Investing in future Software Engineers

Ericsson sponsored masters in applied software engineering

Ericsson sponsored masters in applied software engineering is a one-year Masters Program run in conjunction with TUS, Ireland and aimed at 3rd level students who have already completed an undergraduate degree in any field and have an interest in pursuing a career as a software engineer.

It offers a unique opportunity for anyone to enter the fast-paced and exhilarating field of software engineering. 

Transition year work experience

Ericsson's Transition Year Program has been running since 1993. The week includes a combination of programming, a group project and an intro to a variety of technologies.

Each day is packed with different activities.  The aim of this week is that they will come away with a better understanding of what it is we do in Ericsson, but also how enjoyable a career in technology can be. 

Girls in ICT

Investing in future Software Engineers Program believes that future of STEM studies as a career choice is exciting and we want to encourage as many females as possible to join the male dominated sector.

Each year we run a Girls in ICT activity within the Investing in future Software Engineers program. Every year we aim to have 50/50 gender intake in our Transition year program. In addition to this we host an all-girls transition year week in April to celebrate Girls in ICT day.

Summer camps

Ericsson Summer Camps are open to kids aged 8-18. Four different courses are available over the summer months, Scratch for beginners, HTML/CSS, Microbit and Python at a Glance.

The Summer camps aimed to put a positive light on programming in order to create a spark for computer science from a young age. The children work in teams and are encouraged to think in a step-by-step manner to enable problem solving, as a real software engineer also does.

Career talks

Ericsson professionals volunteer their time to give career talks to local schools.

They walk through a day in the life of a software engineer and their path to Ericsson, thus allowing students the opportunity to see the possibilities a career in software engineering presents.

Contact Investing in future Software Engineers if you would be interested in receiving a career talk.

Ericsson Primary Introduction to Code

The Ericsson Primary Introduction to Code program is run in primary schools with children aged 4-12.

This program uses a “teach the teacher" approach to support upskilling of teachers in STEM, encouraging them to educate their students on the basics of coding. Ericsson Primary Introduction to Code promotes STEM from an early age and encourages the students to study STEM subjects as they progress to the secondary level education system.

Third level education - internships

Investing in future Software Engineers Program is building an ecosystem which connects Ericsson Software Engineers to universities.  We offer practical career-related support to future engineers by bringing leading edge technology and industry closer to the education system.

We support the DCU STEM teacher program and host internships each year with third level institutes.

Bursary

The purpose of the program is to encourage and support high potential local students with the right aptitude, to study a 3rd level degree in Computer Science.

Intro to IT

Intro to IT is an initiative that focuses on supporting local secondary schools in their move to educating Computer Science at Leaving Certificate level, by teaching the teachers.

The Intro to IT initiative focuses on teaching the basics of code to Secondary school educators who in turn pass the knowledge on in their classrooms.