Software startup within a university - producing industry-ready graduates

Saara Maija Tenhunen; Tomi Männistö; Petri Ihantola; Jami Kousa; Matti Luukkainen

doi:10.1109/ICSE-SEET58685.2023.00014

Software startup within a university - producing industry-ready graduates

Saara Maija Tenhunen, Tomi Männistö, Petri Ihantola, Jami Kousa, Matti Luukkainen

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated that preparing students for life in software engineering is not a trivial task. Authentic learning experiences are challenging to provide, and there are gaps between what students have done at the university and what they are expected to master when getting into the industry after graduation. To address this challenge, we present a novel way of teaching industry-relevant skills in a university-led internal software startup called Software Development Academy (SDA). In addition to describing the SDA concept in detail, we have investigated what educational aspects characterise SDA and how it compares to capstone projects. The questions are answered based on 15 semi-structured interviews with alumni of SDA. Working with production-quality software and having a wide range of responsibilities were perceived as the most integral aspects of SDA and provided students with a comprehensive skill set for the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET), Melbourne, Australia, 2023
Number of pages	13
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2023
Pages	82-94
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-2259-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEET58685.2023.00014
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 14 May 2023 → 20 May 2023 Conference number: 45

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113 Computer and information sciences
Internal startup
Software engineering education

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Tenhunen, S. M., Männistö, T., Ihantola, P., Kousa, J., & Luukkainen, M. (2023). Software startup within a university - producing industry-ready graduates. In 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET), Melbourne, Australia, 2023 (pp. 82-94). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEET58685.2023.00014

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Software startup within a university - producing industry-ready graduates. / Tenhunen, Saara Maija; Männistö, Tomi ; Ihantola, Petri et al.
2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET), Melbourne, Australia, 2023. IEEE, 2023. p. 82-94.

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