Bsc (hons) In Software Design With Mobile Apps And Connected Devices in Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland

Bsc (hons) In Software Design With Mobile Apps And Connected Devices in Athlone Institute of Technology

Why take this course?

The revenue generated by Mobile Apps continues to increase. In 2017 global revenue increased to $77 billion with 268 billion global app downloads. The estimated mobile app revenue was $35 billion in 2014, $45 billion in 2015 and $58 billion in 2016. The number of free apps downloaded in 2017 was 254 billion, up from 57.33 billion in 2012, and mobile development is one of the most actively growing sectors in the industry. Gross annual revenue from Mobile apps is projected to exceed $189 billion by 2020.

What opportunities might it lead to?

The European Commission estimates that Europe could face an 800,000 person ICT skills shortage by 2020. The shortage of talent in ICT is a global problem. This is due to unprecedented growth and innovation in the sector. The greatest need within ICT in Ireland is for professionals with experience as: software engineers and programmers, with programming ability in Java, JavaScript, C#, C, C++, .Net, SQL, Perl, Ruby, and Python.