The Swedish-Ukrainian educational program initiated by Sigma granted 20 students from Kharkiv universities with an opportunity to study together with their Swedish fellow-students and work with tutors from various countries. Sigma interest in cooperation with KhNURE is prompted mainly by high standards of student training the university attained, especially in the field of IT.

In the light of high requirements world economy brings forward, specialist training becomes a serious issue not only for educational establishments but also for business organizations. That is why cooperation agreement was signed between KhNURE and Växjö University under Sigma auspices during KhNURE specialists’ visit to Sweden this spring. The agreement presupposes student exchange and collaboration on educational programs.

Under this collaboration, Business Intelligence training will be available for the students this autumn pioneering Ukrainian BI training. Today BI is one of the most called for IT-fields. It is based on the business need in receiving, analyzing and structuring companies’ most valuable asset – corporate information.

The training course will help students gain knowledge of Business Intelligence technologies as well as real BI solutions which allow consolidating all the corporate information available into one corporate database and getting integral business picture in order to forecast companies’ further development.

The students will work with lecturers from Swedish, Ukrainian and USA universities. Moreover, with the help of video conferences they will also participate in seminars and tutorials held by consultants working for leading international companies. Practical tasks will be fulfilled under the governance of mentors working for Sigma CIS representative, Eclipse SP.

The program initiators believe that it is international cooperation of educational establishments that is the key to success. Today most of the IT-projects are fulfilled by international teams and it is very important for young specialists to learn how to work together with foreign colleagues. Linking two different educational systems and experience exchange allows generating new educational standards and bringing student training into completely new level.

About Växjö University

Växjö University is a rapidly expanding centre of knowledge. With 14,000 students and 1,000 employees in the form of teachers, researchers or administrative personnel, it is one of the large seats of learning in south Sweden. Its background as a regional university in combination with new ways of facing the tasks of a full-fledged university gives Växjö University a unique competitive advantage, encapsulated in terms of closeness, regional support and national and international cooperation.

More about Växjö University at www.vxu.se

About Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (KHNURE)

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (KHNURE) - one of the oldest higher educational institutions of Ukraine. With more than 8,5 thousands students being trained on more than 34 core subjects, and 135 professors and 441 associate professors the university is one of the leading educational establishments providing educational services in the field of radio electronics, telecommunications and information technologies in CIS.

More about KHNURE at www.kture.kharkov.ua

About Sigma

Sigma — one of Sweden's leading IT consultants.

Sigma delivers on the international market and focuses on functional undertakings, supplying IT solutions and consulting services to development-intensive customers. Operations are based on entrepreneurially driven niched subsidiaries, which are organized in business areas: Business Solutions, IT Solutions and Information Solutions. In strong competition, Sigma is continuously ranked as one of the leading IT consultants in Sweden. Sigma is listed on the O-List of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and has about 1,000 employees in Denmark and Sweden.

More information about Sigma can be found at www.sigma.se

About Eclipse SP

Eclipse SP LLC provides top-quality IT services to customers in such segments as telecommunications, banking, aerospace, e-business and real estate as well as in the tourism and entertainment industries. The company's three major business areas are software development, system integration and IT consulting. Founded in 2002 and currently staffed to about 90 consultants, Eclipse has continuously shown profitability and growth to date.

Eclipse SP LLC's customers are located primarily in Western Europe and the US, markets in which the company has regional offices since early 2005. Eclipse also has sales and support partners in Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Austria.

More information about Eclipse SP can be found at www.eclipse-sp.com