Increase in the number of budget places in IT specialties> = 30% in the 2016 academic year

As a result of the joint work of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, admission control numbers (ITCs) for IT specialties for the 2016–2017 academic year were approved. According to the results of the study, the relevant departments of the PCC for IT specialties increased by 31% compared with the 2015–2016 academic year . Thus, over the past two years, the state order for IT professionals has grown by more than 70%, rising from 25 thousand to more than 42.5 thousand budget places.

Such results were achieved during the joint work of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the “ Strategy for the development of the information technology industry in the Russian Federation for 2014–2020 and for the future until 2025 ” approved by the Government of the Russian Federation on November 1, 2013. The task of reducing staff hunger in the IT field is among the main priorities of the strategy, the roadmap for its implementation and other documents determining the development of the industry.

In addition, in order to solve the problem of personnel shortages in the IT industry, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and the subjects of the Russian Federation initiated the inclusion of IT specialties in state-funded regional retraining programs for released specialists from other industries in 2015.

Source: official website of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media