TOMSK, Jul 16 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and Huawei Company signed the agreement on assignment to the university of the status of the Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy; teachers of TPU will be able to become certified instructors of the academy, and students – to study according to programs of Huawei, the press service of the university reports on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that TPU and Huawei intended to sign the agreement on opening of Authorized Information and Network Academy in the university in April, 2018. After its opening students of TPU will be able to take training courses of the company on the basis of the university and take examination for obtaining certificate from Huawei free of charge which confirms knowledge of network technologies and skills of support of networks of the enterprise.
"TPU and world telecommunication giant Huawei signed the agreement on assignment to the university of the status of the Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy", – it is said in the statement.
It is noted that the new status will allow teachers of School of Computer Science & Robotics of TPU to have training in Huawei and to become certified instructors of the Academy. And students who study in the "Informatics and Computer Engineering" direction will get access to the educational and methodical materials developed in Huawei.
"For us it is very important to be in continuous contact with the leading companies of the IT market not only in Russia, but also in the world. It is sure that obtaining by Tomsk Polytechnic University the status of the Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy will become a step to development of cooperation not only in education, but also in science", – the direcror of the School Dmitry Sonkin is quoted.It is added that one of perspective points of interaction of TPU and Huawei scientists is researches in the field of data transmission on networks of mobile communication 5G and collaborations in the field of the Internet of things in health care.
Huawei Company is one of world leaders in the field of information and communication technologies. Products of the company are used in 170 countries and regions. Huawei puts more than 10% per annum of income from sales in research and development, more than 45% of staff of the company are engaged in scientific research.