Information Technology

The main goal is to cover a wide range of profession-related topics to showcase the whole lifecycle and all parts of a typical IT project. Successful IT career and more importantly life is not just about coding! As a future developer and successful contributor to tech projects, you need to understand all of its aspects. ECCEDU IT program covers practical aspects of work not only for the global corporate IT environment, but also scale-ups, startups, or standard freelancing.

In our program, you will discover the newest approaches in development, current trends, and frameworks, but also practical tips on your own project when it comes to the use of APIs, machine learning, usage of voice, and many more. You will also get practical examples of modern methods of project and product management, learn how to do great open source projects, or how to avoid any legal problems when it comes to copyrights and code-stealing. Part of the course will be also dedicated to your career growth. We will help you to get the right inspiration to become a great engineering leader and give you our tips on how to be more visible within the IT community.

Above all else, you will not learn this for years from people reading about it from books or speaking with other people. You will interact and learn from people facing these issues on a daily basis and having direct and practical insights you cannot get anywhere else! Plus remember, you will not only hear about it during our 3 weeks of workshops but more importantly see it yourself during our one-month guaranteed internship at one of our partner companies.

In general, we would like you to leave our course not just as a developer, but as a full-stack engineer. Someone who will have his opportunities wide open, because you will have a perfect understanding of all angles of this world not from teachers without practical experience, but directly from industry leaders having a finger on the pulse of the IT industry.

ECCEDU lecturers are experienced notables from leading companies, both in the Czech Republic and worldwide.

Among them are:

• David Pavlik (Ex-manager at SpaceX, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft and Kiwi.com)
• Danny Kijkov (Frontend Team Leader at STRV)
• Pavel Matějka (Co-founder at Phonexia)
• Jan Kaltoun (iOS Platform Lead at STRV)
• Pavel Wimmer (CEO at DNAI)
• Evgeny Kot (Director Of Development at Wrike)

More information about our lecturers are available via the following links:

• Learn more about lecturers for the Information Technology branch

Our internships offer the perfect experience to lift students to new heights and bring them closer to their goals.

The internships are 4 - 5 week long work experience sessions arranged at a company of the student’s choice, depending on his/her ranking on the ECCEDU test. Internships are always under the close supervision and guidance of senior company representatives, who look after students, coach them and help them grow - for this reason, each company doesn’t take on more than 1 or 2 students.

Students can choose internships in several international ECCEDU partners located in various European cities, internship opportunities range from the largest international companies to smaller firms with a focused area of expertise. These include Siemens, Blindspot Solutions, Red Hat, Creative Dock, Kiwi, Productboard, STRV, Socialbakers, DNAI, Wrike, and many others.

ECCEDU partner companies supply students with reference letters, to help them be more competitive in the market place or for further education purposes.

Please, visit the following website to learn more about ECCEDU partners:

• ECCEDU Information Technology partners

Traditionally, our Global Career Summer Programs open with a welcome gala evening for ECCEDU students.

This event provides an opportunity to meet the inspiring people who contribute to the ECCEDU community and meet other ECCEDU students from the International Business, Law, Architecture & Design and IT programs. In 2021, our Grand Reception will take place in mid-July.

The Grand Reception also serves to gather top-level representatives from Czech and foreign companies, politicians, diplomats, and academics.

Please, visit the following website to learn more about ECCEDU Grand Reception:

• ECCEDU Grand Reception

Our students are offered a wide range of extracurricular activities during the program.

Our staff arranges various team-building events throughout the lecture period. The goal is to engage students in various free-time activities and introduce them to European culture in an entertaining and didactic way. We organize escape games, karaoke sessions, laser games, and barbecues, go sightseeing in Prague and discover traditional products and shop for souvenirs. Trips around the Czech Republic and abroad are also organized: in the past, students have gone to Český Krumlov, Kutná Hora, Vienna, and Berlin.