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Career prospects in an international IT environment Experts in the field offer their take on student prospects

- Globalization is increasingly transforming proessional and social life. IT professionals are working more and more frequently in multicultural teams and on interdisciplinary projects. In addition to excellent english skills, intercultural competencies and international experience are also crucial today. 

- The Bachelor in International IT Management at the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology specifically prepares students for the demands of an international workplace. 

- The program provides the technical, linguistic and intercultural skills required for a successful career in the international IT field. 

What are the career opportunities in the field of International IT Management in Switzerland?

  • Implement international projects and managing international teams
  • IT management in an international environment
  • Plan and rollout IT systems and applications in subsidiaries abroad
  • Technical IT consulting on an international basis
  • Acting as the interface in global sourcing

Experts provide insights into future developments and career prospects

«Intercultural skills play an important role.»

Porträt Patrick Brigger

«The bachelor’s degree in International IT Management is a very interesting option. ICT is evolving into different, highly specialized units that have the highest possible level of expertise in their branch. As an individual department, company or person, it is not possible to cover all areas. This makes it even more important to be able to work together with different partners. These partners are often not based in your home country. Instead, they are increasingly located in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam and India, or in Eastern Europe. Contractual negotiations with people from China are absolutely opposite to those carried out in western countries. Communication must take place in other languages and be supported with suitable tools. All this requires a degree program that goes far beyond that seen in “normal” IT studies.» Dr. Patrick Brigger, getAbstract AG, Co-Founder & CTO

«Our increasingly international economic area makes new demands on education.»

Porträt Gerda Schwindt

«With the bachelor’s degree in International IT Management, the Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology has established a highly-sought course to meet the demands of an increasingly international business area in Central Switzerland. Moreover, this new degree program also represents a logical continuation of the international apprenticeship concept that was recently launched by the canton of Zug. As an international company, we are delighted to be able to offer all the possibilities associated with an international degree program to our talented young professionals – on all levels – with this new program, while at the same time also benefiting from an international pool of talent. This is ideal when it comes to meeting our demands for local specialists.» Gerda Schwindt, Glencore International AG,  Global Head HR

«The degree program gives students the skills necessary to meet both technological and cultural challenges.»

Porträt Andre Muff

«The bachelor’s degree in International IT Management is a very promising course that meets the demands of business both now and in the future. The graduates should be able to make their mark in constantly changing technical and cultural surroundings. Mastering technological and cultural challenges requires a special set of skills. Moreover, agile processes such as Scrum/SAFe and the design thinking approach are extremely important nowadays. Graduates must be familiar with these methods and gain the fundamental skills needed to master the methods of tomorrow.» André Muff, Siemens Schweiz AG, Leiter R&D Zug, Building Technologies Division