West Africa / 
Cape Verde / Praia - Universities
Universidade Pública de Cabo Verde
The degree course in Informatics and Computer Engineering has the general objective of training specialists able to manipulate and edit information at the conceptual and abstract level, also mastering the physical realities that support it or to which they relate. The course involves a set of elementary, basic and specialized training subjects, which allow the future professional to act with scientific rigor and technological updating, in domains that encompass the analysis, design, modelling, production, operation and maintenance of computer applications, architectures of computers, hardware, multimedia applications and networks. <mark>The course seeks to respond to the local and national need for training qualified professionals with basic and advanced skills in the use and manipulation of Communication and Information Technologies (ICT).</mark> <p></p> In terms of career opportunities, while having a degree in Informatics and Computer Engineering, it is possible to develop activities such as: application programmers, technical support professionals, IT system administrators in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises).
Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde
The Systems Engineering and Informatics Bachelors program provides students with extensive theoretical knowledge in mathematics, statistics, operation and system analysis, system theory and modelling of technical, economical and social systems, information technologies and information engineering. <p></p> The aim of the course is to provide graduates with a balance of knowledge in business and production theory. <p></p> The technical aspects of the Systems Engineering and Informatics Bachelors course includes: <mark> <br> - discrete mathematics <br> - algorithm theory <br> - formal logic <br> - <br> - functional programming data flow analysis <br> - systems analysis and modelling <br> - statistics</mark> <p></p> Graduates of the Systems Engineering and Informatics Bachelors course are well equipped for subsequent studies in a relevant MSc programme and/or for employment in the IT sector for economists, in information management, national and international trade etc.