Since 2004, IBA has been sponsoring the Belarusian national contest in informatics among students of colleges, vocational schools, and special technical institutions. The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus sent a letter to thank IBA for contribution in the development of the national educational system.
IBA has good and long-lasting relations with Belarusian universities.
Our cooperation with the Belarusian State University (BSU) and the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) located in Minsk has been developing dynamically. The IBA activities include:

• Lectures and workshops for university students by leading IBA specialists
• Training of university students and teachers at IBA
• Joint scientific research in the IT area
• Joint conferences, seminars, and meetings
• Computing and network equipment for university laboratories
• Provision of fiber optic connection to the IBA LAN for authorized students
• Sponsorship of summer student conferences (since 2002) and students competitions (since 1999)

In 1999, the first IBA-BSU laboratory “New Information Technologies” was established. The BSU students received the possibility to develop applications for education purposes.

In 2001, IBA equipped a computer class for BSU students. This facility has been constantly updated. In 2002, a joint research laboratory intended for research with participation of students, post-graduates, and teachers was set up in the BSU.

In 2008, IBA Group and the Faculty of Computer Systems and Networks of BSUIR opened two joint IT laboratories equipped with 19 and 24 up-to-date workstations. The laboratories are intended for specialized training. In 2011, IBA upgraded one of the joint IBA-BSUIR laboratories and created the Academic Center of IBM Competences. In September 2011, IBA opened one more IT laboratory at the Faculty of the Information Technology and Control.


In 2011, IBA and BSU opened an IT Competence Center aimed at raising the level of IT education at the Belarusian State University. Providing education in state-of-the-art IT technologies for the BSU lecturers and students, the IT Competence Center contributes to the implementation of the following programs:

• IBM university programs, including IBM Academic Initiative launched in BSU
• Microsoft Education Program that includes numerous courses in innovation in the education process (IT Academy, Innovation Centers, MLG, MDAA, E-Learning), licensing programs for lecturers and students (CASA, MSDN Academic Alliance, Faculty Connection), and support for students and young specialists at contests and conferences (Imagine Cup, Microsoft technologies in programming theory and practice)
• Education programs using the SAP landscape, deployed at the IBA servers
• Education programs for lecturers and students in information technologies to meet the IBA demands in human resources.

IBA conducts practical training in IT areas that are on demand in IBA. Students are selected based on interviews. The groups are formed of BSU and BSUIR students and graduates who would like to work in IBA. The curriculum includes practical implementation of student projects. After graduation, the students are assigned to work in real IBA projects.

The main areas for the students’ practical training at IBA include:

• IBM System z
• SAP
• E-business
• Methodology and technologies of software development.

Since 1998, IBA has been sponsoring BSU student teams that participate in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contests. Since 2004, IBA has been the general sponsor of BSU teams. A team of the Belarusian State University won gold medals at the 28th ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in 2004. The Belarusian students were among the top three of over 3,000 teams, outscoring their counterparts from MIT and Harvard University.

In 2007, the BSU team showed good results and was ranked as a skilled team at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. Pavel Mandrik, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science of the Belarusian State University (BSU) sent a letter to thank IBA for sponsoring the BSU team. In 2008, the BSU team won bronze medals.

As for BSUIR, IBA renders methodological and financial assistance in the organization of international summer schools “Modern Information Technologies” and conferences “Distant Learning as Educational Environment of the Century” for students and postgraduates.

Since 2009, IBA has been rendering assistance to the BSUIR team that participates in the international student programming contest KPI-OPEN.

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