Why Hire an iCarnegie Student?

At Newport Business Institute, employers have a new, high-caliber resource to help build a staff of exceptional computer programming and software professionals that can immediately add value to the organization. The iCarnegie curriculum and Software Systems Development (SSD) Certification is a complete education and training program using the most modern tools and software engineering practices, developed through iCarnegie’s unique educational affiliation with Carnegie Mellon University.

Students that complete the iCarnegie courses and certification exams are among the best-trained in the field worldwide – as ensured by the quality of the curriculum created and maintained by iCarnegie and Carnegie Mellon.

The iCarnegie SSD Certificate holder is:

Experienced – They possess significant experience in designing, implementing, and testing a range of real-world software applications. Projects include the development and use of distributed systems, web servers, and relational databases to drive e-commerce applications, online auctions, and other web-based software artifacts. They have thorough knowledge in algorithms, data structures, object-oriented software development, and systems level programming.

Modern – They have routinely used the most current, industry-accepted technologies and tools, studied the Carnegie Mellon approach to modern software engineering methods, and gained expertise that prepares them to work well in a software organization certified in the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM).

Extremely Qualified – The iCarnegie curriculum has been developed by faculty from the world-renowned Carnegie Mellon University’s computer science programs, and receives ongoing updates to reflect the current needs of employers. Further, the iCarnegie SSD certified students demonstrate and prove their skills by means of real-world, objective certification exams.

Perhaps the major distinction of iCarnegie SSD certificate holders is that they have practiced and been evaluated on work that students of many other programs have only read about.