The IT Career Day 2024 - another succesful event

3 May marked the annual IT Career Day

The IT Career Day has gradually developed into a fair with a broader aim than just facilitating questions and answers at the 40+ exhibition stands. Companies can meet not only Bachelor's and Master's degree students, but also PhD students and postdocs to discuss research collaboration.

Programming skills are highly demanded by the employers. So are the Computer Science students. But IT skills can be aquired in an increasing number of degree programmes at UCPH, both at SCIENCE but also at Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and the Humanities. Students and PhD Students were invited from more than 10 different fields of study in addition to the classical computer science, who, however dominate the picture.

New studies represented in 2024 were Quantum Information Science and IT and Cognitive Science.

550 students visited the fair talking to 41 companies

The main purpose of the fair is, of course, to faciliate job and project matching between students and companies.

Amongst the companies were also some who provided student services, e.g. consultations in CV production at Jobindex and IT-Jobmatch, advice to neurodiverse students at Specialisterne, and advice to international students about the labour market in Denmark provided by the municipal Copenhagen Erhvervshus. Moreover, students could consult UCPH Lighthouse on innovation and entrepreneurship, and listen to talks provided by 8 of the exhibiting companies and departments.

At the Friday bar, students and companies could continue the talks, despite the May sun shining outside and the Maths Revue in the neighbouring building battling for the students' attention.

A wonderful day. Thank you to the companies who helped make the day festive, thank you to all the attending students and thank you to the many DIKU employees who organized and facilitated the event!

Some highlights from the IT Career Day 2024

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