Kherson State University (KSU)was founded in 1917. Chair of Informatics, Software Engineering and Economic Cybernetics (CISEEC) of KSU was organized in 1987 and now includes 4 bachelor programs and 2 master programs. The Chair continues to work in the following areas: improvement of curricula, activation of students' individual work, and increase of the number of qualification projects, including the extensive usage of computer technologies, vocational guidance (especially of rural students), computerization of educational process. Since 2009 our students have participated in International training programs at the universities of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), Glasgow Caledonia (Scotland) and Scientific Research Institute of symbolic computation (Austria).Scientific research complexes based on the department of major disciplines were created and located on the distant learning systems: Kherson Virtual University and KSU Online, providing efficient instruction of students. Such leading companies as DataArt, Logicify, Wezom, Autoplaneta, PrivatBank, Raiffeisen Bank Aval are the largest employers for our graduates. International relations of CISEEC include Alpen-Adria University, Austria (Klagenfurt), Akademia Pomorska (Poland, Slupsk), University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France). CISEEC has established close cooperation with relevant stakeholders in Ukraine. Students of CISEEC of KSU take part in these programs along with learning process. These events facilitate close cooperation with about 10 relevant stakeholders (IT companies, IT departments of firms and banks, public sector etc.) in Kherson (Ukraine). The needs of IT companies diversified among many types of IT specialists: • Architect • Software engineer • Business Analyst • Developer (.NET, Java, Python, etc.) • QA Engineer • Automation QA • Project Manager • SEO-specialist • Technical support
