Become a Software Enginee at OCBT

OCBT Campus, one of the foremost professional higher education institutions in Sri Lanka is now accepting applications for its software engineering programme that provides the opportunity for the students to enroll for the final year of an information technology degree programme in Sri Lanka UK or Australia. More details of the Software Engineering programme could be obtained from OCBT Campus, 443, Level 5, Galle Road, Colombo-03, e-mail [email protected] or by accessing the OCBT web site www.ocbt.lk

Those who have A/L with 2 passes or O/L with a recognized diploma can enter to this programme. However, the students who do not have a reputable diploma can obtain it through OCBT in a short period of time at a minimal cost.

According to Prasanna Aluthge, Chief Executive of OCBT, students who complete the Software Engineering program will be able to obtain employment as a Software Engineer within a short period of time of one year.

While they are thus employed, they can either register for the final year of the locally and internationally accepted Bachelors of Information Technology Degree programme of University of Colombo and complete the degree or enter for the final year of an IT Degree program of a university in the United Kingdom or Australia and complete that degree programme in Sri Lanka or abroad.

Accordingly, students of the OCBT Software Engineering program will be entitled for an information technology degree from a local or an overseas university and they will have at least one year + on the job experience in the software development professional field when they complete the Degree, paving the way for them to obtain highly paid employment in an accepted company in the information technology field thereafter. The Chief Executive stressed that every student of this program will get the opportunity of training in a software development environment in Sri Lanka and equip with the necessary skill set at the end of the programme which is really important to apply especially for overseas jobs.

OCBT Campus has also prepared program to impart the required knowledge of the English language and obtain the necessary certificates with international acceptance for the students who are expecting to complete the degree program in an overseas university after two years.

The course fees are very competitive and provisions have been made to make the payments in monthly installments'.

Educational loans have been facilitated with leading banks in the country for students with financial difficulties.

As highly paid employment opportunities are amply available in the computer software field, the money spent on two years of education can be recovered from two or three months salary after becoming an information technology professional.

Accordingly, this Software Engineering Course of the OCBT Campus is an extremely valuable investment for the future.

The contents of the Computer Software Engineering Course introduced by OCBT Campus have been prepared to suit the future international employment market, and are constantly being updated according to timely needs.

In this course, students will be given the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical training in Android Development, Java, PHP and . Net and at the conclusion of the programme students will be made to sit for examinations such as Microsoft, Oracle and Zend, that issue internationally accepted professional certificates.