UKRAINIAN-POLISH FORUM «TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE»

Ukraine, Lviv - 2014

Rector of the National Mining University

GENNADIY PIVNYAK

INTEGRATING UKRAINIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY FOR CREATING A MODERN ENGINEER MODEL

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE - VEHICLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORS ENSURING PEOPLE’S WELFARE

Education turns into the subject of social life that shapes the future of a country.

Nowadays universities bear responsibility for the development of the world.

Higher education quality is the key issue.

U K R A I N E High technologies are strategic factors of Ukraine’s progress

THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON HUMAN RESOURCES TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE THROUGH INTERACTION BETWEEN

HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE, BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF SPECIALISTS DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND READINESS OF

THE COUNTRY TO CONDUCT REFORMS

ADVANCES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION CAN REALLY ENSURE A RAPID, INNOVATIVE AND HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY

WHY DO WE URGENTLY NEED TO CREATE SPECIAL STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY

Employers should compete for highly qualified university graduates by offering them grants and academic scholarships, by proposing state-of-the-art bases for practical training, by offering investment opportunities for realization of promising ideas

It will stop draining the best brains out of Ukraine!

Quality of education is directly related to availability of well-rounded academic environment for specialist training

The modern system of education in Ukraine is to be based, in the first place, on growing SOCIAL DEMAND for high quality education

This is a CHALLENGE for the system of education management in Ukraine

FREE CHOICE of a personal road map for learning is one of the forms of SOCIETAL CONTROLSuch choice makes universities compete and bear responsibility for the decisions taken by an applicant

De-centralization and university autonomy are the answers to this challenge

UNIVERSITIES BUILD THEIR OWN STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPMENT VIA

CREATIVE THINKING AS METHODOLOGY OF

LEARNING

SELF-ORGANIZATION OF UNIVERSITY

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

CORPORATE CULTURE AND MOTIVATIONAL

ENVIRONMENT

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

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1. Progressive engineering education is based on new knowledge which students are supposed to get through communication with teachers and prospective employers.

2. The key strategic issue of every higher educational institution is self-organization of education system within the frames of general rules worked out by society.

3. A vibrant university creates its own corporate culture in the form of a unique system of values.

4. The research activity of modern polytechnic universities is based on interdisciplinary projects.

AIM:• CONSOLIDATION OF

THE UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL;

• AUDITORY, COUNSELING, FINANCIAL AND JUDICIAL SUPPORT FOR THE INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY

BUSINESS

National and foreign

companies

Investment companies and venture funds

LEARNING-SCIENTIFIC-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES

UNIVERSITIESScientific and

learning centers

Scientific, industrial parks and business-

incubators

Ministry of Education and

Science of Ukraine

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE

MODERN MODEL OF AN ENGINEERONLY IN SUCH CASE, WE CAN ACHIEVE THE

ADEQUATE LEVEL OF THE PERSONNEL COMPETENCE, TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY RANGE OF

COMMODITIES AND SERVICES, WHICH ON THE WHOLE PROVIDES FOR THE BETTER WELL-BEING OF

SOCIETY

IT IS TOPICAL TO PUT THIS PRINCIPLE INTO PRACTICE SINCE HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENTIFICALLY

GROUNDED INDUSTRIES ARE OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

COUNTRY’S ECONOMY

UNIVERSITY GRADUATE HAS INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY OF THINKING

TOPICAL TASKS:• DEVELOP LIFE-LONG LEARNING SKILLS AND

FORM THE DESIRE TO ОBTAIN THEM IN ORDER TO BE ALWAYS ON THE WINNING SIDE OF THE COMPETITION;

• TEACH METHODOLOGY OF LIVING AND DOING

KNOWLEDGE BECOMES THE FOUNDATION OF L IFE

LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS ARE DETERMINED IN A NEW WAY

SYSTEM OF MULTI-CHANNEL FINANCING FOR POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITIES AS THE CENTERS OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN

EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESS

education scienceState financing

Private financing

Civil financing

Unique equipment

Complex scientific projects

Customized training of personnel

business

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITIES

LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES OF UKRAINE – KYIV, LVIV, KHARKIV AND NATIONAL MINING UNIVERSITY– FOLLOW THE LINE

OF INTEGRATION WITH HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL BUSINESS

National technical university of Ukraine«KYIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE»

National university«LVIV POLYTECHNIC»

National technical university «KHARKIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE»

State higher educational institution of Ukraine«NATIONAL MINING UNIVERSITY»

THESE UNIVERSITIES AIM TO TRAIN HIGH QUALITY HUMAN RESOURCES WITH THE HELP STATE-OF-THE-ART SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, COOPERATION

WITH BUSINESS AND POWERFUL INVESTORS. THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IS INTEGRAL AND HARMONIOUS.

HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL FACULTY INCORPORATE THEIR OWN RESEARCH TOGETHER WITH RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS INTO THE

PROCESS OF TEACHING. DEPARTMENTS ARE ENGAGED IN ORIGINAL RESEARCH, SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECTS

COMMISSIONED BY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

EVERY STUDENT STUDYING IN THE BACHELOR OR MASTER PROGRAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO RESEARCH AND WORK IN MODERN COMPUTER

CENTERS AND STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNICAL LABORATORIES EQUIPPED BY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMPANIES

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HUMAN RESOURCES IN THESE UNIVERSITIES ALLOWS TO ACCOMMODATE THE BEST SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL IN EVERY PROGRAM OF THE

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS OF TRAINING STUDENTS IN THE CHOSEN FIELD, TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS ASSIST THEM IN EVERY WAY, THROUGH

CONSULTATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

OWING TO SUCH APPROACH, THESE UNIVERSITIES ARE OBTAINING WORLDWIDE REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPETITIVENESS OF

GRADUATES ON THE MODERN LABOR MARKET

EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION IN THESE UNIVERSITIES IS BUILT ON THE MOTIVATION ASSOCIATED WITH THREE PARTS OF THE

PROCESS: STUDENT-UNIVERSITY–BUSINESS

STUDENT

UNIVERSITY

ENTERPRISE

IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM OF TRAINING A HIGHLY

QUALIFIED SPECIALIST WHO IS IN GREAT DEMAND WITH EMPLOYERS

THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO FIND HIS PERSPECTIVE PLACE ON THE LABOR

MARKET

EXPERIENCE OF THE NATIONAL MINING UNIVERSITY Dynamic cooperation of the National Mining university with advanced

businesses of UKRAINE (DTEK company, Pavlograd Chemical Plant, Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Interpipe steel company); USA (Solid Works); GERMANY (Bosch, Danfoss Bauer, Auma, Schuler, Heldele, Festo);POLAND (Central Mining Institute, KGHM)

resulted in the involvement of employers in the customized training of specialists, curricula and bases for practical training.

Criteria for assessing graduates’ competency were worked out and specialized laboratories and departments were set up together with business.

The University, which yielded unique experience of cooperation with foreign partner universities and businesses.

Institute of International Educational and Scientific Programs, centers of innovative culture and project management were set into motion.

It also promoted application of effective mechanisms for transfer of technologies developed by the university and accomplishment of innovative projects for the economy of Ukraine with financial support of German and Polish companies.

Thus a reasonable motivation for obtaining quality education and developing successful business has been formed.

EXPERIENCE OF THE NATIONAL MINING UNIVERSITY

Seven linguistic and cultural centers of the Mining University are providing deepened knowledge in foreign languages and country study.

Such approach helps form a civil position of a graduate, expands their academic mobility and allows for participation of students, scholars and teachers in international educational and scientific projects.

THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATED BY LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES OF UKRAINE IN COOPERATION WITH BUSINESS, HAS

BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR WORKING OUT NEW EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION

RECENTLY ADOPTED “LAW ON HIGHER EDUCATION” OF UKRAINE IS MOULD-BREAKING

IT IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY AND AIMS AT :

bringing higher education to the level of European standards by ensuring competitiveness of educational institutions and science;

setting higher employer’s demands for knowledge and practical skills expected from prospective employees;

developing scientific and innovational activity of universities.

THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR SPEEDING UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, UKRAINE IS PUTTING ALL ITS EFFORT TO REALIZING THE

POWERFUL POTENTIAL OF ITS DEVELOPMENT CONCENTRATED IN EDUCATION, SCIENCE,

IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIONS, CONSUMPTION OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES

AND BUILDING A COMPETITIVE ECONOMY

U K R A I N E

UKRAINIAN-POLISH FORUM «TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE»

Ukraine, Lviv- 2014

Rector of the National Mining University

GENNADIY PIVNYAK

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!