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Over one academic year students will be able to get an extra — “digital” — qualification in IT to complements their main degree. Based on their primary training and the chosen program the audience will learn how to code, to manage IT projects; they will master web design and 3D modeling technologies, they will dive deeper into the additive manufacturing digital technologies, so that ultimately they could get a new qualification and a professional retraining diploma.
“Students of all directions of training or degrees can enroll and study — those from the humanitarian, scientific and engineering departments, both from our University and other establishments of higher education. This year, we have increased the number of programs from 6 to 10, and their duration is 252 to 272 academic hours. The “Digital Department” is for Bachelor’s Degree students starting from the 2nd year and the specialist’s degree students starting from the 3rd year. Requests for admission can be submitted up to August 31, and the training will start in September 2023,” Andrei Gavrilov, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the Samara University, said.
The educational programs will be offered to students based on the main directions of their training, and one can come to the training even with a zero level of knowledge in the additional profession they are interested in.
At the end of training the following qualifications can be obtained:
- IT Project Manager;
- Data Analyst;
- Web Designer;
- Frontend Programmer;
- Frontend Developer;
- Specialist in Solution Development and Follow-Up on the 1C: Enterprise platform;
- Specialist in Automated Design of Technological Processes;
- Programmer of CNC-controlled Metal Chipping Machines;
- Programmer of Additive Manufacturing Installations;
- Specialist in Automated Management Systems for Machinery-Building Enterprises.
After graduation at the end of their training a Web Designer will be able to design and rectify program codes, apply programming languages and adjustable program tools for process automation, work out the web solution architecture and control their development.
A student qualified as a Frontend Developer will be able to develop and rectify program codes, participate in development of program software, independently complete business tasks using programming languages and create repositories. According to the program developers, the skills obtained by the young people can be applied in any IT area and enable career growth of the graduate student in their field.
Besides, this year a list of IT programs has been extended to include a set of programs on modern additive manufacturing. As a result, during their training students will be able to obtain unique skills, including churning out goods made with the use of additive technologies, the use prototyping methods in their work, organization of work on coordination and approval of the obtained layouts with the manufacturing and marketing units, as well as creation of new products, 3D printer operation, process control from the model development to the end product.
Training at the “Digital Department” is focused on the practice as much as possible. IT companies were involved in development of educational programs. Along with the university teachers, they will take part in the educational process. Further employment can be offered to the best alumni.
Training at the “Digital Department” will be arranged in a mixed regime — partially online, partially offline (based on the training program). The training at the “Digital Department” is completely free of charge for students of the Samara University and other universities of the country. To get a professional retraining diploma the students will need to defend a graduate qualification work or pass the final exam.
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The Digital Departments project was launched in 2022 to be implemented in the framework of the IT Workforce Potential Development Federal Project of the National Program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”. In September 2022, “Digital Departments” were opened in more than 50 regions of the country: 110,000 students are enrolled in 100 universities participating in the Priority-2030 Program and 14 universities that are considered candidates for participation in this program.
