ABSTRACT
Aligning higher education with industry needs is an ongoing concern for colleges and universities, especially in elds that evolve rapidly (Masurel and Nijkamp 2009), e.g., information and communication technologies (ICT). This “gap” between education and industry can be characterized from different points of view, and we illustrate this with a few examples and points for further discussion in this paper. First, we see a signicant discrepancy between competencies demanded by the labor market on the one hand and those acquired by college or university graduates on the other (Sajid Sheikh et al. 2009; Froeschle 2010). Additionally, some of the existing practically useful scientic research results rarely or even not all are applied in real life (Dosi et al. 2006). In this paper, we share our experience with regard to bridging the gap between science, higher education, and industry. We present a case of planning an industry-friendly study program in the eld of ICT and propose how to use a computer science-based approach to automate this planning process.
