After 7 months of study on campus at Maharishi University of Management, MSCS student Abdulaziz Mohammed From Ethiopia worked in a practical training position at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington for one year. When his position there ended, Abdul began to search for a new job so that he could complete the two years of practical training the program allows. He found a new position at Google. more>

Andriy Klyuchevsky is one of 42 students on the Computer Professionals Program who are doing curricular practical training at Microsoft. more>

80 students who are working in practical training jobs are currently enrolled in the distance education course, “.NET and XML.” Enrollment in distance courses is usually limited to 50, but because this course is so popular, instructor Ralph Bunker, Ph.D., agreed to allow extra students to participate. more>

Computer Professionals Program students enjoy the campus of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, 50 miles west of the Mississippi River--a few hours from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Madison, and Minneapolis. Surrounded by woods and fields, the 272-acre campus is green and peaceful, and notable for its international population. Students from over 60 countries provide an interesting cultural experience. more>

Money magazine and Salary.com have rated the job of software engineer as the number one job in the US for growth, pay, stress-levels, and other factors more>

Daniel Bedassa, from Ethiopia, has received a job offer from Cylab, Inc. located in Falls Church, Virginia near Washington, D.C. He will perform his two-year curricular practical training doing web development and applications programming for Cylab's clients which are mostly government contracts. This is a full-time position with full benefits. more>

Adjunct Assistant Professor Ali Arsanjani, Ph.D., published a paper recently entitled, “Toward a Pattern Language for Service-oriented Architecture and Integration.” Dr. Arsanjani is Chief Architect of the SOA and Web Services Center of Excellence in IBM Global Services. more>

Recently a prospective student submitted a question through our website to be answered by a currently enrolled student from his country, Kenya. more>

I just want to say that with your support, I got two direct-hire offers at Microsoft and I accepted one of them. And the happy thing is that I got a total of five offers up to now. Thank you very much! more>

Recently one of the 60 Computer Professionals Program students working in a practical training job at Microsoft sent a note to Dr. Keith Levi, Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Maharishi University of Management. more>

Dr. Greg Guthrie, Dean of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at Maharishi University of Management, and his wife, Elaine, the Administrative Director of the Program, recently visited many of the 70 Computer Professionals Program students in Redmond, Washington who currently work in practical training jobs at Microsoft. more>

Students around the world are finding it easier to get visas to join the M.S. in Computer Science program at Maharishi University of Management. Visa approval rates in most countries are the highest they have been in that past three years more>

In the past three months, Microsoft has hired 18 Computer Professionals Program students through a Washington-based recruiter. Their practical training projects range from software design testing to SQL server support more>

Two new state-of-the art computer labs have been installed in the McLaughlin Building, home of the University's School of Computer Science and Mathematics, and the Computer Professionals Program. more>

An IT placement firm recently received the following feedback from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage about one of our students, Zhen (Jane) Yan: more>

Twenty students joined the Computer Professionals Program in May 2004 and have brought with them a fresh wave of enthusiasm and focus from 11 countries. The students are currently enrolled in their first course called Science of Creative Intelligence — the study of consciousness more>

Business Technology Alert reports that chief information officers anticipate steady growth in the hiring of IT professionals. Sixteen percent of the executives polled said they plan to hire full-time IT staff in the fourth quarter of 2005 while 4 percent expect personnel reductions. more>

Computer Professionals Program student Ephrem Woldesemaite was hired by Microsoft recently after a video teleconference interview at the University. Ephrem joins 18 fellow students who have been placed at Microsoft for their curricular practical training. more>

The Computer Professionals Program Office of Admissions recently received over 500 questions from prospective students. Most questions were about financial aid. Typical questions were: Can I really enter this program with no money up front? What are the total costs and how much will I have to pay? more>

Forty-eight students from 11 counrties joined the Computer Professionals Program this week and they are getting familiar with Maharishi University of Management, the USA. They are delighted with their new experiences. more>

Recently we heard from three of our female students who are working at practical training jobs. They expressed their feelings about the Computer Professionals Program and we thought their words would be inspiring to everyone more>

I came from India to pursue my ambition to succeed in the number one country of the world. The MSCS program at Maharishi University of Management provided me the opportunity to come to USA and begin studies with a small initial payment. The University nourished me in a very effective and dignified way to excel in life. more>

Samuel Bedassa from Ethiopia recently was recognized as being "among the best and brightest" in his profession by the Local Government Personnel Association of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Samuel was singled out by the group as "Personnelist of the Year." The award will be presented on a cruise on Chesapeake Bay. Samuel is being honored for successfully developing a J2EE-based human resource application for Montgomery County, Maryland. more>

I just wanted to share with you about my work and my appraisal here at Satyam Computer Service. My company has decided to increase my pay package and they are promoting me to next level in the hierarchy. more>

A recent study by Meta Group Inc. predicts that salaries for U.S. IT professionals will increase by 10-15% through 2007, based on an improved U.S. economy and increased demand for technology workers with certain skills. more>

Computer Professionals Program students continued to find jobs at a record pace last month. Over 520 companies have hired our students since the inception of our program—80 in the past six months alone. We currently have over 40 students at Microsoft who started with an average starting salary of $52,000 per year. more>

The number of women students in the M.S. in Computer Science program at Maharishi University of Management has grown in recent months and they have found the program very rewarding. more>

With the addition of two experienced IT experts to the Computer Professionals Program faculty, the high quality of computer science instruction at Maharishi University of Management has become even better. more>

Yufu Zhang and Yunna Wu, two graduates of the Computer Professionals Program, are originally from China. After meeting while students at Maharishi University of Management, Yufu and Yunna married, completed their degree programs, and are now employed in Canada. more>

The U.S. IT job market continues to be very strong, The number of placements last month in practical training jobs set a new record for our program. A recruiter at Excell Data in Washington State sent us this comment recently after placing another one of our students: more>

Fairfield, Iowa, the home of Maharishi University of Management, offers students an unusual number of opportunities. Eleven Fairfield companies have hired our students as part of their curricular practical training. more>

Things are going wonderfully with me,” says Binod Pokharel from Nepal. “As you all may know, I am still consulting at Wells Fargo through Praxis. Working at a big company like Wells Fargo for almost more than a year and half has been a wonderful experience both technically and personally. One gets to learn many things. more>

Carlos Arango is an M.S. in Computer Science student on our Computer Professionals Program. He now works as Database Administrator at Advanced Data-Com in Dubuque, Iowa. more>

85 students joined the Computer professionals program in February from the following countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, and Viet Nam. more>

A special feature of the Computer Professionals Program is a one-week workshop on how to successfully search for a job in the USA. The workshop improves the students' skills needed to sell themselves when seeking employment for their practical training position. more>