For the first time, Apple has decided to come to International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-H) with job offers.

“We are elated that Apple has decided to come for our campus placements this year. We are not sure of the kind of profiles that the company will be offering. However, it will provide an opportunity to the graduating students to showcase their skills before representatives of the firm,” T V Devi Prasad, head of placements at IIIT-H told The Times of India. She further added that the placements for Apple are likely to be for its Hyderabad or Bengaluru facilities.

Other than Apple, the other big companies that have registered with IIIT-H are Microsoft, Google, and Philips to name a few. Close to 350 BTech, BE, MTech and MSc (research) students from the institute have so far registered for the placement drive that is set to begin in December.

Officials have observed a rise in the number of companies hiring for artificial intelligence (AI), data science, automation and deep learning this placement season. “The companies will be holding technical interviews in which students who are well acquainted with Python (a computing language) will be preferred. Majority of them are offering jobs for product development and research and development profiles,” said Prasad.

“The requirement for hardware engineers is high this year with many companies looking forward to hiring students with knowledge in application-specific integrated circuit and design verification. There is also high demand for students who have knowledge into 2D-3D graphic in mobile communication,” she added.