Program Overview

IT Specialist Program

The IT Specialist program at TU Dresden is a vocational training program that focuses on two main fields: application development and system integration. The program duration is three years for each field.

Program Overview

The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in IT, covering a range of topics including programming languages, web programming, databases, and system integration.

Fields of Study

The program offers two fields of study:

• Application Development: This field focuses on the creation and adaptation of software, including learning programming languages such as C, C++, and Python, web programming and design, databases, and testing and optimizing existing applications.
• System Integration: This field concentrates on hardware and data networking, including planning, installation, and configuration of complex IT systems, system integration, networks, and databases.

Program Details

The program details are as follows:

• Program Duration: 3 years
• Disciplines: Application development and system integration
• Official Title: IT Specialist (m/f/x)

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for the program are:

• Good to excellent grades in mathematics and computer science
• Good knowledge of English, German, and physics
• A well-rounded general education is a plus

Program Structure

The program structure includes:

• Learning programming languages such as C, C++, and Python
• Web programming and design (HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript)
• Databases (design, operation)
• Testing and optimizing existing applications and programming additional modules or interfaces for them as necessary
• Gaining basic knowledge of hardware, installation, configuration, operating systems, and networks
• Presenting application systems and documentation

System Integration

The system integration field has the following focal points:

• Planning, installation, and configuration of complex IT systems
• System integration, networks
• Service, advice, and guidance, error analysis, troubleshooting
• Databases, programming

The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in IT, preparing them for a career as an IT specialist.