Cooperation that has been tested over the years

From October 29 to November 2, at the Zaporizhzhia National Technical University, Professor of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), honorary professor of ZNTU Petro Arras held lectures «Virtual prototyping», «3D printing» and «World energy balance and motorization: problems and prospects» for students of the following ZNTU faculties: computer science and technology, mechanical engineering and automotive.

Also, on November 2, teachers and scientific staff of ZNTU, together with employees of JSC Motor-Sich, received training on the use of the finite element method in the CREO CAD system for calculating the strength characteristics of artificial implants.

These lectures are made possible by the individual mobility program Erasmus+ KA1 with the support of the European Union, operating with the Catholic University of Leuven since 2015.

During the meeting on the prospects of cooperation, the rector of ZNTU, Doctor of Technical Sciences, prof. S.B. Belikov noted the uniqueness of the Faculty of Engineering of the Catholic University of Leuven, which already actively cooperates with 4 faculties of ZNTU, in particular, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Automobiles, the Faculty of Computer Sciences and Technologies, and the Faculty of Construction, Architecture and Design.

As part of the individual mobility program, ZNTU students have the opportunity to study at European universities for 4-6 months. Today, 7 institutional agreements were signed with higher education institutions in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Romania. More detailed information can be found on the website ( https://old.zp.edu.ua/akademichna-mobilnist ).

As can be seen from the following achievements of academic mobility participants, the level of training of our students who participated in the exchange program for the 2015-2018 academic years is highly valued by both European and Ukrainian employers:

Anton Germashev (postgraduate student, mobility participant in 2015/2016) – defended his thesis for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate. technical Sciences, associate professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, participant in teaching mobility with the Catholic University of Leuven.

Serhiy Korotunov (student of the faculty of PZ, mobility participant in 2015/2016) – since 2017. graduate student of the department of software tools.

Mariia Zakharova (student of the Faculty of Engineering, mobility participant in 2016/2017) is a programmer engineer at Otoconsult (Antwerp, Belgium http://otoconsult.com/mariia-joins-otoconsult/)

Polina Shynkarenko (student of the Faculty of Engineering, mobility participant in 2016/2017) is a programmer engineer at Stylelabs (Brussels, Belgium https://stylelabs.com/)

Olha Gladkova (postgraduate student of the Department of Software Engineering, mobility participant in 2016/2017) – senior lecturer of the Department of Software Tools

Nataliia Chernovol (student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, mobility participant in 2016/2017) is a postgraduate student at the Catholic University of Leuven (https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00124014)

Oleksandr Kurtov (student of the welding department, mobility participant in 2016/2017) – engineer of the welding group of Campus De Naer, Catholic University of Leuven (https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00122024)