Enrollment for Digital Chair Courses Ends on September 11

08:55, September 7, 2022

University students can get an additional IT specialty for free

The Ural Federal University is completing the enrollment of students for a professional retraining diploma in the IT sphere. The university is offering free training in one of 25 educational programs. It is possible to take part in the federal project "Digital Chair" until September 11.

The training will enable students to obtain the most sought-after IT competencies in programming, data processing and analysis, and digitalization of the economics. The programs are available for full-time and part-time students, for Bachelor's Degree programs starting from the second year, for Specialist's Degree programs starting from the third year, Master's Degree students in non-IT fields can also study at the Digital Chair programs starting from the first semester.

"In recent years, UrFU has proved itself as a university with high-quality IT training. Due to this project, all university students can get a free qualification in the IT sphere, which is exactly what the country needs right now. Studying at the UrFU Digital Chair is an investment in guaranteed employment," said Natalya Andreychenko, Vice-Rector for Graduate School Development.

The competencies acquired within the project will allow an UrFU student to become a unique and in-demand specialist in the labor market with a different level of salary when he or she graduates from the university. To achieve such a result, the university actively involves representatives of IT companies and industrial partners in the development and implementation of the programs, and verifies the program content with representatives of Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Digital Economy" and Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Innopolis University".

To enroll, it is necessary to visit the Additional Professional Education portal, log in with a corporate account. On this portal, in the Digital Chair Project section, the student can get acquainted with the list, content of programs, conditions of training and teaching staff, and then apply for the program he or she likes.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office
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