Intro

Need and Goal

What universities teach and what engineers face in the sector are different from each other. In the courses, we are usually taught more theoretical aspects of the topics, so the tools and the interactions with the teammates are unusual for the new graduates. A software development community provides the students the opportunity to learn the tools used in the software sector, get hands-on experience on them and meet with other people who are interested in learning about these things.

Academic Permission

Getting an academic permission to form a club might be different for different universities. You will need some board members in general and an advisor professor. Keeping the number of core officers as small as the administration lets is a good approach since it will decrease the amount of bureaucracy. Choosing an advisor professor who will try to contribute rather than control will be so helpful.

Support

First of all, it is necessary to enroll students in the community. To do it you can start by showing them the advantages of learning practical skills, what they will do with those, and how it is valuable for the industry also to find an internship. Then it is crucial that you find team leaders, knowledgeable people in their areas that are also good at teaching, and show them how much they can learn by teaching in the community. Finally, just keep enrolled the students by teaching different things, and keep them for many periods, then everyone will start seeing the results of their efforts.