Prove yourself – opt the best!

Viktor Chasovskikh, the doctor of technical sciences, twice winner of the award of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region in the field of information technologies, professor of the USUE Department of Chess Art and Computer Mathematics, talks and gives evidence on how to choose a good university, by what criteria to determine that the diploma will not be useless in the future and that its owner will work in his specialty. In 2021, the Ministry of Education and Science significantly increased state-funded openings in areas of training related to information technologies. Viktor Petrovich analyzed where the best education in this area is provided.

Where to study to become an IT specialist?

“The enrollment campaign - 2021 has started, and this is an important time for applicants. Yesterday's schoolchildren need to choose the university that will open doors to a decent life and discover new horizons.  

I would like to propose a technology for choosing the best university in Yekaterinburg, which will open up new horizons in areas of training related to information technologies,” began Viktor Chasovskikh.

The main provisions of the technology for choosing the best university are as follows:

1. A modern engineer must have knowledge not only in the professional field, but also should have a good understanding of business architecture, manage projects, make extensive use of digital technologies possibilities, and possess a set of Soft Skills.

2. The main digital technologies to be studied at a university are: big data, artificial intelligence (strong artificial intelligence), distributed ledger systems (blockchain technology), quantum technologies, industrial internet, and technologies of virtual and augmented realities (digital twin).

3. Information technologies should be directly involved in business, which opens up numerous opportunities for its development, and the economy as a whole.

4. Formation of Soft Skills competencies (development of flexible competencies) is provided by such disciplines as Basics of effective communication, Training of business communication with partners and clients, and Business negotiations.

If the educational program of a university provides the formation of knowledge and competencies in the professional IT field, desirable for an applicant, if the educational program includes the study of the digital technologies specified in paragraph 2, if the educational program shapes knowledge and competencies in business architecture, and if the educational program contains disciplines that form competence of Soft Skills, then this university really provides high-quality education in the field of IT technologies.

Let us study the ratings of Yekaterinburg universities

We will consider only Federal State-funded Educational Institutions of Higher Education and only those ratings, which include all state-funded universities of Yekaterinburg.

Webometrics is the only ranking that presents a clear strategy, a clear benchmark, and a mechanism that allows any university to become a leading world-class research and educational center, showing the quantitative aspects of the design and use of information resources, structures, and technologies in respect to the Internet. The rating is given as of 01.02.2021. The first figure is the place among RF universities, the second one – the place among universities in the world, and the third column shows the place among state-funded universities of Yekaterinburg. 

Webometrics

Russian Federation: National University Ranking 2021 by Interfax

An analysis of the international ranking of Webometrics and the Russian National University Ranking shows decisive advantages of Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin and Ural State University of Economics among the Federal State-funded Educational Institutions of Higher Education of Yekaterinburg. It is these universities that should be opted for further analysis and final decision: where to study to become an IT specialist.

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Viktor Chasovskikh, the doctor of technical sciences, twice winner of the award of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region in the field of information technologies, professor of the USUE Department of Chess Art and Computer Mathematics, talks and gives evidence on how to choose a good university, by what criteria to determine that the diploma will not be useless in the future and that its owner will work in his specialty.