Abstract
With a dramatically increased demand from technology and software industries for higher competence, university-industry cooperation is becoming an increasingly important subject. This cooperation has previously been shown to be for advantage of the industries as well as a suitable tactics to in early stage recruit students. This paper has investigated the relationship and cooperation between universities and industries trough exploratory research (case studies) and comprehensive interviews with relevant contacts at different IT (Information Technology) companies and Universities in Kazakhstan. From the information collected from these interviews, we'll examine and conclude what makes this cooperation beneficial for both parties as well as the issues that arose. Based on these interview results, recommendation for industries as well as universities to improve their cooperation will be presented. Concerning these recommendations of investigated practices and case studies, this document identifies a range of actions to enhance the relationship between universities and industries as well as identify a number of examples of good practice which universities and industries may wish to consider in their cooperation planning.
