Daniela GiorgettiEITCI Institute

In terms of advancement, the EITCA Academy - as an international IT training and competency certification framework - regarding the programme contents and the recognition of the EITCA certifications, corresponds most closely to postgraduate studies. It is less theoretical in its aproach than the usual university academic postgraduate study programmes and more industrial oriented in order to constitute a proper educational background more aligned with professional career development. While EITCA Academy certifications are professionally recognized similarily as university postgraduate diplomas, they hold advantages, as more practically oriented and internationally accredited by the European Information Technologies Certification Institute in Brussels, which governs this European standard. The EITCA Academy constitutes a series of topically related EITC certification programmes, which can also be completed separately, corresponding on their own to industrial level IT professional training. Both EITCA and EITC certifications constitute an important attestation of the holder's relevant IT expertise & skills, empowering hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide by documenting their competencies and supporting their professional careers, conforming with the guidelines of the European Commission's Digital Agenda.