Since the launch of our department’s study programmes in the field of Artificial Intelligence and up to the present day, demand for our graduates has remained consistently high. This enables them to build successful careers both in Ukraine and abroad, regardless of whether they choose to work in industry or pursue academic careers.
Through our double-degree program, more than 80 of our graduates have earned a Master of Science degree in “Mobile Computing” and “Artificial Intelligence” from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands, in addition to their Ukrainian diploma. Twenty-seven of our most talented graduates chose academic careers, earned PhD degrees from European universities, and are currently employed at the Universities of Jyväskylä, Tampere, and Vaasa in Finland; the University of Algarve in Portugal; the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom; Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands; and the Malta Information Technology University.
Positions held by our graduates include:
Director at TeliaSonera (Finland); Head of Data Science at Qualia Media (New York, USA); Technology Innovation Engineering Specialist at Accenture Finland (Helsinki, Finland); Analyst at Rovio Entertainment Ltd. (developer of the Angry Birds game) (Espoo, Finland); Principal Software Engineer at Nokia Technologies (Helsinki, Finland); Senior Software Engineer at Giesecke+Devrient (Helsinki, Finland); Senior Software Engineer at Intel Corporation (Tampere, Finland); Systems Architect at Tieto (Helsinki, Finland); Engineer at Nokia (Tampere, Finland); Senior Knowledge Management Engineer at IDT Corporation (Jyväskylä, Finland); Senior Business Analyst at KAATO Gaming (Helsinki, Finland); Lead Engineer at Lightning AI (formerly Amazon Web Services) (Seattle, USA); Senior Engineer at Merging Technologies (Lausanne, Switzerland); Software Development Team Lead at IMC Financial Markets & Asset Management (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Knowledge Graph Engineer at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Market Strategy Analyst at Neuberger Berman Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands); CEO of Firumeda Oy (Finland); Java Department Expert and Director of Innovation at NIX Solutions Ltd.; Data Analyst at CERN (Switzerland).
We decided not to mention the specific names of the individuals holding these positions in order to maintain confidentiality and to avoid overlooking other undoubtedly outstanding alumni whose career achievements are not included in this list.
Data Scientist and Data Analyst are the positions most commonly held by our graduates from the recent wartime years. Roles requiring expert knowledge in data analytics and AI technologies are currently in high demand across many leading institutions and technology companies, both in Ukraine and around the world.
The career achievements of our graduates have attracted the interest of the European professional community. Below are interviews with our alumnae: Maria Gavriushenko (who earned her PhD at the University of Jyväskylä) and Olha Tymofieieva (who obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Jyväskylä in addition to her degree from NURE, published on the Artificial Intelligence Skills Alliance portal: https://aiskills.eu/learn-from-ai-experts-interviews-with-ai-professionals.