The cooperation agreement was signed on October 13. It includes, among others, holding joint studies and research projects, implementing innovative technological solutions and cooperation in the field of education of future graduates with respect to the needs of the labour market.
'Wroclaw University of Technology is one of the best universities in the region. Its graduates are highly talented and well-educated young people. For us, such good qualifications are a great value. We have been consistently developing our cooperation with the Wroclaw University of Technology since 2012. The agreement that we signed today is a very strong signal, confirming that we want to maintain the momentum of our collaboration in the future, said Angus Kidd, Managing Director of Credit Suisse Center of Excellence in Wroclaw.
For the university, the agreement means improving the quality of education.
'For the company, this is a good investment in future employees, and for the students, the opportunity to verify theoretical knowledge gained in classes, to be confronted with actual professional tasks and requirements, said Prof. Tadeusz Więckowski, rector of the Technical University of Wroclaw.
The cooperation will be held, among others, in the scope of organising student internships, semester courses, workshops, networking events and various types of training programs and lectures. In addition, Credit Suisse will continue to cooperate with the university careers office and student organizations.
Credit Suisse in Wroclaw
The company employs more than 4,000 people and is therefore one of the largest employers in the city.
Signing a contract with the Wroclaw Technical University is another step confirming the growing importance of the Wroclaw centre in the global structure of the company. Simple financial and personnel processes, from which the investor began its activity, have been complemented in recent years by advanced services such as project management, transaction support, IT or risk management,' says Lukasz Czajkowski, Director of Business Support Center of Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency.
