COLLABORATION IN THE CLOUD: VIRTUAL KYNDRYL INDUSTRIAL CHAIR ESTABLISHED AT ÓBUDA UNIVERSITY
Óbuda University and Kyndryl Hungary – Kyndryl Customer Innovation Centre have signed an agreement today to establish the Kyndryl Industrial Department at Alba Regia Faculty of Technology in Székesfehérvár focusing on the education of cloud technologies and related fields to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
Through the virtual department Kyndryl is going to offer courses in cloud technologies with its own staff and is going to participate in teaching advanced mathematics. Students can access courses from remote locations developing their skills and knowledge in the modern IT areas where Kyndryl has expertise.
Both the company and the university place a priority on teaching cloud technologies as more and more companies and institutions move their IT applications to the cloud. Moving to the cloud is a complex process that requires service providers with a wide range of skills. Kyndryl
is one of them representing opportunities for both the company and its employees. Kyndryl’s Customer Innovation Center in Székesfehérvár Hungary was founded in 1997 and today it employs more than 3,000 professionals who support customers across all industry segments in designing, building, managing and modernizing their mission-critical technology systems.
Kyndryl and Alba Regia Faculty of Technology of Óbuda University are going to continue to develop and expand the collaboration by creating additional curricula, launching new courses in different research topics and participating in examination boards. Kyndryl has already become one of the university’s largest dual training partners hosting 57 dual students since 2016. As a result 16 students joined Kyndryl in September 2022.
Prof. Dr. Levente Kovács, Rector of Óbuda University, said that it is of utmost importance to strengthen the Hungarian economy so that university graduates have up-to-date practical knowledge and open to changes. Óbuda University has always put great emphasis on developing its industrial relations in order to enable students to deepen their theoretical and practical skills. Our dual system covers almost all areas of technical and economic life and we are consistently increasing it. The best practice is shown by Alba Regia Faculty of Technology in Székesfehérvár, where local companies are currently contributing to the cost of 161 students’ studies, ensuring that they get to know the operation of a plant and the coordination of production processes while they are studying.
Zoltán Zerényi, Director of Kyndryl Customer Innovation Centre, EMEA, highlighted that Kyndryl is constantly seeking and developing the talent of the next generation before entering the workforce. They are working closely with educational institutions for mutual success, the professional fulfilment of the brightest students, the reduction of technology skills gap and the prosperity of the company.
