SLIIT seminar today

SLIIT will conduct a public seminar today detailing future trends in information technology, academic pathways provided by the institute and job opportunities available to prospective students in today's competitive IT landscape.

The seminar, which will be held from 10 am - 12 noon at SLIIT's Metro Campus (15th Floor) - Colombo 3, will give parents and prospective students a valuable opportunity to choose the degree pathway that best suits students' academic goals. The keynote speaker at the event is Professor Klaus Schmidt, visiting lecturer from the Institute of Technology, College of Applied Science and Technology - Illinois State University, USA and visiting Fulbright Senior Specialist at SLIIT.

Students will also gain insight to SLIIT's three-year B.Sc (IT) degree programme of study. Students who successfully complete the two year Diploma in Information Technology degree at SLIIT have the option of completing the B.Sc IT degree (IT Specialization) or B.Sc IT degree (Interactive Multimedia Technology specialization) at SLIIT or at several of SLIIT's foreign partner Universities in the UK, USA and Australia.

The newly introduced Multimedia Technology degree programme will be part of SLIIT's Information Technology major and will provide specialisation in graphic design, multimedia and animation streams. Speaking in this regard, Professor Schmidt said "Sri Lanka has a strong market potential for growth in the area of multimedia technology, and SLIIT is well positioned to prepare its Information Technology students for jobs in that expanding field."