Expanding International Horizons: Visit of UkrDUZT Representative to Leading Estonian Universities and Enterprises
Recently, the Dean of the Faculty of Information Control Systems and Technologies of the Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport Serhii Zmii made an important working visit to Tallinn, Estonia. The main purpose of the trip was not only to engage with modern European teaching methods but also to establish a long-term partnership with leading higher education institutions and leaders of the railway industry in the Baltic region.
Within the framework of the visit, a meeting took place at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). During the official discussions, special attention was paid to the specifics of organizing the modern educational process, innovative approaches to student admission and pre-university preparation. A separate and extremely important vector of the dialogue was the discussion of the specifics of recruitment and comprehensive support for students from Ukraine who seek to obtain a high-quality European education in the field of digital technologies.
An important step for the development of the railway direction of our university was a visit to TTK University of Applied Sciences. Representatives of both institutions discussed in detail the features of training specialists in the specialty «Railway Transport». Colleagues exchanged practical experience in adapting curricula to the requirements of the modern labor market, in particular in the context of European integration and transition to 1435 mm gauge standards.
In addition to the academic component, the visit had a deep practical focus. The Dean of UkrDUZT visited leading enterprises of the Estonian railway industry, among which the international company Mipro occupies a special place. This developer is a recognized leader in the field of creating systems for signaling, centralization, automatic blocking and train traffic management on the railways of Finland and Estonia. During the meeting, experts discussed the implementation of the latest digital technologies for traffic safety, which opens up wide prospects for integrating real industrial cases into the educational process of training future engineers of our university.
The results of this visit lay a solid foundation for signing new agreements on international mobility, joint scientific research and modernization of UkrDUZT educational programs in accordance with the best European standards.
