The best returns are often from schools with strong engineering, computer science, economics and natural-science programs.

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Today Ashesi, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, offers degrees in business, information systems and computer science, with plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future.

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He has since returned to academia, and is a professor in computer science at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

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There will also be new teaching and research facilities for the university's engineering, business and economics, maths, and computer science departments as well as student residential accommodation.

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Computer science, accounting, economics and engineering majors were in high demand this year.

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Siilasmaa launched his firm in 1988 fresh from the University of Helsinki, where he studied economics, global marketing and computer science.

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Lockitron creators Cameron Robertson and Paul Gerhardt were both University of Colorado students -- studying history, economics and finance, and computer science respectively -- when they started playing with inventions.

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Each university will have an incentive to run an efficient and professional rating process, providing a real-world training lab for undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds (economics, computer engineering, political science, law, finance).

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