One of the largest insurance companies in Eastern and Central Europe, Vienna Insurance Group (Austria), became a partner of Lviv Polytechnic.
On December 4, University and VIG IT Polska signed an agreement on cooperation. Vice-Rector Roman Korzh and a representative of VIG IT Polska in Ukraine and Chairman of the Board of Kniazha Vienna Insurance Group in Ukraine Dmytro Hrytsuta signed a cooperation agreement providing the students of the Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies and the Institute of Economics and Management with the internship.
Lviv Polytechnic is the first and only Ukrainian higher education institution, with which the company cooperates. The high level of professional training of Lviv Polytechnic specialists is known not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. According to Mr. Hrytsuta, VIG IT Polska is not currently planning to cooperate with other higher education institutions, but wants to expand its work with our university.
At the beginning VIG IT Polska is ready to accept 5 Polytechnic students, the university will decide who of students will go. According to Mr. Hrytsuta, to let students feel comfortable abroad, the participants of the program will be provided with trip tickets, accommodation, as well as daily allowances. The applicants are required to be fluent in the Polish and English languages. The internship lasts two weeks or more.
According to Vice-Rector Roman Korzh, such cooperation increases the chances of Polytechnic graduates to get a job not only in Lviv or other Ukrainian cities, but in Europe as well.
