Implementation of academic mobility of teachers and students of ZNTU

Zaporizhzhia National Technical University actively participates in international educational and research projects. One of the achievements of 2015 was receiving a grant under the Erasmus+ program: credit mobility for teachers and students.

Cooperation for mutual exchange of students and teachers and administrative staff became possible on the basis of an interinstitutional agreement between the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and ZNTU with the support of the rector of ZNTU, Prof. S.B. Belikov.

Within the framework of credit mobility, master’s and postgraduate students submit a set of documents for studying/internship at the campuses of KU Leuven, which should total 30 credits per semester (6 months). The list of disciplines available in English at the De Nayer campus can be found in the attached document FET_technologycampus_De_Nayer_Course_offer_English_2016_2017 [pdf, 221.32 KB].

The pioneers were third-year graduate students Mark Kuchugurov and Anton Germashev (supervisor Yu.M. Vnukov), who received a grant for academic mobility from November 1, 2015. The tasks of the graduate students are, in accordance with the topic of their dissertation research, to conduct joint tests  under the leadership of Prof. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering   Bert Lawrence, conducting scientific seminars, visiting university laboratories, preparing joint scientific works.

Three university students received a grant and began studying at the De Nair campus on February 1, 2016 as part of the program, who, in addition to studying, are conducting research as part of their master’s thesis:

Oleksii Bondarenko, group E-311m, Department of Electric Drive and Automation, specialty «Electric Drive and Automation». Research area – robotics, under the supervision of Wilm Abbeloos (ing. Wilm Abbeloos).

Tetyana Kharlanova, group T-311m,  Department of Transport Technologies, specialty «Organization of Transportation and Transport Management». Research area – GPS monitoring for urban transport vehicles, under the supervision of Mr. Petro Sleats and Mr. Gerben Peetes.

Serhii Korotunov, group IOT-411m, Department of Software, specialty «Software Systems». Research direction – closed-loop control systems for solar reactors, under the supervision of Prof. Ozalp (Prof. Nesrin Ozalp).

The program is valid until July 2017.

Students who will study in the 2016/2017 master’s degree program, wishing to participate in the competition for credit mobility in the fall semester, must send by March 15, 2016 to the professor of the Department of Software Tools Tabunshchik Halyna Volodymyrivna at the email address Halyna.tabunshchik@gmail.com and to the prov. specialist of the Department of International Relations’ Duiko Larisa Mykolaivna (interdep@zntu.edu.ua) the following documents:

• a motivation letter in English;
• a letter of recommendation from the supervisor of the diploma project indicating the topic of the diploma project;
• a document confirming the level of English proficiency at a level not lower than B1.

Teachers wishing to participate in teaching mobility, which necessarily includes 8 hours of lectures to students of the Catholic University of the relevant specialty, must send the following to the professor of the Department of Software Tools Tabunshchik Halyna Volodymyrivna at the email address Halyna.tabunshchik@gmail.com:

• a resume in English (curriculum vitae);
• the working program of the discipline in English (syllabus).

Additional information on credit mobility can be obtained on the website of the national Erasmus+ office http://erasmusplus.org.ua/erasmus/ka1-navchalna-mobilnist.html, as well as in the published Program Guide http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/documents/erasmus-plus-programme-guide_en.pdf.

Department of International Relations and Work with Foreign Students