What a better way to boost your student holidays than by joining SOFTECH’s software development internships in Cluj-Napoca? With a solid reputation counting 15 years of high quality software development mentoring and training, SOFTECH continues its’ Codespring Summer Internship series in each office from Transylvania, Romania. Cluj-Napoca team will host a group of 9 students in computer science and informatics from the top ranked university in Romania: Babeș-Bolyai University.

Research Topics and Tech Themes

In order to make the software development internship catchy for the young generation, our mentors came up with tech topics and themes that are in trend. They also tried to facilitate the link between real needs and solution proposal, so that each student gets a glimpse of the joys offered by a successful software app implementation. The summer of 2025 puts forward research themes covering augmented reality (AR), GDPR management processes, home automation and event management processes.

• AR Glasses: Using the lightest spatial computing glasses for developers, the challenge will be to programme them for 3D object recognition and create a quality immersive experience for its users. There are many potential applications suitable for the AR glasses, therefore we are very curious what our student team will come up with!
• GDPR Easy: An application targeting corporate users, aiming to simplify the complexities of GDPR from a marketing and PR perspective. The actual solution proposal and development will be revealed at the end of the summer internship.
• The Smart Home App: Using a diverse range of Sonoff devices, the students will have to deliver a modern smart home app. This project challenges young programmers to automate various operations in a contemporary home with the help of DIY smart switches, control panels, wall switches, security devices, sensors and smart plugs. Looking forward for the final results at the end of the internship!
• The Other Side of the Cube: An app aiming to manage in one-place events, news and media for a local student association. Even though there are many available solutions on the market, we are curious what our software interns will bring to the table!

Cluj Software Development Summer Internship at SOFTECH

Our Cluj software development summer internship follows a clear schedule and curricula. The project applications are only a way to provide hands-on experience for each student that joins our programme.

On boarding in mid-July, more precisely, this week with a general welcome note, an outlook on to the upcoming weeks schedule and details about how to get around in our HQ.

Scrum training: the initial set-up of the team, includes an introduction to the Agile mindset the essential of Scrum. Students will learn about the Scrum framework, the roles, the events, the artefacts and the ruling principles.

Full-stack developer training: Along the application development assigned to each team, students will learn the following:

• Methods, techniques and design patterns for developing complex software systems
• Management of software development processes, effective teamwork
• Tools to support the development process
• Technologies for enterprise software development
• Topics related to the configuration, deployment and operation of software systems and basic concepts related to quality assurance

Off boarding in mid-September, culminating with a project presentation and an evaluation from senior colleagues.

The entire track is designed to help students the world of professional software development and prepare them for future jobs in IT. In Cluj-Napoca we are focusing on the full-stack developer training, since potential specialization is possible via further trainings and certifications.

About Our Academic Partner: Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

We are proud to count as our main and long lasting academic partner, the number 1 university in Romania: Babeș-Bolyai University, ranked 1201–1500th in World University Rankings 2025!

Counting 42557 students, Babeș-Bolyai University isliterally  Romania’s largest higher education institution and a consistently top performer in national and international rankings. The departments of Mathematics and Informatics constantly delivers elite students and researchers. There are three lines of study: in Romanian, in Hungarian and in English. We have established particularly good partnership with the Hungarian Line Department of Mathematics and Informatics, given the fact that our community is mainly of Hungarian ethnicity.

An important addition to the actual departmenst are the associated reserch centers and institutes:

• The Software Engineering Research Center
• The Analysis Research Center
• The Algebras, Groups and Applications Research Center
• The Institute for Applied Computational Intelligence
• The Modeling, Optimization and Simulation Research Center

In the field of specialization, the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Babeș-Bolyai University delivers high-quality courses, top performing students and researchers. One of the strong points is the presence of the faculty in national and international rankings by fields of Mathematics and Computer Science.

• According to Times Higher Education (2023): the field of Computer Science ranks UBB as the first university in Romania, placing it in the 601-800 range internationally; while the field of Exact Sciences (of which Mathematics is a part) ranks UBB as the first university in Romania, placing it in the 801-1000 range internationally.
• According to Leiden (2023): the field of Mathematics and Computer Science, in which UBB ranks second in the country and 701 internationally (out of 1086 universities included in the ranking).
• According to Shanghai (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – 2023): the Mathematics Domain, (together with Mathematics – University of Bucharest), ranks 201-300.
• According to QS (Ranking by subject – 2023): the Mathematics domain ranks 251-300, first in country, while the Computer Science domain is ranked in the top

All the above, maintain Babeș-Bolyai University in the most desirable institution of higher education in Romania. For SOFTECH and the entire IT community from Cluj region, this translates into top performing students with a strong motivation to achieve a successful career in IT.

Stay Tuned For More Updates About The Summer Internship Output

Since, this week we are barely beginning the programme, we invite everyone to follow our pages and social media posts for updates related to the above-mentioned projects.

For those interested in a career in IT are the opportunity to enrol in our mentoring programmes, we strongly recommend to get in touch with our HR team and apply directly via the career page.