Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - The SAP University Alliance and the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TTPU) announced a launch of a large-scale curriculum for university students and teachers. The goal of the initiative is to train qualified personnel to participate in UzAvtoSanoat’s digitalization projects. Trilateral cooperation is designed for 2 years.

The program consists of three stages. The first is the training of faculty members of TTPU under the program "Building an Intellectual Enterprise", developed by specialists of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

At the end of the theoretical course, the university begins to teach students how to work with the innovative platform SAP S / 4HANA. The program for students will be finalized taking into account the requirements of Uzavtosanoat for specialists who will be attracted to the digitalization project by more than 85 operating enterprises of the group of companies.

The best students will pass certification in the direction of “SAP Certified Application Associate,” which guarantees not only the ability to work with advanced and popular IT solutions around the world, but also is an additional advantage for future employment in leading companies of the republic.

 “Turin Polytechnic University is the main supplier of specialists for such industries as the automotive industry, construction, energy and information technology. Over 10 years of work, university engineers have already implemented 17 innovative projects, patented 6 scientific inventions. Cooperation with SAP and Uzavtosanoat will allow not only to modernize the educational process, improve the qualifications of teachers and students, but also take part in the project of transformation of one of the largest enterprises of the republic,” Uktam Salomov, rector of the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, said.

“The speed of development and consumption of new technologies requires young professionals not only technical knowledge, but also an understanding of the business needs of companies from various industries. The initiative of the University Alliance, TTPU and UzAvtoSanoat is a unique opportunity for students to work with real cases and gain the competencies necessary for future projects of digital transformation of the republic,” commented Laziz Adkhamov, SAP Uzbekistan managing director.

The SAP University Alliance collaborates with more than 130 CIS universities so that students can learn SAP technologies in practice, solve problems and develop their own projects for the needs of the digital economy. To date, the membership of the Alliance in Uzbekistan is 4 universities in the country, where on a regular basis, company experts give courses on SAP solutions for both students and teachers.