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First Indo-European Centre in Ukraine as branch of the Indo-European Educational Foundation (Warsaw, Poland)

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:46:32 GMT

First Indo-European Centre in Ukraine as branch of the Indo-European Educational Foundation (Warsaw, Poland)

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (TNTU) actively works towards the implementation of internationalization strategy for higher education and development of international collaboration.

30 January 2019, the rector of TNTU prof. Petro Yasniy and the CEO of Indo-European Education Foundation (IEEF, Warsaw, Poland) Mrs. Renata Żukowska signed an agreement on the establishment of the first Indo-European Centre in Ukraine as branch of IEEF at TNTU, Ternopil, Ukraine.

The purpose of the Indo-European Centre establishment is creation of a unique institutional platform for academic, non-academic and industrial collaboration between India, Ukraine and EU member states. It is aimed at:

facilitation of opportunities for Ukrainian, Indian and other European universities to conduct joint scientific-research work;
encouragement of Indian students to obtain higher education in Ukraine at all educational levels;
support of the development and promotion of Ukrainian cultural heritage in India and Indian in Ukraine;
provision of awareness for current business opportunities in India and Ukraine and improvement of bilateral business relations.

During the meeting, which was attended by the Head of Scientific Cooperation of IEEF Prof. Andrzej Dabkowski, the parties discussed main goals of the Indo-European Center establishment and directions for its further work.

International Cooperation Office Of TNTU Takes Active Part In Promotion And Implementation Of Euro Mobility In The Framework Of Erasmus+ Programme

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:37:54 GMT

The Erasmus+ Academic Mobility Program

The International Cooperation Office of TNTU involves students and faculty members in active participation in Euro mobility. Last year 9 students and 13 university lecturers participated in the Erasmus+ Academic Mobility Program (University of Valencia, University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, Kaunas Technological University, Opole University of Technology, Wroclaw University of Economics and University of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden).

In order to promote the information to the University students and staff, the manager of our International Cooperation Office Dana Ivashkiv held a presentation of the Erasmus+ Programme for students and lectures of our university in the reading room of the scientific and technical library. She described the program, its features, details, the terms of participation, the huge potential and prospects of academic mobility, its impact into participants and University Internationalization strategy.

Also Dana Ivashkiv shared the experience she has got during the International Information Week of the European Union Program Erasmus+, which was held in Kyiv. Together with the Head of the International Cooperation Office Olena Dudar, they took part in the following seminars:

Cooperation Projects Day (КА2): Capacity Building in Higher Education, Strategic Partnerships, Knowledge Alliances, Capacity Building in Youth Calls for Proposals 2019
Mobility Day for Individuals (students and staff)
International Mobility Day: Workshops on How to Apply and How to Implement Mobility projects

Academic mobility will allow to build well-performing education and training systems and preparing professionals who are able to meet the challenges of the contemporary society and influence and shape changes in the global world. Students and staff will have the opportunity to get the new experience to encounter with other the educational systems and with colleagues abroad.

TNTU hosted a working meeting in the framework of the European project FabLab

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:07:26 GMT

TNTU hosted a working meeting in the framework of the European project FabLab

On September 14 - 15, at the Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (TNTU) a working meeting of the partner universities of the European programme Erasmus+ «Development of a Network and Infrastructure for Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship Support on FabLab Platforms» (the acronym «FabLab») was held. The purpose of the meeting was the discussion of the results of the FabLab project implementation in TNTU. The meeting was attended by the representatives of 7 partner universities of the FabLab project from Great Britain, Spain, France, Belarus and Ukraine.
Discussion of the project’s results was opened by the Rector of the University, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Professor Petro Yasniy. He noted the importance of this project for the innovative development of the University, improvement the quality of specialist training and creating broad opportunities for students to learn advanced technologies. Petro Yasniy emphasized, «The study of modern technologies of 3D printing and 3D modeling actively contributes the establishment of interaction between the University and industrial enterprises, representatives of small and medium businesses.»

The Vice-Rector on international cooperation, the Head of the FabLab project working group at TNTU, professor Tetiana Vitenko presented to the participants the educational and scientific potential of the TNTU, the results of the international activities of the University, as well as the stages of the FabLab project in TNTU. The speaker noted that the main result of this project in TNTU was the opening of the innovative manufacturing laboratory that fully meets the criteria and requirements of the Fablab Laboratories. The results of the FabLab project at TNTU can be found on the website of the 3D technology center fablab.tntu.edu.ua and on the site of the project fablab-erasmus.eu/.
During the short time of the Fablab Laboratory, researchers of the University have already been able to develop 3D models of unique equipment and to produce working prototypes of details with complex geometry with help of 3D printing. Postgraduate student of the Department of Food Technologies Equipment Nazar Gorodyskyi and assistant of the department of automation of technological processes and industries, Ph.D. Roman Mykhailyshyn presented the information on the peculiarities of the application of 3D print for the project participants.

A pleasant surprise for the project participants was the meeting of students of the Ternopil Secondary School № 3 with the European project representative (Lyceum Charles and Andrian Dupui, Le Puy an Vele, France) by Pierre Carrolaggi. The students of this school had the opportunity to study at the French Lyceum from October 8 to 14, 2017 and got acquainted with the digital technologies of the Fablab laboratory of the Lyceum, as well as with the French culture and everyday life. The audience listened with interest to the impressions of senior students and the information of the school principal Mrs. Nadiya Budiy, teachers Mrs. Kateryna Sagaydak and Mrs. Galina Groda.
The same day, the guests of the meeting were demonstrated with equipment of the Fablab laboratory and held master classes for working with a laser machine and 3D printer. During the visit, the guests also visited study laboratories of electronics at Technical College of TNTU, the Department of Instruments and Control and Testing Systems of TNTU. During the meetings they got acquainted with the students' projects of electronic prototyping.
The next day, the participants of the FabLab project conducted an analysis of the results of the development of training courses within the framework of the FabLab project «3D modeling and designing», «Rapid prototyping and production», «Theory of solving inventive tasks», «Managing the Fablab projects», «Distribution in the market». The given training courses in the 2018/2019 academic year are tested by the university students and anyone interested can receive free training in obtaining certificates from European partners of the project. The signing in takes place by using the contacts at the website of the Center of 3D Technologies «Fablab» fablab.tntu.edu.ua

At the end of the meeting, foreign and Ukrainian experts expressed satisfaction with the results of the implementation of the FabLab project at TNTU.

We offer you photo report from the working meeting of the FabLab project at TNTU.

On 5 December 2017, the group of Computer Engineering international students of TNTU visited Ternopil office of Eleks company — one of the Ukrainian IT-market leaders.

Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:52:52 GMT

International students visited IT-company

On 5 December 2017, the group of Computer Engineering international students of TNTU visited Ternopil office of Eleks company — one of the Ukrainian IT-market leaders.

There was an excursion through the working spaces of the company. Students saw places where innovations are born and were given the opportunity to ask relevant questions and to clarify own understanding of the company culture and its importance. The head of Ternopil office, Serhiy Kutuzov responding to students different questions paid special attention to company’s new technologies, pointed out skills and abilities needed to become a good employee and explained what and how to learn to meet the requirements of the company.

Students saw company achievements presentation and were acquainted with new product solutions delivered to the customers.

Such educational excursions are of great benefit to students for they provide them with opportunities to increase motivation in becoming skillful computer engineers.

TNTU has got the access to the international electronic scientific database Scopus

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:47:25 GMT

TNTU has got the access to the international electronic scientific database Scopus

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On September 19, 2017, in the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, an order No. 1286 «On granting access to higher educational institutions and scientific institutions in the sphere of management of the Ministry of Education and science of Ukraine to electronic scientific bases» was approved.

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University entered the list of higher educational establishments and scientific institutions in the management of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, which has access to electronic scientific databases. The University has got the access to the international electronic scientific database Scopus under the state budget.

Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities). It is owned by Elsevier and is available online by subscription. Searches in Scopus also incorporate searches of patent databases
Over the past 3 years, Scopus has added over 195 million more cited references dating back to 1970, to complement the database's existing records that date back 1788 and further increase the depth of content. More cited references mean:

more extensive bibliometric and historic trend analysis
more complete author profiles
improved h-index measures for authors who began publishing prior to 1996

Additionally, over 4.5 million articles have been reprocessed to index more cited references on Scopus, adding ~7.5 million pre-1996 article abstracts for users to discover. With over 1.4 billion cited references now on Scopus, each paper indexed has, on average, 10-15% more citations than our nearest competitor.

Content included on Scopus is carefully curated and ultimately selected by the independent Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB), an international group of scientists, researchers and librarians who represent the major scientific disciplines. Year round, the board members are responsible for reviewing all new titles that are suggested to Scopus, in addition to reviewing and ensuring the quality of existing content is maintained.

TNTU develops the cooperation with Indo-European Education Foundation

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:42:06 GMT

TNTU develops the cooperation with Indo-European Education Foundation

On 15 September 2017, President of the Indo-European Educational Foundation Dr. Pradeep Kumar visited the university with an official visit.

The main event of the visit has come the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University and Indo-European Education Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) with the objective to develop educational and research cooperation for Indian and Ukrainian market. The memorandum was signed by Rector of the University Professor Petro Yasniy and President of the Indo-European Educational Foundation Dr. Pradeep Kumar.

During the visit Dr. Pradeep Kumar also met with lecturers and students of the University. A lively discussion took place on educational, economic and cultural issues.

TNTU has received certificate of international standard ISO

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:50:01 GMT

TNTU has received certificate of international standard ISO

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University aspires to be an innovative institution of higher education with advanced corporate culture and high performance in the areas of research, education, technology and methodology. Achieving these goals requires effective quality management system and constant capacity building, TNTU has adopted policy aimed at improving the quality of education and research, personnel training, constant and timely upgrade of educational services in response to market needs.

According to the decision of the certification body on August 31, 2017 Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University has received certificates confirming the compliance of the quality management system with the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001: 2015. The first two certificates in Ukrainian and German are issued by the German certification body «DQS-Group», which is one of the three leading certification bodies in the world, testifying to international recognition of the quality of educational activities.

ISO 9001: 2015 certification is an international standard which confirms that an organization or institution has achieved a high degree of quality control. This type of management system certification has become an integral part of every modern university activity.

Another certificate of the international standard IQNet, issued by an international certification network (Bern, Switzerland), joining 37 leading certification bodies in 34 countries. International certificate IQNet allows TNTU to issue an ISO 9001 certificate of any member of the international network without additional audits, which is the confirmation of international recognition of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University.

ISO 9001: 2015 certification confirms TNTU’s priority position in the educational market. We should mention that the effective functioning of the quality management system (QMS), certified by the ISO 9001 certificate, provides some advantages, including improving of university management, increasing of competitiveness, the extension of the list of countries whose citizens will get education in TNTU, participation in international programs and projects with the attraction of grants, additional increase of the university's rating and image, integration into the European educational market.

Teachers of the Department of Economics and Finance took part in scientific internship in cooperation with Polish colleagues

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:44:55 GMT

Scientific internship at the Department of Economics and Finance

According to Erasmus+ Programme Inter-institutional Agreement 2016-2018, between «Opole University of Technology»(Poland) and Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, teachers of «Opole University of Technology» , Vice-Dean in Extracurricular Affairs of the Department of Economics and Management Ph.D. Brygida Klemens and Assistant Professor of Regional Policy Department Ph.D. Diana Rokita-Poskart implemented the first part of the scientific internship at the Department of Economics and Finance of the Faculty of Economics and Management.

During the internship, Brygida Klemens and Diana Rokita-Poskart met with Rector of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Prof. Petro Yasniy and Vice-rector on International Cooperation Dr.Sc., Prof. Tetiana Vitenko, Head of the Strategic Development Department of the Ternopil City Council Yuriy Deineka, got acquainted with the scientific activities of the University, faculty and department.

The future cooperation on the implementation of the double diploma program for students of economic specialties and the exchange of teachers and students has been discussed during the working meeting with the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Ph.D., Assoc. Halyna Tsikh, deputy dean for scientific work and international activity, doctor of sciences, Prof. Natalia Marynenko.

Within the framework of the internship at the Department of Economics and Finance, the scientific seminar was held on 20 July 2017 with the participation of Polish colleagues and faculty members of the department Ph.D., Prof. Elena Panukhnyk, Ph.D., Prof. Natalia Marinenko, Ph.D., Assoc. Natalia Konstantyuk, Ph.D., Assoc. Iryna Kramar, Ph.D., Assoc. Vitaliya Kudlaka, Ph.D., Assoc. Nataliya Tymoshyk, engineer of the I category Irina Feshchyn, Dr.Sci., Prof. of Department of Management in Production Mariya Rudakevych, on the topic: «The role of collaboration in clusters and other organizations for regional policy and city development policies. Influence of social capital, cooperation, competition, obstacles and benefits from the functioning of cluster structures on local politics».

Representatives of TNTU took part in the event within the framework of implementation of the Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:34:55 GMT

Participation of TNTU in the Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme

Aspiring to improve the quality of higher education in Ukraine, the British Council in partnership with the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of the Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (UK), with the assistance of Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science, runs the second round of the Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme.

TNTU became one of 14 universities in Ukraine in 2017, which project won in this program.

On July 6 - 7, 2017 the second module of the program took place in Kyiv, where the participants of the project presented the component «Future Leaders». Our University Team was represented by the head of the department of economics and finance, Dr.Sci., Prof. Olena Panukhnyk and Head of International Projects Department of TNTU Olena Dudar.

The Aim of the Programme is to assist reform in the sector of higher education through universities leadership development in Ukraine. Forty universities of Ukraine will be involved in the Programme during 3 years (2015 – 2018).

By the end of 2018, the following agreed outcomes will be delivered:

A national cohort of «change agents» — well-equipped specialists ready to implement innovation changes in their higher education institutions
40 Ukrainian academic partnership visits to the UK
Systems for dissemination, networking and sharing effective leadership practice of higher education leadership development
Effective implementation of leadership development by change agents in the system of higher education or a separate university through recognition of their status and improved achievement indicators of the university
Universities’ updated strategies are clear about the university’s role and responsibility in terms of expanded autonomy

Detailed information about the Programme is presented on the official websites of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine and the British Council Ukraine.

Signing of the Agreement on cooperation and organization of the relationship between Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University and Ternopil district state administration

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:28:59 GMT

Cooperation with Ternopil district state administration

On 6 July 2017 signing of the Agreement on cooperation and organization of the relationship between Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University and Ternopil district state administration took place

Ternopil district state administration was represented by the Head of the DSA Pokhylyi O. and Head of the DSA Apparatus Gotsmanova O. Our University was represented by Rector Prof. Petro Yasniy, Vice-rectors Prof. Mykola Mytnyk, Prof. Stepan Dyachuk , Prof. Roman Rogatynsky, Prof. Tetiana Vitenko, deans of faculties, director of the scientific park «Innovation and investment cluster of Ternopil region» Khymych G., coordinator of the Startup Center of the TNTU Dudkin P.

During the signing of the agreement Rector of TNTU Prof. Petro Yasniy mentioned the possibilities of the university in training professionals of different specialties, he also told about theoretical and practical achievements of our scientists, about innovations that could be used in the practice of managing the region. Head of Ternopil district state administration O. Pokhylyi noted the importance of formalizing relations between the Technical University and the state authority of Ternopil region. Today, the demand for administrative staff with appropriate professional skills and training is extremely high both for local communities and for state administration authorities and local self-government authorities. It is the technical university that has all the opportunities to provide professional skills and training and to take part in the implementation of IT, technical, economic and social projects in the Ternopil region on mutually beneficial basis.

The implementation of the agreement would allow to start the introduction of innovations, interesting ideas, Smart city technologies, create conditions for efficient employment of university graduates and reduce the outflow of youth abroad beyond Ukraine. The internship of TNTU students at the best enterprises of the Ternopil region, in local communities, in the Ternopil regional state administration, participation in the development and submission of projects on energy efficiency and energy audit are just a part of the measures planned to be implemented in the near future.

On 27 June 2017 the delegation of the university visited the Polish partners

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:25:33 GMT

The delegation of the university visited the Polish partners

On June 27, 2017 representatives of the Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, within the framework of international cooperation visited «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» (Poland), where they held a working meeting with Director of firm Mariyan Wakhtl and Head of HR department Tomash Baranowskyi. The delegation consisted of the dean of the Faculty of Engineering of Machines, Structures and Technologies, Ph.D., Assoc. Leschuk R., Head of the Department of Construction Mechanics, Ph.D., Assoc. Kovalchuk Ya., Deputy Dean of the FMT Ph.D., Assoc. Stashkiv M. and Ph.D. Tson O.

The university delegation got acquainted with the production facilities of the company, which specializes in the machining of high-accuracy components for the automotive industry, during the visit.

Also, during the meeting, the possibility of passing the internship by university students at the company «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» and agreed to conclude an agreement on cooperation between TNTU and «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo».

On 21 June 2017 representatives of Company «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» visited the University

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:23:56 GMT

Representatives of Company «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» visited the University

On 21 June 2017 representatives of Company «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» visited the University within the framework of the International Cooperation.

Company AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo is located in Kamenna Gora City (100 km from Wroclaw, near German border and Czech Republic border), and it is part of the group of high-accuracy components of AUTOCAM NN Corporation. The main office of the group is located in Kenwood, Michigan, United States. Group of high-accuracy components of AUTOCAM has 16 production companies in the USA, France, Mexico, Poland, Brazil and China, with 100,000 m2 of production areas, which produces more than 2 million details per the day. «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» is specialized on high-accuracy finishing, milling, grinding, drilling, lining, and heat treatment of parts of surfaces for the automotive industry (parts of fuel systems, gas distribution mechanisms, starters, etc.). The main clients of «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» are world-known companies such as Borg Warner, Brose, Continental, Bosch, Denso, Nidec etc.

During the visit there was an acquaintance with the material, technical and educational base, the museum of TNTU, there was the meeting with students and the leadership of the university. As a result of the visit, the Agreement on cooperation between TNTU and «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» was concluded, which provides students with specialty «Machine Engineering» opportunity to pass internship at the company «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo». Another agreement has also been reached on the inclusion of «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» to the Council of Employers of TNTU.

We should mention that similar agreement on the passing the student internship has already been concluded in November 2016 and works between the structural unit of TNTU — Technical College (Ternopil) and this company. 7 students of the Technical College of TNTU with specialty «Technology of materials processing on machines and automatic lines» have passed the internship at «AUTOCAM Poland Sp. Zoo» within the framework of this agreement. Another 8 students continue their practice at the enterprise.