The document summarizes the PGDAIT Post-graduate diploma in advanced information technologies program. The 1-year program includes an initial training phase in Germany, a semester of study at the University of Siegen, and a 3-month internship. The program aims to provide international students with experience working in Germany's IT industry and exposure to state-of-the-art technologies taught by German academics. Upon completion, students can apply their credits towards a Master's degree or seek jobs in Germany or India.

1. PGDAIT Post-graduate diploma in advanced information technologies

2. Targeted audience All degree holders (B.Sc./M.Sc.) who want to: Increase their knowledge with state-of-the-art technologies taught by German academic staff (Professors, visiting lecturers, assistant professors)

3. gain real world experience from experienced IT people from Germany Enter Germany to go for M.Sc.

4. getting job experience from abroad

5. job opportunities

6. academic career

7. F irst phase: Selection and initial preparation phase Eligibility: B.Sc. or M.Sc. in engineering or IT related domain

8. from recognizes institute Basic programming skills, preferably in Java

9. Fluently speaking english (TOEFL/IELTS)

10. Willing to work hard (as there is fierce competition)

11. Deliverables

12. The bodies behind PGDAIT: University of Siegen

13. Brockhaus Group India and Germany

14. University of Siegen Foundation of the University of Siegen on 1st August 1972

15. Combination of Humboldt’s humanistic educational ideal and the advantages of a practice-orientated technical and teacher training college education

16. Student population: 13,500 in winter 2009/10 (including ca.1,630 international students = 12%) Staff (1550): 1050 academic staff (including 231 professors)

17. 500 non-academic staff in technology and administration

18. University of Siegen Department 5 (School of Economic Disciplines) Economics

19. Business Administration

20. German and European Economic Law

21. Information Systems for Business (Business Computing = Wirtschaftsinformatik)

22. University of Siegen Dept. 5 at bird's eye view

23. University of Siegen CHE-Ranking:

24. PGDAIT at media

25. Brockhaus Group Facts: Founded in 2003 by Dirk Brockhaus and Matthias Bohnen

26. 100% privately owned, approx. 20% of shares hold by employees

27. no venture capital, no investors

28. > 15 Employees around 1.000.000,- € revenues in 2008

29. Located at Heidelberg

30. Wiesbaden

31. Pune

32. About Brockhaus Partners and cooperations: Academia University of Siegen Joint diploma theses for e.g. T-Online

33. Joint international workshops for vodafone, SAP, Dresdner Bank, ...

34. Joint positions in student assistentships / research projects

35. About Brockhaus Partners and cooperations: Academia Biju Patnaik University of Technologies (Orissa, India) 40 Colleges with approx. 58.000 Students

36. Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with University of Siegen and Brockhaus Vivesvaraya Technological University (Karnataka, India) 140 Colleges with approx 180.000 Students

37. Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with University of Siegen and Brockhaus

38. Reference: T-Online International AG Consulting/ Development Training / Coaching Research / Academia   T-Online is a brand of Deutsche Telekom and germans largest internet provider. Brockhaus defined the migration concept, supported the migration from SUN iPlanet to Bea WebLogic 8.1 and was training the employees and supporting the administration and 24/7 operation. Results: Increase of performance by factor 10

39. Increase of load balancing by factor 3

40. 24/7 operation, no failure Cluster 8 Mio. hits per day (incl. static content)

41. 24 Bea WebLogic 8.1 instancies / 4 Apache WebServer Applikations: Ordermanagement

42. Billing systems Migration: iPlanet -> Bea WebLogic Migration / administration of „Customer Self Care System“ of T-Online International AG. „ The experts of Brockhaus GmbH not only did a very good migration job, but also have supported us in the perfect operation of our system. We are very satisfied with their performance.“ Gerd Rolvering , Senior Manager Application Services, T-ONLINE INTERNATIONAL AG .

43. Reference: DBV Winterthur Consulting/ Development Training / Coaching Research / Academia   Evaluation and Administration of “ePlatform” for all online applications DBV is part of global AXA Group Employees: 4.600

44. Customers: 3,5 million

45. Revenue: 2.8 billion € --- Data by DBV-winterthur Brockhaus' tasks and objectives: Evaluation of strategic platform to support all online business of DBV

46. Training and coaching of DBV employees

47. 24/7 operation, no failure

48. Technical env.: JBoss 4.0.4, Solaris 10, Oracle 10g, Gauss VIP

49. Reference: OVB Vermögensberatung Köln Consulting/ Development Training / Coaching Research / Academia    pic by Raimond Spekking / GNU-License for free Docu FOSS based prototype for new CRM-System Project desc.: OVB was about making a descision regarding their new CRM-System. One of the alternatives was a pure open-source based implementation. Brockhaus together with University of Siegen evaluated FOSS technologies / products and implemented the prototype Brockhaus' tasks and objectives: Evaluation of free open source technologies to make use of (JBoss, jBPM, MySQL/Postgres, eclipse, Hibernate)

50. implementation of prototype, presentation of results to OVB's IT executive director

51. Training OVB IT-personal in Java, Enterprise Java and JBoss-Admin

52. Reference: SAP eLearning Consulting/ Development Training / Coaching Research / Academia    45 min eLearning for internal use at SAP AG SAP University wants to introduce SAP's strategy in areas of eSOA globally Brockhaus was choosen due to several trainings given in areas of Java / Enterprise Java Brockhaus' tasks and objectives: Defining educational scheme and didactical approach

53. Content rework, storyboarding

54. Supervising technical implementation most successful e-Learning of SAP

55. Course details 3 phased program: Selection and initial preparation phase by Brockhaus

56. One semester studies at university of Siegen including exam

57. Internship at German company 6500 € Course fee

58. F irst phase: Selection and initial preparation phase Process Personal interview, fill application form, apply for scholarship (150,- € monthly for 6 month)

59. 100,- € processing fee (100% refunded if you are rejected by University of Siegen)

60. 3 to 4 weeks later you will get admission letter and conditional offer letter, we ask you to pay 750,- € in advance to get the documents.

61. Apply for bank loan (if needed) and for apartment in hostel

62. Apply for visa and pay remaining 5650,- € to Brockhaus' bank account in India.

63. Go for Max Mueller Bhavan for complimentary German language training (A1 level)

64. Book you flight!

65. F irst phase: Selection and initial preparation phase German language training in India Provided at Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut

66. We expect you to complete A1 level

67. Course fee of 9000 INR is included

68. F irst phase: Selection and initial preparation phase Process (continued) After arrival in Germany: Transport from Frankfurt to Siegen, dropping you at your apartments

69. Assisting in all administrative things like health care, bank account, enrollment process, visa issues, shopping, mobile phone After getting adjusted (2-3 days) Prep training of around 3 weeks

70. Project

71. F irst phase: Selection and initial preparation phase Initial training Modeling systems using UML

72. Java SE

73. GoF Design Patterns

74. Test-driven development using JUnit Project, presentation and test: Team-based development of real project

75. Presentation of results

76. Test plus certificate from Brockhaus

77. 2 nd Phase: Study at University of Siegen You are: Enrolled as non-degree seeking student

78. Joining the same lectures as your fellow students

79. exams as your fellow students Every lecture and exam is in english language

80. 2 nd Phase: Study at University of Siegen Lectures provided (ECTS): Enterprise Java (oral/written exam)

81. Service oriented Architectures and Business Process Management (oral/written exam)

82. Secure mobile applications (oral/written exam)

83. SAP foundations (attestation)

84. International project management (attestation)

85. German language (attestation)

86. … any other you like

87. 2 nd Phase: Study at University of Siegen Exam: One hour of written exam / alternatively oral exam

88. Same exam as your fellow students of M.Sc.

89. ECTS points awarded and recognized for further studies

90. Three shots and you're out

91. 2 nd Phase: Study at University of Siegen Additional lectures during semester break (provided by Brockhaus) Agile SW-Projects using SCRUM

92. Java EE Architectures (Patterns and Idioms)

93. Administration of JBoss App.-Server

94. BPMN, BPEL recap

95. Deliverables

96. 2 nd Phase: Study at University of Siegen finally

97. 3 rd Phase: Internship Apply for internship at German IT company

98. Gain more work experience

99. You are allowed to work for 90 working days (approx. 18 weeks)

100. Brockhaus guarantees for internship of three month

101. Relevance of topics covered According to major HR-portals (data from 27.05.2010) Technology monster.in Java 4745 Java EE / J2EE 2628 SOA 610 BPM 201 iPhone/Android 171 (iPhone) 225 (Android) SAP 2843

102. What is next? Your choice: Apply for job in Germany

103. Continue with M.Sc. at University of Siegen

104. Boost your career in India

105. ...

106. Why joining? International experience: Working in a different style

107. Studying in a different style Excellent labour market in EC According to German government there is a gap of around 20.000 IT-related specialists

108. According to SiliconIndia one-third of employers' worldwide find it difficult to fill key positions

109. In the Asia Pacific region, the situation is even worse, with two in very five companies facing a talent shortage

110. The region has also seen an increase of nine percent in non-availability of desired skills this year, as compared to the previous year

111. Facts Course fee 6,500 € (around 4 lakhs, payable in € to ICICI bank account in India) Over all cost Course fee plus: 7,200 € (600 € monthly) includes apartment, food, public transport, health care

112. flight

113. 200 € per semester for student parliament etc.

114. 60 € for visa Scholarship Available on application (150 € monthly) Internship Guaranteed for at least 3 month, paid with at least 200 € monthly Working allowed 90 working days per year (recommended to be used as internship) Research assistant (unlimited duration) Duration One year in Germany Degree Post-graduate, ECTS-Points, optional M.Sc. (ECTS will be recognized europe-wide)

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