KATOWICE - THE CLEAN, GREEN

AND TALENT-DRIVEN SSC/BPO/ITO

HUB IN CENTRAL EUROPE The Potential of Silesian Universities for the

Outsourcing Sector

THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA

45 Higher Education

Institutions in the

province of Silesia

(2010):

~187,000 students in

the Province

~135,000 students in

the Silesia Metropolis

~75,600 students in the

Leading Top 3

Universities

THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA

TOP 3 UNIVERSITIES

Academic Faculty: ~4,400

Students: ~75,600

Faculties: 29

Programs: 94

Specializations: 346

Silesian University of Technology

University of Silesia in Katowice

University of Economics in Katowice

Faculties 13 12 4

Programs 36 42 16

Specializations 160 114 72

Academic staff 1 854 2 056 488

Students 28 500 32 350 14 800

FACUTLIES

Silesian University of

Technology University of Silesia in

Katowice University of Economics

in Katowice Architecture Earth Science Economics

Automatic Control, Electronics

and Computer Science Computer and Materials

Science Finance and Insurance

Biomedical Engineering Philology Informatics and

Communication

Civil Engineering Mathematics Physics and

Chemistry Management

Chemistry Law and Administration

Electrical Engineering Biology and Environmental

Protection

Mining and Geology Social Sciences

Energy and Environmental

Engineering Pedagogics & Psychology

Mathematics and Physics Radio and Television

Mechanical Engineering Theology

Materials Science and

Metallurgy Art

Organization and Management Ethnology and Sciences of

Education

Transport

MODERN LANGUAGES

English

German

French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese

Nordic

Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Croatian,

Macedonian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian

Greek

Arabic

Chinese

INTERNATIONAL

ACADEMIC MOBILITY COOPERATION

International University Cooperation

Lifelong Learning Programme/Erasmus

Scholarship & Training Fund

Bilateral Agreements

Trainees

1,500 Intl. Students/Year

SILESIAN UNIVERSITIES

GO TOGETHER

Silesian Consortium of Public Universities

The Inter-University Scientific Information Center and

Academic Library

Silesian International Business School

Joint unit of University of Economics and University of Silesia

(classes in French and English)

Conference of Rectors of the Silesian Universities

Festival of Foreign Languages

Silesian Night of Scientists

Integration Week for International Students

Silesia Days – Conference for International Students

OVERVIEW

OF JOINT IT CURRICULUM

ERP: SAP, IFS Applications, Microsoft Dynamics NAV University of Silesia uses SAP

SAP courses (ABAP, NetWeaver)

DBMS/Data Warehouse Systems/Analytical Systems Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2, Sybase

Operating Systems Windows, Linux, AIX, IBM System I/iOS, mobile platforms

Programming Java, .NET, PHP, Python, mobile applications, GIS,

MatLab

Design & Project Management UML, BPMN, IBM Rational, MS Project, PMI/PRINCE2,

Agile/Scrum

Dedicated courses

JOINT IT INFRASTRUCTURE

University Computer

Centers

Silesian Academic

Computer Network

Pionier (Polish Optical

Internet)

EduROAM (education

roaming)

COOPERATION WITH BUSINESS

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

Cooperation agreement

Silesian University of Technology

Common Poland – Association of IBM Computers

Users

IBM

ING BSK

Technologies: IBM Power Systems i/p

IBM Summer School

ICT PARTNERS:

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION

Cooperation since 2005 (Faculty of AC, E & CS)

Courses

PCB Design (Electronics)

PCB Design - EDA (Computer Sc.)

100 students/year

Hardware & Software: MGC supplied

Future Cooperation, development of all activities

Lectures & labs for MSc students

LLL trainings

Internships

Common design projects

ICT PARTNERS:

CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY

Cooperation:

2002 - SUT, since 2007 - Faculty of AC, E & CS

Courses

CCNA (150 students/year)

Security

FWL (necessary upgrade pending)

CCNP (foreseen)

Future Cooperation with CISCO

Letter of intent, Establishing of R&D Cooperation

Hardware development (financial support)

Access to course contents

Cooperation in organization of trainings

http://cnap.polsl.pl

START-UPS:

EXAMPLES OF THE SUCCESS

HEXOR® - Intelligent autonomous mobile robot

Winner of „My Business Idea” Competition

Additional support from Vattenfall – lab of mobile

robots

Several versions of Hexor created and used for mobile

robots idea promotion and teaching

Elipsa® - 2-person electric car

Pilot scale production in Radom, Poland

Cooperation with ENEL

Design and commercialization of the car innovative

control system

HEXOR ®

HTTP://WWW.SG.POLSL.PL

Prof. Eugeniusz Gatnar

Member of the Management Board

of the National Bank of Poland

Ryszard Drużyński

Executive Vice President

of Raiffeisen Bank Polska

Jacek Pastuszka

President of the Management

Board of Carlsberg Polska

Piotr S. Juda

President of the Management

Board of Toyota Bank Polska

Prof. Jerzy Buzek

President of the European Parliament

Former Prime Minister of Poland

UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

SURE WE CAN!

Dedicated Courses

IT Courses

Languages

Business partnership

Research & Development

Competency Centers

Internships

Silesian Work Ethics

Jerzy Rutkowski, Professor of Technical Sciences

Email: jrutkowski@polsl.pl

http://rutkowski.iele.polsl.pl

Jacek Frączek, Ph.D.

Email: Jacek.Fraczek@polsl.pl

http://zti.polsl.pl/jacekf

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