Kharkiv - IT city

Kharkiv — The Silicon Valley of Ukraine and the City of Opportunities. Our city combines convenient infrastructure, the best selection of IT universities and IT schools in Eastern Europe, IT companies with world names and a favorable environment for IT development. We are number one among the regions of Ukraine in terms of the number of IT specialists and IT companies.

Both service and product IT companies successfully operate in Kharkiv, providing all elements of IT solutions, from simple outsourcing and outstaffing to the creation of a complex IT solution and unique IT products.

Why Kharkiv?

Top universities

Technical universities are located in Kharkiv, which have repeatedly taken one of the first places in the rankings of Ukrainian universities.

Universities cities together with IT schools, prepare qualified specialists who are able to accept the challenges of the modern industry and demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed here and now. Universities are changing with the Kharkiv IT Cluster and introducing new standards that meet the demands of employers in IT.

Students of universities have the opportunity to undergo an internship and get a job after studying in one of the leading IT companies of Ukraine.

The youngest city of Ukraine

Kharkiv is traditionally considered a city of students, as it is home to a large number of leading universities, beautiful parks, recreation areas, entertainment centers, and student towns. Every third resident of Kharkiv is 21 years old!

Leading IT companies and the diversity of IT industry sectors

Kharkiv has more than 500 IT companies. These are both unique Kharkiv IT companies and offices of global international IT corporations.

Some of them work in specific business niches, such as E-commerce, FinTech, EduTech and many others, which allows them to achieve the maximum quality of services thanks to their specialization.

The companies experience spans online learning, web development, finance and cloud technology, GameDev, IT consulting, digital marketing, computer vision technology, telecommunications and more.

Another advantage of Kharkiv is the large number of R&D centers, or R&D centers, owned by both Ukrainian and foreign IT companies that have offices in Kharkiv.

Qualified specialists

Specialists of the Kharkiv IT market provide reliable and unique IT solutions. According to the results of Kharkiv IT Research 2019, more than 31,000 IT specialists work in Kharkiv, and 77% of them provide programming services. The market is always open for new specialists.

The most comfortable city of Ukraine

According to Focus magazine, based on a survey of IT specialists, Kharkiv is the most comfortable city to live in Ukraine. Most IT companies and organizations are located in the city center. According to a survey of IT professionals, the average time it takes them to get to work is 17 minutes. This is possible thanks to the developed infrastructure, a large amount of office and residential real estate, which is being built, in particular, with the support of the Kharkiv IT Cluster.

Kharkiv IT Cluster supports the implementation of the Smart City project, aimed at modernization and introduction of new technologies into everyday life.

The most creative holiday city

Only in Kharkiv is there such a number of parks, bicycle paths, recreation areas, two large zoos, a dolphinarium, many sports and children's playgrounds.

The Kharkiv region is rich in recreation centers, sanatoriums, unique natural and protected attractions, and tourist routes.

A unique study by Kharkiv IT Research

Every year, the Kharkiv IT Cluster conducts a large-scale study of the Kharkiv IT market, Kharkiv IT Research. The goal of the project is to investigate the dynamics of the development of the IT industry, to highlight the key areas of growth and confirm the positioning of Kharkiv as a key IT location in Eastern Europe.

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