Public Education

We are aware that the IT business has great impact on the society. Information technologies create the environment that helps people gain access to the benefits of scientific and technological progress. Therefore, we see it as our responsibility to invest in public education and equip people with the skills that allow them to use IT to their advantage.

Since 2004, IBA has been sponsoring the Belarusian national contest in informatics among students of colleges, vocational schools, and special technical institutions. The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus sent a letter to thank IBA for contribution in the development of the national educational system.

IBA Group has good and long-lasting relations with Belarusian and Czech universities.

Belarusian Universities

Our cooperation with the Belarusian State University (BSU) and the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) located in Minsk has been developing dynamically. The IBA activities include:

• Lectures and workshops for university students by leading IBA specialists
• Training of university students and teachers at IBA
• Joint scientific research in the IT area
• Joint conferences, seminars, and meetings
• Computing and network equipment for university laboratories
• Provision of fiber optic connection to the IBA LAN for authorized students
• Sponsorship of summer student conferences (since 2002) and students competitions (since 1999)

IBA is the general sponsor of the student team of the Belarusian State University that won gold medals at the 28th ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in 2004. The team was among the top three of over 3,000 teams, outscoring their counterparts from MIT and Harvard University. In 2007, the BSU Team showed good results and was ranked as a skilled team at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest . Pavel Mandrik, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics of the Belarusian State University (BSU) sent a letter to thank IBA for sponsoring the BSU team. In 2008, the BSU team won bronze medals.

Our cooperation with the Gomel State University (GSU) includes:

• Corporative Information System Laboratory at the faculty of Automated Information Processing Systems for joined development in Lotus Notes and other systems
• Two scientific and research laboratories for the faculty of Mathematics and the faculty of Physics
• Joint specialized courses in J2EE, Lotus, DB2, UNIX, SAP, and .Net
• Students’ training at IBA Gomel
• Joint scientific research.

IBA Gomel demonstrates its commitment to good corporate citizenship by providing financial support to talented students.

• Computing and network equipment for joint IBA-Gomel and Gomel University laboratories
• Provision of fiber optic connection to the IBA-Gomel unsecured LAN for authorized students
• Provision of software to universities at reduced prices
• Sponsorship of summer student scientific conferences.

Czech Universities

IBA CZ cooperates with the following universities and student organizations:

• Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
• Masaryk University (Faculty of Informatics)
• Brno University of Technology (Faculty of Information Technology)
• University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Faculty of Applied Sciences)
• IAESTE (The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
• AIESEC (global, independent, not-for-profit student and graduate organization)

Our areas of cooperation include:

• Organization of internships for students and graduates
• Participation in global learning environment
• Organization of presentations and workshops for students, and participation in job fairs and career days
• Training in software engineering 
• Supervision and tutoring of bachelor, master, and  dissertation theses, and provision of reviews and critiques
• Participation in technical lectures, including those related to the most up-to-date software development technologies.