By outsourcing to Cluj-Napoca, one of the most important economic and educational centers in Romania, you will enjoy the same features that make Romania an attractive destination for IT outsourcing, among which:
- Strong technical expertise of the IT specialists, coupled with skills in communication, foreign languages and project management;
- Tradition in the IT field, in the commercial, educational and R&D sectors;
- A very dynamic business sector, focused on services and value-adding activities and with strong experience in business relationships with both national and international customers;
- Closeness to Western Europe and North America in distance, time zone and culture.
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Location
Cluj-Napoca is the second most populated city in Romania and the main economic center in North-Western Romania. It is located 440 kilometers from Bucharest and has a major growth potential due to the numerous companies operating in sectors such as information technology, communications, education and research.
Cluj is the largest regional transportation hub because it has direct roads, air and rail connections to major cities in Romania and Europe.
The city is connected to Western Europe through multiple European roads and one motorway. Cluj-Napoca’s International Airport is one of the busiest in the country and the first in Romania considering the number of passengers reported to the number of citizens.
Major business centers like Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dortmund, Paris, Vienna and London are among the destinations of the direct flights from Cluj.
Education
Students from all over the country and from abroad make out 25% of Cluj-Napoca’s population. A lot of students choose Cluj-Napoca because the city hosts 11 universities and colleges. Of these, the Babes-Bolyai University, with 50.000 students, and The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), with 20.000 students yearly stand out.
At UTCN you will find seven technology-oriented departments, among which the Department of Automation and Computer Science and the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
These create the largest pool of full-stack developers in Romania, with over 1700 software graduates each year. Thus, 1 in 25 people in Cluj-Napoca work or study in the IT sector, making outsourcing to Cluj-Napoca easy for global clients.
Students have very active and dynamic lives and permanently stay in touch with companies (internships, open days, technical contests, events, conferences). There are three major student organizations in the IT field (OSUT, BEST, HERMES).
The IT Sector in Cluj-Napoca
IT companies in the city have registered constant growth. Cluj-Napoca is the leading city in Romania in the volume of IT exports. Among the countries that are outsourcing to Cluj-Napoca we can find the USA, Canada, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Austria, France, the Nordics, Japan, South Korea and China.
The profile of the local IT companies is diverse, ranging from large IT outsourcing services providers to small entrepreneurial start-ups.
The IT sector in Cluj-Napoca is financed by domestic and foreign investors.
The foreign capital is distributed among several countries, among which Germany, UK, the Netherlands, the USA, Austria, Finland, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy. Moreover, some IT companies in Cluj-Napoca have 100% Romanian capital.
Cluj-Napoca is home to several established IT associations and clusters. Most companies, universities and several public institutions and catalyst organizations work together to grow the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the IT sector in Cluj-Napoca.
Outsourcing to Cluj-Napoca: An Excellent Choice for You
Local IT engineers have very good technical, communication and managerial skills and speak foreign languages which include English, German and French. These make it easy for their companies to adapt to the client’s internal processes and to share the client’s goals.
All in all, the city is renowned for its young and competitive professionals who have good foreign language skills and technical proficiency at competitive rates. To outsource dedicated software development teams to Cluj-Napoca might prove one of the best decision you will be making.