Why Lviv, Ukraine?

The Ideal Outsourcing Destination 

Lviv, sometimes referred to as Lvov, is the capital of Western Ukraine.  For centuries, the city has had strong ties to Western Europe.  Since gaining its independence on August 24, 1991, a strong entrepreneurial spirit began to blossom.  It was then that young business leaders began building businesses of tapping the abundance of bright minds to build what has become a thriving software development services market.

 Lviv – Third Largest Software Development Center 

• 11% of Ukrainian IT specialists work in Lviv
• Significant cost savings, including labor costs and real estate
• No VISA required to visit Lviv for most countries
• Large pool of highly-skilled specialists and top-notch technology-oriented talent
• Good command of the English language
• Well-developed infrastructure
• Economics and politics transformations towards Western business models
• Strong business ethics
• Cultural and geographical proximity to Western Europe (Lviv is located 70 km. from Polish border)
• Convenient airline connections:  Munich – 2 hours, Vienna – 1.5 hours, Warsaw – 1 hour   

Lviv - A Leading Education Center

Lviv is a leading educational center in Ukraine and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe.  Lviv has almost 40 higher education institutions training roughly 130,000 students.  Approximately 15,000 graduates each year are specialized in IT, Engineering, Applied Sciences, and Foreign Languages. 

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  Ivan Franko National University of L'viv - Founded in 1661, it is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine.  It is one of the most powerful centers of education, science and culture in Ukraine.  In the 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Ivan Franko ranked 13^th. in the world.  For comparison: Carnegie Mellon at the same level and MIT ranked in 27^th place.  Source Link   
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  Lviv Polytechnic National University - Founded in 1844, it is the largest scientific university in Lviv and one of the most important centers of science and technological development in Central Europe.

ELEKS Maintains Close Ties with Leading Universities

ELEKS’ top management has long lectured at and had strong connections with the top universities in Western Ukraine.  Due to this close collaboration with key leading universities, ELEKS cultivates the brightest minds to handpick future employees from among their best students.  Many of these shining stars are lured to ELEKS because the company is known in technical circles for the types and wide variety of interesting software development projects that the company is able to attract from companies around the globe. 

In 2010 alone, ELEKS was able to draw upon this talent pool to grow its ranks by 17% to more than 470 employees to keep up with customers’ expectations.