Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I.Razzakov

History of the department

KSTU named after I. Razzakov Боковое меню Institutions Institute of Information Technology Software for computer systems History of the department

The Department of Software for Computer Systems was organized in 2000 by order No. 89 of the rector of KTU dated August 2, 2000 for the training of engineers in the specialty 552801.04: "Software for computers and automated systems" (SCAS), as well as bachelors and masters in the direction 552800 "Informatics and computer technology".

Since 2011, the department has begun training bachelors in the direction 710400 "Software Engineering" (SE), and since 2013 - training masters in the same direction.

Training of bachelors in the direction 590100 "Information Security" (IS), the department also began in 2012, and since 2016 - training of masters in cooperation with the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.

The department began training masters in the direction of "Software Engineering" together with MEPhI in 2019.

Educational programs for the preparation of bachelors and masters in the direction of SE, as well as bachelors in the direction of information security, were developed as part of the participation of the SCAS department in the TEMPUS project HEICA together with European technical universities in Sweden (Karlstat), Germany (Dresden) and Lithuania (Kaunas).

The master's program in IS was developed in 2016 jointly with the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (IS ISOP), and the master's program in Software Engineering (SE ISOP) was developed in 2019, also jointly with MEPhI. For one year, students on these joint programs study at KSTU n.a. I. Razzakov, second year at MEPhI. The defense is planned and carried out online.

Graduates of the department in the direction of "Software Engineering" work as programmers in various companies (programmers, project managers, managers, directors). Graduates in the field of information security work as support specialists, in information security in various companies, most often in banks. The competencies possessed by our graduates tell employers about the quality training of specialists. In this regard, the department of Software for Computer Systems is asked to send graduates.