Studying at FIT CTU is not only theory. One of the faculty's goals is to offer students opportunities to use their theoretical knowledge directly in practice during their studies. Solving real projects in partner companies or faculty laboratories will enrich students with new knowledge. This is done through the unique Cooperation with Industry programme, which offers students various opportunities to get involved in interesting projects.
"We are offering more and more real paid projects for students in faculty laboratories. We manage to attract interesting research projects from companies, in which students are then involved under the guidance of faculty experts. We even open joint research labs with some companies. The company thus gains access not only to talent, but also additional innovative capacity," says doc. Ing. Pavel Kordík, Ph.D. Vice Dean for Cooperation with Industry at FIT CTU.
As opportunities from joint faculty research labs and partner companies become more numerous, it is difficult for students to keep track of all these offers. That's why FIT CTU is newly deploying artificial intelligence to recommend relevant opportunities to students, whether on the faculty website, on the intranet or in an email.
Artificial intelligence works on the principle of a so-called recommendation system. These are machine learning algorithms that help users find relevant offers in a catalogue with many items. Simply put, when a student views multiple offers, the system finds students who have viewed similar offers and recommends those that students with similar preferences have seen in addition. If the student allows the use of his or her study profile, the system will tailor the offers to be more relevant to the student's particular field of study.
"The measured data so far show that students are most interested in offers that have been recommended based on their study profile. Of course, this requires a more sophisticated technical solution to ensure the security and protection of the data of students who choose to use this method," adds Kordík.
The faculty also prepares to send out regular personalized newsletters to students as part of the Cooperation with Industry program, as well as a year-round virtual familiarization atrium where specific offers from faculty research laboratories and partner companies will be available to students to make cooperation as effective as possible.
In addition to technological solutions for connecting students and companies, FIT CTU has been organising the COFIT career fair for students every semester since 2014. The next, already eighteenth, edition of this popular event will take place on Thursday, 30 March, 2023.
In addition to companies and faculty laboratories, the current career fair will also present several successful startups founded by students and graduates of the FIT CTU. Students will have the opportunity to consult their plans for starting their own company with the mentors present at the fair.
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