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Software Engineering
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Software Engineering

Software Engineering Programme
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Basic information concerning the programme:

Demand for ICT Professionals To “Increase Exponentially” -- NZ Minister for Communication and Information Technology. See the report from the NZ Department of Labour.
According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, IT jobs are among the fastest growing. On the top of the bureau's list of fast-growing career areas is network systems and data communications analysts, which it is forecasting will grow from 262,000 jobs in 2006 to 402,000 jobs by 2008, a 53% increase. Computer software engineers, applications, is expected to increase from 507,000 to 733,000 or 45%; while computer scientists and database administrators will rise from 542,000 to 742,000, a 37% increase.

The big difference between today and the heyday period of the late 1990s is the type of student that businesses need, Luftman says. Technical skills are still important, but businesses also want to hire students with management and industry training, strong communications abilities, marketing and negotiation skills, he says. -- 22 October 2008, ComputerWorld

". . . effective communication through Information Communication Technologies (ICT) will be essential for all our young people now and in the future" (Minister of Education Chris Carter, Scoop, 9 January 2008).

Otago Software Engineering student wins US$25,000 Fulbright Scholarship.

International PhD fees lowered!
University fees for international PhD students are now the same as domestic fee levels: since 1 January 2006, any new international PhD students are ccorded domestic status for purposes of tuition fees. The fee policy also allows the children of all international PhD students to attend school without paying international student fees.

For enquires regarding the programme, please contact the Programme Director:

Professor Martin Purvis
Tel: +64 3 479-8318
Fax: +64 3 479-8311
Web: http://secml.otago.ac.nz/martin

or

Applied Science at
Tel: 0800 80 80 98
Email: appsci@otago.ac.nz
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