Teaching - Quality and Impact. The triangle shown in Figure 1 underlies the view of IT at the IT University. The field of IT is made up of science, business and arts. Our graduates have some knowledge in all three areas and in-depth knowledge in at least one. The courses offered cover the entire triangle.
Teaching - Quality and Impact. Ensuring high quality in teaching will remain a high priority for ITU, cf. T1. At the same time, we must ensure that the ITU candidates are appreciated and their qualifica- tions fit the Danish IT labour market, cf. T2. This entails improving communication to employers about the qualifications of ITU graduates. But it also entails deepening our understanding of the relationship between what programmes we do (or could) offer and what best serves the labour market and adjusting our programmes accordingly. ITU wants to increase the share of ITU graduates among employed IT graduates in IT jobs in Denmark, cf. T3. This focus area is chosen because a large share of ITU graduates among employed IT graduates in IT jobs in Denmark is, we believe, a good indicator of the value of IT graduates to the Danish society. It is also an indicator which is more robust to short-term fluctuations in the market than, for example, employment rates of ITU graduates. Finally, the reason we are interested in the share of ITU graduates among employed IT graduates in IT jobs in Denmark, rather than simply the share of ITU graduates among IT employees in Denmark, is that we do not want fluctuations in employment of IT employees who do not hold a degree in IT to impact our measure of success. Nor are those ITU graduates who end up in non-IT jobs a key measure of success.
