The IT department at the Technical University of Kraków (Politechnika Krakowska) is one of the most important of its kind in Europe. On June 8, 2022, 16 of the best students, accompanied by Vice Dean Daniel Grzeonka and Institute Director Anna Ristic-Malec, met at an invitation from the Austrian Business Agency – Work in Austria for a four-day stay in Salzburg. Deputy Mayor Bernhard Auinger and Julia Rafetseder from the City of Salzburg’s Business Service welcome the high potentials from Poland at the start of the specialist excursion at a reception in a marble hall in Mirabell Palace.

The program, organized together with the Welcome Service of Innovation Austria, includes visits to top-class Salzburg IT companies and leading companies, including Palfinger, Conova, Red Bull, Porsche, Skidata, Cognify Mayer&Co and GIS – Uni Salzburg to get to know them or an internship, to start a traineeship or a job.

Deputy Mayor Bernhard Auinger emphasizes: “Salzburg is home to internationally outstanding companies in the field of innovation and communication technology. However, good IT specialists are in great demand throughout Europe. It is all the more important for Salzburg as a knowledge and business location to keep its finger on the pulse through European cooperation and to be attractive for skilled workers. Therefore, prospective cooperation with the Kraków Polytechnic is a huge opportunity.”

In February 2020, the municipal council of the city of Salzburg adopted the model for a new economic strategy. One of the five fields of action aims at the importance of skilled workers for the prosperous further development of the location: In addition to the art, culture and tourism competence that has been built up worldwide, the positioning as a dynamic place for companies, creative Brains and young professionals will be experienced.

The business service of the city of Salzburg is the contact for foreign skilled workers and supports them when they arrive.