education (hereinafter referred to as the Organization).

1.3. Education under the undergraduate program in the Organization can be carried out in full-time, part-time and part-time forms.

1.4. The content of higher education in the field of study is determined by the undergraduate program developed and approved by the Organization independently. When developing a bachelor's program, the Organization forms requirements for the results of its development in the form of universal, general professional and professional competencies of graduates (hereinafter collectively referred to as competencies).

The organization develops a bachelor's program in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, taking into account the corresponding exemplary basic educational program included in the register of exemplary basic educational programs (hereinafter referred to as POEP).

1.5. When implementing the undergraduate program, the Organization has the right to use e-learning, distance learning technologies.

E-learning, distance learning technologies used in the training of people with disabilities and people with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as people with disabilities and people with disabilities) should provide for the possibility of receiving and transmitting information in forms accessible to them.

The implementation of the undergraduate program using exclusively e-learning, distance learning technologies is not allowed.

1.6. The implementation of the undergraduate program is carried out by the Organization both independently and through a network form.

1.7. The bachelor's program is implemented in the state language of the Russian Federation, unless otherwise specified by the local regulatory act of the Organization.

1.8. The term for obtaining education under the bachelor's program (regardless of the educational technologies used):

in full-time education, including vacations provided after passing the state final certification, is 4 years;

in part-time or extramural forms of education increases by at least 6 months and not more than 1 year compared to the period of obtaining education in full-time education;

when studying according to an individual curriculum for disabled people and persons with disabilities, it can be increased at their request by no more than 1 year compared to the period of education established for the corresponding form of education.

1.9. The volume of the bachelor's program is 240 credit units (hereinafter referred to as credits), regardless of the form of study, the educational technologies used, the implementation of the bachelor's program using the network form, the implementation of the bachelor's program according to the individual curriculum.

The volume of the undergraduate program implemented in one academic year is no more than 70 CU. regardless of the form of study, the educational technologies used, the implementation of the bachelor's program using the network form, the implementation of the bachelor's program according to an individual curriculum (with the exception of accelerated learning), and with accelerated learning - no more than 80 z.u.

1.10. The organization independently determines within the terms and volumes established by paragraphs 1.8 and 1.9 of the Federal State Educational Standard of HE:

the term for obtaining education under the bachelor's program in part-time or part-time forms of study, as well as according to an individual curriculum, including with accelerated learning;

the volume of the undergraduate program implemented in one academic year.

1.11. Areas of professional activity and areas of professional activity in which graduates who have mastered the undergraduate program (hereinafter referred to as graduates) can carry out professional activities:

06 Communication, information and communication technologies (in the field of design, development, implementation and operation of computer equipment and information systems, management of their life cycle);

40 Cross-cutting types of professional activity in industry (in the field of organizing and conducting research and development work in the field of informatics and computer technology).

Graduates can carry out professional activities in other areas of professional activity and (or) areas of professional activity, provided that their level of education and acquired competencies meet the requirements for the qualification of an employee.

1.12. Within the framework of mastering the undergraduate program, graduates can prepare for solving the following types of professional tasks:

research;

production and technological;

organizational and managerial;

design.

1.13. When developing a bachelor's program, the Organization establishes the direction (profile) of the bachelor's program, which corresponds to the direction of training in general or specifies the content of the bachelor's program within the framework of the direction of training by focusing it on:

area(s) and area(s) of professional activity of graduates;

type (types) of tasks and tasks of professional activity of graduates;

if necessary - to the objects of professional activity of graduates or area (areas) of knowledge.

1.14. A bachelor's program containing information constituting a state secret is developed and implemented in compliance with the requirements stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts in the field of protecting state secrets.

2.1. The structure of the undergraduate program includes the following blocks:

Block 1 "Disciplines (modules)";

Block 2 "Practice";

Block 3 "State final certification".

2.2. The undergraduate program should ensure the implementation of disciplines (modules) in philosophy, history (history of Russia, general history), foreign language, life safety within Block 1 "Disciplines (modules)".

2.3. The undergraduate program should ensure the implementation of disciplines (modules) in physical culture and sports:

in the amount of at least 2 credits. within the framework of Block 1 "Disciplines (modules)";

in the amount of at least 328 academic hours, which are mandatory for mastering, are not converted into s.u. and are not included in the volume of the undergraduate program, within the framework of elective disciplines (modules) in full-time education.

Disciplines (modules) in physical culture and sports are implemented in the manner prescribed by the Organization. For people with disabilities and persons with disabilities, the Organization establishes a special procedure for mastering disciplines (modules) in physical culture and sports, taking into account their state of health.

2.4. Block 2 "Practice" includes educational and industrial practices (hereinafter together - practices).

Types of educational practice:

introductory practice;

operational practice;

research work (obtaining primary skills of research work).

Types of work experience:

technological (design and technological) practice;

operational practice;

research work.

2.6. Organization:

selects one or more types of training and one or more types of work practice from the list specified in clause 2.4 of the Federal State Educational Standard of HE;

has the right to establish an additional type (types) of educational and (or) production practices;

establishes the scope of practices of each type.

2.7. Block 3 "State final certification" includes:

preparation for passing and passing the state exam (if the Organization has included the state exam in the state final certification);

performance and defense of the final qualifying work.

2.8. When developing a bachelor's program, students are provided with the opportunity to master elective disciplines (modules) and optional disciplines (modules).

Optional disciplines (modules) are not included in the volume of the undergraduate program.

2.9. Within the framework of the undergraduate program, a mandatory part and a part formed by participants in educational relations are distinguished.

The mandatory part of the bachelor's program includes disciplines (modules) and practices that ensure the formation of general professional competencies, as well as professional competencies established by the PEP as mandatory (if any).

The mandatory part of the undergraduate program includes, among other things:

disciplines (modules) specified in clause 2.2 of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education;

disciplines (modules) in physical culture and sports, implemented within the framework of Block 1 "Disciplines (modules)".

Disciplines (modules) and practices that ensure the formation of universal competencies can be included in the mandatory part of the undergraduate program and in the part formed by participants in educational relations.

The volume of the compulsory part, excluding the volume of the state final certification, must be at least 40 percent of the total volume of the undergraduate program.

2.10. The organization should provide disabled people and persons with disabilities (at their request) with the opportunity to study under the bachelor's program, taking into account the peculiarities of their psychophysical development, individual capabilities and, if necessary, ensuring the correction of developmental disorders and social adaptation of these persons.

2.11. The implementation of part (parts) of the educational program and the state final certification, within the framework of which (which) information of limited access is brought to students and (or) secret samples of weapons, military equipment, their components are used for educational purposes, is not allowed with the use of e-learning, distance educational technologies.

3.1. As a result of mastering the bachelor's program, the graduate should have formed the competencies established by the bachelor's program.

3.2. The undergraduate program should establish the following universal competencies:

3.3. The undergraduate program should establish the following general professional competencies:

OPK-1. Able to apply natural science and general engineering knowledge, methods of mathematical analysis and modeling, theoretical and experimental research in professional activities;

OPK-2. Able to use modern information technologies and software, including domestic production, in solving problems of professional activity;

OPK-3. Able to solve standard tasks of professional activity on the basis of information and bibliographic culture using information and communication technologies and taking into account the basic requirements of information security;

OPK-4. Able to participate in the development of standards, norms and rules, as well as technical documentation related to professional activities;

OPK-5. Able to install software and hardware for information and automated systems;

OPK-6. Able to develop business plans and technical specifications for equipping departments, laboratories, offices with computer and network equipment;

OPK-7. Able to participate in the configuration and adjustment of software and hardware systems;

OPK-8. Able to develop algorithms and programs suitable for practical application;

OPK-9. Able to master the methods of using software to solve practical problems.

3.4. Professional competencies established by the undergraduate program are formed on the basis of professional standards corresponding to the professional activities of graduates (if any), and also, if necessary, on the basis of an analysis of the requirements for professional competencies imposed on graduates in the labor market, generalization of domestic and foreign experience, conducting consultations with leading employers, associations of employers in the industry in which graduates are in demand, other sources (hereinafter referred to as other requirements for graduates).

3.5. When determining the professional competencies established by the undergraduate program, the Organization:

includes all required professional competencies (if any) in the undergraduate program;

includes one or more professional competencies independently determined, based on the direction (profile) of the undergraduate program, on the basis of professional standards corresponding to the professional activities of graduates (if any), and also, if necessary, on the basis of an analysis of other requirements for graduates (the Organization has the right do not include self-determined professional competencies in the presence of mandatory professional competencies, as well as in the case of inclusion of recommended professional competencies in the undergraduate program).

When determining professional competencies based on professional standards, the Organization selects professional standards that correspond to the professional activities of graduates, from among those specified in the annex to the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education and (or) other professional standards that correspond to the professional activities of graduates, from the register of professional standards (list of types of professional activities) posted on the specialized website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation "Professional standards" (http://profstandart.rosmintrud.ru) (if there are relevant professional standards).

From each selected professional standard, the Organization allocates one or more generalized labor functions (hereinafter referred to as GTF) corresponding to the professional activities of graduates, based on the qualification level established by the professional standard for PTF and the requirements of the section "Education and Training Requirements". HTF can be allocated in whole or in part.

3.6. The totality of competencies established by the undergraduate program should provide the graduate with the ability to carry out professional activities in at least one area of ​​professional activity and the field of professional activity established in accordance with clause 1.11 of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, and to solve problems of professional activity of at least one type established in in accordance with paragraph 1.12 of the Federal State Educational Standard.

3.7. The organization establishes indicators for the achievement of competencies in the undergraduate program:

universal, general professional and, if available, mandatory professional competencies - in accordance with the indicators of achievement of competencies established by the PEP;

3.8. The organization independently plans the learning outcomes in disciplines (modules) and practices, which must be correlated with the indicators of achievement of competencies established in the undergraduate program.

The set of planned learning outcomes in disciplines (modules) and practices should ensure the formation of all the competencies established by the bachelor's program in the graduate.

4.1. Requirements for the conditions for the implementation of the bachelor's program include system-wide requirements, requirements for material and technical and educational and methodological support, requirements for personnel and financial conditions for the implementation of the bachelor's program, as well as requirements for the applied mechanisms for assessing the quality of educational activities and preparing students for the bachelor's program.

4.2.1. The organization must have on the right of ownership or other legal basis the material and technical support of educational activities (premises and equipment) for the implementation of the undergraduate program in Block 1 "Disciplines (modules)" and Block 3 "State final certification" in accordance with the curriculum.

4.2.2. Each student during the entire period of study must be provided with individual unlimited access to the electronic information and educational environment of the Organization from any point where there is access to the information and telecommunication network "Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the "Internet"), both on the territory of the Organization, as well as outside of it. The conditions for the functioning of the electronic information and educational environment can be created using the resources of other organizations.

The electronic information and educational environment of the Organization should provide:

access to curricula, work programs of disciplines (modules), practices, electronic educational publications and electronic educational resources specified in the work programs of disciplines (modules), practices;

the formation of an electronic portfolio of the student, including the preservation of his works and marks for these works.

In the case of the implementation of the undergraduate program using e-learning, distance learning technologies, the electronic information and educational environment of the Organization must additionally provide:

fixing the course of the educational process, the results of intermediate certification and the results of mastering the undergraduate program;

conducting training sessions, procedures for assessing learning outcomes, the implementation of which is provided for using e-learning, distance learning technologies;

interaction between participants in the educational process, including synchronous and (or) asynchronous interaction via the Internet.

The functioning of the electronic information and educational environment is ensured by appropriate means of information and communication technologies and the qualifications of employees using and supporting it. The functioning of the electronic information and educational environment must comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4.2.3. When implementing a bachelor's program in a network form, the requirements for the implementation of a bachelor's program must be provided by a set of resources for material, technical and educational support provided by organizations participating in the implementation of a bachelor's program in a network form.

4.3.1. The premises should be classrooms for conducting training sessions provided for by the undergraduate program, equipped with equipment and teaching aids, the composition of which is determined in the work programs of disciplines (modules).

Premises for independent work of students should be equipped with computers with the ability to connect to the Internet and provide access to the electronic information and educational environment of the Organization.

It is allowed to replace the equipment with its virtual analogues.

4.3.2. The organization must be provided with the necessary set of licensed and freely distributed software, including domestic production (the composition is determined in the work programs of disciplines (modules) and is subject to update if necessary).

4.3.3. When using printed publications in the educational process, the library fund must be completed with printed publications at the rate of at least 0.25 copies of each of the publications indicated in the work programs of disciplines (modules), practices, per one student from among persons simultaneously mastering the relevant discipline (module ) undergoing relevant practice.

4.3.4. Students should be provided with access (remote access), including in the case of using e-learning, distance learning technologies, to modern professional databases and information reference systems, the composition of which is determined in the work programs of disciplines (modules) and is subject to updating (if necessary) .

4.3.5. Students from among the disabled and persons with disabilities should be provided with printed and (or) electronic educational resources in forms adapted to the limitations of their health.

4.4.1. The implementation of the undergraduate program is provided by the teaching staff of the Organization, as well as persons involved by the Organization in the implementation of the undergraduate program on other terms.

4.4.2. The qualifications of the teaching staff of the Organization must meet the qualification requirements specified in the qualification reference books and (or) professional standards (if any).

4.4.3. At least 60 percent of the number of teaching staff of the Organization participating in the implementation of the bachelor's program, and persons involved by the Organization in the implementation of the bachelor's program on other conditions (based on the number of positions to be replaced, reduced to integer values), must conduct scientific, educational and methodological and (or ) practical work corresponding to the profile of the taught discipline (module).

4.4.4. At least 5 percent of the number of teaching staff of the Organization participating in the implementation of the bachelor's program, and persons involved by the Organization in the implementation of the bachelor's program on other conditions (based on the number of positions to be replaced, reduced to integer values), must be managers and (or) employees of other organizations who carry out labor activities in a professional field corresponding to the professional activity for which graduates are preparing (to have at least 3 years of work experience in this professional field).

4.4.5. At least 50 percent of the number of teaching staff of the Organization and persons involved in the educational activities of the Organization on other conditions (based on the number of replacement positions reduced to integer values) must have an academic degree (including a scientific degree obtained in a foreign country and recognized in Russian Federation) and (or) an academic title (including an academic title obtained in a foreign state and recognized in the Russian Federation).

4.5.1. Financial support for the implementation of the bachelor's program should be carried out in an amount not lower than the values ​​of the basic cost standards for the provision of public services for the implementation of educational programs of higher education - bachelor's programs and the values ​​of adjusting coefficients to the basic cost standards determined by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

4.6.1. The quality of educational activities and training of students in the undergraduate program is determined within the framework of the internal evaluation system, as well as the external evaluation system, in which the Organization participates on a voluntary basis.

4.6.2. In order to improve the undergraduate program, the Organization, when conducting a regular internal assessment of the quality of educational activities and training students in the undergraduate program, involves employers and (or) their associations, other legal entities and (or) individuals, including the teaching staff of the Organization.

Within the framework of the internal system for assessing the quality of educational activities in the undergraduate program, students are given the opportunity to evaluate the conditions, content, organization and quality of the educational process as a whole and individual disciplines (modules) and practices.

4.6.3. An external assessment of the quality of educational activities in the undergraduate program as part of the state accreditation procedure is carried out in order to confirm the compliance of educational activities in the undergraduate program with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, taking into account the relevant PEP.

4.6.4. External assessment of the quality of educational activities and training of students in the undergraduate program can be carried out within the framework of professional and public accreditation conducted by employers, their associations, as well as organizations authorized by them, including foreign organizations, or authorized national professional and public organizations that are part of international structures , in order to recognize the quality and level of training of graduates that meet the requirements of professional standards (if any), the requirements of the labor market for specialists of the relevant profile.

Undergraduate
• 09.03.01 Informatics and Computer Engineering
• 09.03.02 Information systems and technologies
• 09.03.03 Applied Informatics
• 09.03.04 Software engineering

The future of the industry

Information technology (IT) is one of the fastest growing industries. Changes in this industry set new technologies and practices for virtually all sectors of the economy. Engineering, transportation, resource management, marketing, people management - all these and many other areas are changing under the influence of IT.

There are several important processes going on in the IT sphere. Firstly, the connectedness of the world is growing due to telecommunication solutions, the volume of data passing through the network is increasing, and solutions for processing this data are being developed. Secondly, digital solutions are becoming more mobile and user-friendly. If now almost every family has a computer, and every second one has a smartphone, then in ten years every city dweller will have at least 5-6 devices worn on the body and interconnected. For example, augmented reality glasses, a biometric bracelet for health care, a smartphone with a smart wallet function, etc. Thirdly, new environments for work, education and leisure of people are developing - virtual worlds for a wide variety of purposes, including based on augmented reality technologies.

Innovations in other industries are born at the intersection with IT, so there are a large number of cross-industry tasks for a breakthrough. Nevertheless, the development and production of hardware, software (SW) and security systems remain top priorities within the IT sector. A highly promising direction is the design of virtual spaces and interfaces for interacting with them.

Professions of the future

• Information systems architect
• Interface designer
• virtuality architect
• Virtual world designer
• Neural interface designer
• Network Lawyer
• Online Community Organizer
• IT preacher
• Digital linguist
• BIG-DATA Modeler

Likely breakthrough points in the coming decades will be:

• increase in the volume of transmitted data and models for their processing (big data, big data);
• distribution of software that can be influenced by a common user;
• development of human-machine interfaces;
• artificial intelligence technologies;
• semantic systems that work with the meanings of natural languages ​​(translation, Internet search, human-computer communication, etc.);
• new quantum and optical computers that can significantly speed up the processing of large data arrays;
• development of neural interfaces, including "thought control", various objects, transmission of sensations and experiences at a distance.

Informatics and Computer Engineering 09.03.01

Graduates in the field of study "Computer Science and Engineering" will be professionally engaged in computers, systems and networks, automated information processing and control systems. They will also be in charge of computer-aided design systems and information support for the life cycle of industrial products, software for this activity, which is especially important at enterprises and industries.

Graduates will be able to produce mathematical, informational, technical, linguistic, software, ergonomic, organizational and legal support for the listed systems.

The profession is very popular in our time, will not lose relevance in the near future, especially with the general automation of control and the transfer of production to robotics.

Professions

• ERP programmer
• Html layout designer
• IT specialist
• web administrator
• web designer
• web programmer
• Database Administrator
• Computer's operator
• Programmer
• Database developer
• Systems Analyst
• System programmer
• SAP Specialist
• Traffic Manager
• Electronics

Where to study

• St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI), St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (FGBOU VPO "SPbNIU ITMO"), St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (FGBOU VPO "SPbSPU"), St. Petersburg
• Saint-Petersburg Baltic State Technical University VOENMEH them. D.F. Ustinov (BSTU VOENMEH named after D. F. Ustinov), St. Petersburg
• Petersburg State University of Communications of Emperor Alexander I (PSTU), St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg National Mineral Resources University "Gorny", St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" IN AND. Ulyanov (Lenin) (St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"), St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SPbGMTU), St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (SPbGTI (TU)), St. Petersburg
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), (MIPT), Moscow
• Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman (MSTU named after N.E. Bauman), Moscow
• Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (MGTU MIREA), Moscow
• Moscow State University of Civil Engineering - National Research University (FGBOU VPO MGSU), Moscow
• Novosibirsk National Research State University (NSU), Novosibirsk

The direction of mass education, which is urgently needed for the innovative economy of Russia, is available in all technical, national research and federal universities of the country, and even in some liberal arts universities.

Where to work?

In the administrative, economic, information and production departments of organizations of all spheres (banks, medical institutions, education, culture, service sector, transport, construction companies, design studios, media); at industrial enterprises of various industries (oil and gas complex, electric power industry, forestry and agriculture, mechanical engineering, radio electronics, aerospace and defense enterprises); in software and database firms; research and design organizations and others.

Software Engineering 11.03.04

Graduates of the direction "Software Engineering" will be professionally engaged in the industrial production of software for information and computing systems for various purposes.

Bachelors and masters will deal with the development of a software product project, software creation, ensure the life cycle processes of a software product, master the methods and tools for developing a software product. In addition, graduates will have to interact and / or manage the personnel involved in the life cycle processes of the software product and the software customer.

Where to work?

Software engineering is qualitatively different from other engineering disciplines in the fundamental intangibility of software; to achieve the required results, it is necessary to combine mathematics and computer science with engineering approaches developed for the production of tangible material objects.

Many students start working after the first practice. They are employed on a part-time basis and can combine work with study, for example, at Google, Motorola ZAO, Transas, Marine Complexes and Systems, HyperMethod IBS and at the enterprises of Okeanpribor, RTI Systems, Central Research Institute "Electropribor"

Final exams are just around the corner. Which will inevitably be followed by reflections of graduates about what to do (how to live) next?

I imagined myself in the role of a high school student who, for one reason or another (for example, after studying a survey on supply / demand in the IT labor market, or under the impression of words about expanding the number of state-funded places in universities in IT specialties by 35%), decided to enroll in technical university and become a highly skilled programmer.

Let me remind you that this kind of specialty is one of the 23 “leaves” of the tree-like “European classification of IT specialists”. In addition, this is the name of one of the professional standards in the field of IT, developed under the auspices of APKIT and approved by order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation.

On the website of one of the universities of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications (so that I would not be accused of advertising it, I do not disclose the name of this university) I read the following lines:

"The Faculty of Information Technology *** trains students in several areas in the field of infocommunications and information technology.
1. Direction "Informatics and Computer Engineering", profile "Software of computer facilities and automated systems". Graduates of this profile are highly qualified programmers, the demand for which is constantly growing in the labor market and will not decrease in the foreseeable future. Almost all graduates work in their specialty and have earnings that are significantly higher than the average for the region. The demand for such specialists is high in any industry, in the banking sector, in the development and operation of information systems. There is also a master's degree in *** in this direction.”

Indicative information about the earnings of university graduates, the percentage of those who were employed in their specialty after graduating from a bachelor's or master's degree, as well as the number of budget places in this area and information about the passing score in the annotation of this area are not available. Which, of course, is sad. But it is clear that if an applicant decides to become a highly qualified programmer, then it makes sense for him to consider studying at a given university in this area as one of the possible options for his career growth.

However, it is interesting to note that the profile with the same name "Software for computer equipment and automated systems" also appears in the annotation of another area of ​​training for specialists of this university.

Here is what is said on the website of the Faculty of Information Technology of the above-mentioned educational institution ***:

“2. Direction "Information systems and technologies", a profile with the same name. Graduates of this profile are highly qualified specialists in the field of design, development and implementation of various kinds of information systems currently used in almost any field of activity. The need for specialists of this profile is very high and a graduate can easily get a job in any company he likes. Graduates *** of this direction develop information sites for companies, create databases, including those for distributed information systems.”

Please note: in the annotation of this direction there are no words like “Practically all graduates work in their specialty and have earnings that are significantly higher than the average for the region. There is a great demand for such specialists here and there... There is also a master's degree in *** in this area.” It turns out that the demand for programmers who have been trained at the *** university in the direction of "Information systems and technologies" is lower than for programmers who have been trained in the same university in the direction of "Informatics and Computer Engineering"?

So in which direction of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education (Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education) is it better to study for those who want to become a highly qualified programmer: 03/09/01 (“Informatics and Computer Engineering”) or 03/09/02 (“Information Systems and Technologies”)? What do you think about this? And in general, by what criteria should an applicant choose a university who decides to become a highly qualified programmer or other IT specialist?

Here is another note on the topic of this post: “Yes, with IT education, everything is not right. But what to do? . It was written in October last year and it, among other things, notes that this problem with the lack of IT specialists in the right quantity and quality did not arise yesterday and will not be solved tomorrow. Yes, and not the fact that it will be decided at all. At best, it will only be smoothed out to one degree or another. It also notes that annually up to 25 thousand IT specialists graduate from educational institutions of higher education in Russia. At the same time, today only 15-20% of engineering graduates are suitable for immediate employment in the field of information technology. That is, applicants should choose a university and faculty very carefully. In order to get into the very 15-20% of graduates who are suitable for immediate employment in the field of information technology.

There is also such a question. Why "Future Russian IT specialists are not guided in the choice of specialty"? Due to the lack of a competent career guidance system in the country or due to the fact that technical universities, whose educational programs include IT specialties, cannot properly present themselves (their educational services) (praise, advertise)? Or maybe the reason is that IT companies hold “Open Days” or other events aimed at future IT specialists not so often and not at the proper level?

Diagram from note