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CUBAN HIGHER EDUCATION
67 Higher Education Institutions More than 200 000 students (13 087 foreign students from 152 countries)
CUBAN HIGHER EDUCATION
1958-1959
1976-1977
2013-2014
3
28
67
Number of Cuban Higher Education
Institutions
1958-1959
1976-1977
2013-2014
2063
83957
207237
Undergraduate enro-llment
2009.00
2010.00
2011.00
2012.00
630420.00
526445.00
541310.00
468153.00
Postgraduate enrollment
MISSIONS
To train Informatics Science professionals, highly committed to the development of the country.
To produce software and informatics services following a study-work based
educational model and support Cuban software industry.
GENERAL FACTS
• Created in 2002
• Course: Informatics Sciences Engineering
• Training model based on software development competences
• unique educational concept
• industry within the university
• 7 graduations, more than 11000 engineers
• Very young faculty body
• Undergraduate
• 6 faculties
• More than 4000 undergraduate students
• All Cuban provinces represented
• Postgraduate Education
• Five Master’s Degree programs
• Institution authorized for PhD programs in Informatics
• International Postgraduate Education Center
TRAINING
F5F1
F2 F6
F3
F4
FACULTY – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
CISED: Center for identification and information security (CMMI Nivel II)CESOL: Free Software Center
CIDI: Center for internet research and development
F5F1
F2 F6
F3
F4
FACULTY – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
TLM: Telematics CenterCIGED: Center for ICT in Document Management
F5F1
F2 F6
F3
F4
FACULTY – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
CEIGE: Business Informatics Center (CMMI Nivel II)
CEGEL: E-government Center
F1
F2 F6
F3
F4
FACULTAD - CENTROS DE DESARROLLO
F5
CEDIN: Industrial Informatics Center (CMMI Nivel II)
CEDAE: Business Architecture Consulting and Development Center
VERTEX: Tridimensional Interactive Virtual Environment Center
F1
F2 F6
F3
F4
F5
FACULTY – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
GEYSED: Geo-informatics and Digital Signals Center
DATEC: Data-base Technologies Management Center
CISEDCESOL
CIDI
F1
F2
F5
F6
F3
TLM CIGED
CEIGE
CEGEL
F4
FORTES
CEDIN
CEDAE
DATEC
GEYSED
CESIM
FACULTY – DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
VERTEX
RESEARCH CENTERS
Educational Science Innovation and Quality Center (CICE)
Computational Mathematics Research Center(CEMC)
GENERAL SERVICES CENTERS
Technical Support and Maintenance Center
Audiovisual Production Center
Graphic Design Center
• Bioinformatics
• Image and signal processing and Geoinformatics
• Educational Science and ICT in education
• Computer graphics and Virtual reality
• Telecommunication networks and Software security
• Social impact of ICT
• Free software and open source systems
• Business intelligence and architectures
• Database technologies
• Scientific computing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Software project management, quality and
engineering
RESEARCH LINES
RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT
• About 200 software and associated services development projects
• 3 development centers certified CMMI Level II
• Relations with academic and business institutions from, among others:
Venezuela, Mexico, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Argentina, Panama, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Trinidad and
Tobago, Bahamas, Canada,Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Germany,
Russia, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, Equatorial Guinea
REGIONAL LEADING ROLE IN ACM-ICPC PROGRAMMING CONTESTS
• Regional venue for ACM –ICPC competitions in the Caribbean region since 2009 (more than 50 universities from 8 countries)
• Participation in two World Finals
• World sub-champion of the ICPC Challenge Tournament in the World Finals in 2011, USA
• Developer of the Caribbean On-line Judge (http://coj.uci.cu), with more than 700 universities and 150 countries represented
Almost 1000 apartments with basic living and working conditions
Basic services:
• Cafeterias• Post Office• Bank• Currency exchange office• Beauty parlor and barbershop• Swimming pool• Bakery• Others
RESIDENTIAL AREA
EXTENSION
• Wide involvement in social programs
• Active sports and cultural life
• About 250 works of art in campus
EXTENSION