National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

Pryazovskyi State Technical University (PSTU) has acquired vast experience in the domain of innovative educational activities and cooperation with manufacturing enterprises. Some innovative educational projects have been developed and are being implemented successfully like: “Training of highly qualified specialists for local enterprises ” and “school-university-enterprise” jointly with  “Azovstal iron and steel works” PJSC, “ILYCH iron and steel works” PJSC,  “AZOVMASH” PJSC, Mariupol sea commercial port etc. a center in charge of control over students'  labour resources was set up at the university, as well as business incubator. In 2004 students construction units were restarted, for participation in summer construction work and perfection of students professional skills.

University is seeking some new partners to include PSTU into realization of priority programmes of TEMPUS: “Development of partnerships  with enterprises”, “Development of lifelong learning in society at large ”, “Knowledge triangle education – research - innovation” etc., which correspond to successful activities of university.

Contact person: Professor Oleksandr P. Cheylyakh DSc (Engineering),Vice-Rector of PSTU for Science and Pedagogics,

Tel. +38 0629 446630, tel.fax +38 0629 333416

e-mail: cheylyakh_o_p@pstu.edu

Supporting rationale for participation of Pryazovskyi State Technical University (PSTU)

in TEMPUS programme priorities  “Higher Education and Society”

The work  of PSTU in the direction of interaction between 3 interested sides in the knowledge triangle defined as university – students – enterprises-employers had been activated and carried out  in direct accordance  with the KEIREE project aims connected with modernization of higher education into Eastern European businesses.

In 2006-2007  PSTU signed and successfully realized the direct agreements on “Strategic Partnership” with the largest industrial enterprises in Ukraine and Europe namely:   Azovstal Iron & Steel Works PJSC,   Illyich Iron & Steel Works PJSC of Mariupol,  Azovmash PJSC and others connected with improvements in  bachelors’ and masters’ training,  scientific and cultural partnership. As the result, direct threelateral agreements were concluded  between general secondary schools №14 and №40,  PSTU and     Azovstal Iron & Steel Works PJSC, between “Lingva-XXI century” private school,   PSTU and Azovimpeks Civil Construction Company Ltd. Totally more than 40 agreements were  concluded, Pryazovye Educational–Scientific-Industrial Complex was set up under patronage of PSTU with participation of  the large industrial enterprises and  educational institutions of Pryazovskyi region of Ukraine.

The following innovation educational projects named Training of highly-qualified specialists  to the enterprises demand (2 projects) & School – University – Enterprise (3 projects) had been elaborated and  successfully realized. It allowed to accumulate efforts of general education and high schools, enterprises and employers for  modernization of the input of higher education into business, quality improvement of training of undergraduates, and socially-guaranteed  career growth.

The projects include modernization and innovation of curricula of additional targeted  training, wide use of  modern interactive and deductive teaching methods and students’ motivation. Among them are interactive and problem-oriented  lectures, business games and simulation of non-standard situations, trainings, internships at the enterprises, seeking for placement at  the positions of potential work within the period of holidays, acquiring  practical skills and work experience, realizing of course and diploma projects, master papers on the essential problems of enterprises.

Center of Management of Working Resources had been also established at PSTU. It takes care of  signing  and implementation of the direct agreements in the knowledge triangle defined as university – students – enterprises (including general secondary schools), additional targeted  training of students on innovation educational projects, holding jobs fairs, career days at the enterprises, training of future specialists on studying and mastering  methods of doing  business, ensuring their career growth, etc.

The outcomes of the projects under implementation have been reported and approved at the international conferences in Varna (Bulgaria, 2007, 2010), Riga(Latvia, 2008), Egypt (2009), international exhibitions. School – University – Enterprise Innovation Educational Project was introduced by Metinvest Holding of the System capital management Corporation  as the most successful business case-study at the international forum on Development of Reliable Leadership in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe(Lviv, 2010) and was recommended for compiling the portfolio of  case-studies for institutions of higher learning and business-schools of Ukraine and Europe.

In 2009 Business-incubator’ had been established and is being successfully developed. Students, postgraduates and young teachers using the principles of student self-governance  determine the  details and methods  of doing business.

Since 2011  PSTU is going to implement new curricula on business activation, investment-innovations programmes, economy and economical production management, quality management, energy economy  and resource saving into the core curriculum on all engineering and business degree programmes..

Business relations had been established and agreements had been concluded with Mariupol Employment City Center aimed to ensure work placement for PSTU graduates, re-training, and internship for staff, creating the data base of vacancies.

PSTU has initiated the development of  innovation educational business project called “Innovation educational projects on individual training of engineering staff to the enterprises demand” to be adopted in Donetsk region of Ukraine within the framework of realization Life-long Learning principle for 2011-2015.

In 2004 PSTU re-animated  and successfully developed the movement of student  volunteer labour  brigades (VLB) to ensure work placement for 300-400 students at the enterprises during their holidays and to acquire professional and communicative skills and competence.

The system of getting additional useful specialities by students (including business competences) had been set up to enlarge business opportunities for graduates at the labour market, work placement and career growth at the enterprises and companies. Training students on 18 additional specialities  relevant to the labour market is already being realized.

In 2011 PSTU is planning to set up the Career Center to centralize and develop working procedures for more effective cooperation with employers of small and big  business, to create  the data base on the vacancies and opportunities of the labour market.

So, PSTU successfully works towards modernization and enhancing of quality in higher education, expanding effective cooperation with economical and social partners, including prospective employers in accordance with the  programme priorities TEMPUS “Development partnerships with enterprises”, “Development of Lifelong learning and Society at large” in one of the three building blocks “Higher Education and Society”. PSTU is fully ready for|by| the effective participating in the  programme priorities TEMPUS.