College of Engineering institute ranked among top Austin computer training firms
August 21, 2006

The Software Quality Institute (SQI) at the University of Texas at Austin was recently ranked as the 11th top computer training firm by the Austin Business Journal.

The ranking was a based on the number of students taught in 2005. Last year, the SQI trained 200 people and taught 50 classes, most of which consisted of two to five daylong sessions. The most popular courses were "Modeling Functional Requirements with Use Cases," "Foundations of Software Project Management" and "Object-Oriented Analysis and Design."

The SQI offers 35 course titles. It also offers a certification program on Software Project Management, which currently has more than 270 graduates.

SQI is a multidisciplinary collaboration of the College of Engineering with software and information systems organizations in Texas. SQI specializes in practitioner-to-practitioner training, with an emphasis on hands-on, practical workshops. Its mission is to inform and educate software producers and software users at the local, state and national levels about issues vital to the production and application of high-quality software. SQI draws on research and expertise from the university, the private sector and government.

The Software Quality Institute is a unit within the Center for Lifelong Engineering Education, the College of Engineering's self-sustaining continuing education and outreach arm. The center combines the experience of exceptional faculty and industry experts to offer results-based programs on topics impacting industry. From master's degrees and certificate programs to online learning and in-house programs, the center provides learning opportunities tailored to fit the engineer's needs.

For more information on SQI, visit: http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/sqi/index.cfm

About UT's College of Engineering: The University of Texas at Austin's College of Engineering ranks among the top six public engineering schools in the United States. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, the College's more than 7,000 students gain exposure to the nation's finest engineering practitioners. Appropriately, the Colleges logo, an embellished checkmark used by the first UT engineering dean to denote high quality student work, is the nations oldest quality symbol.