Apple iOS Developer Academy in Naples, opened in October – Tom’s Hardware

The iOS Developer Academy , the first in Europe, will open a Naples , just by October . The University of Naples Federico II today announced that the partnership with Apple, revealed for the first time by the same Tim Cook in January during the visit to Italy, “will provide hundreds of students practical skills and training on developing apps for the most innovative and vibrant digital ecosystem in the world. “

 
 

In the autumn, over 200 students will participate in the first year, many more will follow in subsequent years. “ Students will participate in a course of nine months , designed and supported by Apple , with a dedicated facility at the new campus in San Giovanni in Teduccio”, the statement said University. “The structure includes laboratories and access to the latest Apple hardware and software products.”

 
 
 
 

In the first semester courses will aim to improve and raise students’ skills in developing software on iOS; during the second semester students will participate in courses on the creation of start-up and design of app , and will collaborate with each other to create apps that could possibly get to the App Store.

 
 

“Some of the most creative developers in the world come from Europe, and we are confident that this center will help the next generation to acquire the skills necessary to succeed,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO.

 
 

Nominations may be submitted on www.unina.it site. You will also be asked for a preliminary online test in Italian or English . Overcoming give right of access to the next stage which includes a Talk . It is not necessarily required training information technology “because the course was designed to support a heterogeneous mix of future developers ranging in different areas.”

 
 

“From Academy Apple will not leave only iOS developers in high demand in the labor market, but also young entrepreneurs who have a winning idea will give birth to companies that will bring wealth and jobs,” wrote the Premier Matteo Renzi on Twitter . “I am sure that local entrepreneurs will support and sustain this great opportunity.”