The Potential of Higher Education in Ukraine in the Preparation of Competitive IT Specialists for the Post-War Recovery of the Country’s Economy

Abstract

The rapid recovery of the Ukrainian economy in the post-war period is possible only on the basis of a suffi-cient number of competitive and motivated IT experts, whose knowledge will not only quickly compensate for all lost technologies in various areas of the country's economic activity through military operations, bom-bardments and occupation, but also significantly improve technical-technological level of the country. To this end, the work carried out a deep analysis of the potential of higher education institutions in Ukraine to train competitive IT experts. The main problems of Ukrainian universities in the training of IT experts are substan-tiated. A comparison of the focus and content of the educational programs of leading universities in the train-ing of IT experts in Ukraine and the leading countries of the world is made. The factors influencing the level of motivation of Ukrainian IT experts in the direction of the knowledge acquired during training for the needs of restoring the economy of Ukraine have been determined.