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In Kharkov begins a construction of the Innovation Campus – a joint project of the NTU Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, the project of the Vasyl Khmelnytsky Fund K. Fund UNIT.Factory and the largest Kharkiv IT-company, NIX Solutions.
By the end of this year, Kharkiv students will have access to all the opportunities of the Innovation Educational IT Program Campus, Small and Medium Enterprise School and Coworking Space, which will provide students with comfortable workplaces and comprehensive support for local business, security and access to knowledge.
The initiators of the project see their main goal in combining new technologies in education, business and IT, and thus helping Kharkiv students become specialists in the new model and in the future together develop the Ukrainian IT-sphere, bringing it to a qualitatively different level. This initiative is supported by business, educational institutions and civil society organizations, as well as by local authorities.
We studied the ongoing situation with education in Ukraine, studied western experience. What did we see? Previously, our universities were trained by skilled engineers, now they produce good programmers. At the same time, many people are now able to write code, but few can create startups, open their own business. What is going on? We train professionals and they go abroad to work. And you need to create the conditions for them to stay here and get decent work. This is our conceptVasiliy Khmelnitskiy, Investor and Ideologist of the Project
According to Igor Braginsky, a graduate of the KhPI Doctorate, president of NIX Solutions and a member of the Supervisory Board of NTU KhPI and Kharkiv IT Cluster, business and education have the common goal – the creation of highly skilled professionals. NIX Solutions has long come to this conclusion, and the company has been developing educational projects in Kharkiv universities for more than 20 years, creating its own, and now it is investing in the creation of the Innovation Campus.
“We strive for business and education synergy – combining a powerful academic school with our hands-on experience, curiosity and a willingness to create something new, this mix will enhance the success of each of us and help the Ukrainian IT-business and education system together to make a step into the future”, – said Igor Braginsky, presenting the creation of the Innovation Campus.
Construction of the campus will begin on April, the works will be finished by the end of the year.
