The Google Digital Workshop at UPT
It is the first of its kind in a technical university
The MPT Days, organized by the Faculty of Management in Production and Transport at Politehnica University Timișoara during the 19th - 20th of April a.m. included a series of events, starting with a meeting with successful graduates, presentation of scientific papers, discussion of experiences and opportunities at the European Parliament, of the ERASMUS program, sports team awards, culinary art exhibition and the ”MPT has talent" contest, culminating with the inauguration of a Google Digital Workshop, the first opened in a technical university.
The Digital Workshop was set up as a result of an inter-university competition organized by Google Romania in partnership with Junior Achievement Romania, to which the students of Politehnica University Timișoara mobilized, accumulated points by attending an online training and 23 interactive modules, and at the end of the competition qualified for a digital HUB.
"This is the first Google Digital Workshop to be set up in a Romanian technical university. We are very proud of this new premiere in Timisoara. This workshop will be conducting various courses for the development of mobile applications supported by specialists in the field. At the same time, we will combine the entrepreneurship side, because we are a faculty with this profile and we are very glad to have won this national competition that offers the opportunity to those who have the skills in this field. Politehnica University Timișoara, but we also want to include students from high schools in Timisoara with concerns in the field, as well as anyone who wants to prepare themselves in the field of informatics, "said prof. eng. ec. Marian Mocan, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Management in Production and Transport.
”The project started with Politehnica University Timișoara is part of the Digital Workshop Program, whereby Google wants to increase the digital skills of students as well as SMEs. So far, through the Digital Workshop project, we have built five HUBs in the country's universities that have helped students who want to study online marketing or companies that want to grow their online presence. This lab or Google HUB in Timisoara is the first where we will be doing technical activities because we want to expand our skills from online marketing to mobile application development, machine learning, artificial intelligence. Practically, there will be programming and support courses for UPT students who want to develop start-ups in the technical field", said Dan Oros, Google Marketing Manager.
