Contribution of international seminars on computer science to education adjustment on European IT industry market

The article presents the role of international seminars in the educational process. Seminars are conducted on the computer science master degree program. Traditional ways of teaching, like lectures, laboratories and projects needs to be supplemented to make the educational offer interesting and to cover today students needs. The European IT market is changing and developing fast. It also spread rapidly and new branches are developed. Supporting ways of teaching, like international seminars enable students to learn about new technologies, applications, methods and solutions used and spread on abroad universities and markets. Moreover, such seminars help students to develop soft skills, establish new personal contacts and experience cooperation with abroad teachers. All those aspects enable students to orient themselves in the possibilities of study and work abroad. This study is concentrated on the aspects of communication, understanding content in foreign languages and obtaining knowledge in presented subject. What is more students expectation about the theoretical and practical knowledge quality, learning experience, teachers skills and knowledge are evaluated. Additionally the influence of seminars on participation in student exchange programs is tested. The seminars described in the article were conducted by the educational project “A graduate of our time” granted by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The project covers creation of new specialisations for the Computer Science Master Degree program in Lublin University of Technology.