With the ERASMUS+ KA1 program to implement double diplomas for students of Zaporizhia Polytechnic University

From July 19 to 23, 2021, a group of teachers from NU Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic (Professor Galyna Tabunshchyk, Associate Professor Anzhelika Parkhomenko, Associate Professor Andriy Parkhomenko) as part of the Erasmus+ KA1 academic mobility program at the invitation of the leadership of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain) underwent an internship at the Institute of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering.

The visit program included the following activities:

– Presentation of the Diploma of Honorary Professor of the National University “Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic” to Professor David Luengo, coordinator of the international educational project BIOART “Innovative multidisciplinary curriculum for the training of bachelors and masters in artificial implants for bioengineering”.

– Meeting with the leadership of the Institute of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid: Director of the Institute, Professor Amador Gonzalez; Deputy Director for External Relations, Professor Antonio Pedrero; Deputy Director for Research and PhD Programs, Professor Ana Belén García.

– Discussion of the structure of the Bachelor/Master/PhD curricula with Professor David Luengo and Professor David Oses.

– Presentation of the new Master’s Program in Wireless Technologies, which will start in the 2022-2023 academic year, and discussion of possible agreements on academic mobility and a double degree program with Professor Antonio Pérez Juste.

– Presentation of the Master’s Program in Internet of Things and discussion of possible agreements on academic mobility and a double degree with Professor Fernando Pescador.

– Visit to the Institute’s Telecommunications Museum under the direction of Professor Amador Gonzalez.

– Visit to the laboratories of the Department of Audiovisual and Communication Engineering under the direction of Professor David Luengo.

– Visit to the audio, acoustic and image laboratories under the direction of Professor Marta Gil.

– Visit to the “Smart Home” laboratory under the direction of Professor Miguel Angel Valero.

– Visit to the laboratories of the Department of Telematics and electronics under the supervision of Professor José Fernandez Martínez-Ortega.

– Discussion of areas of scientific cooperation with Professor César Benavente Peches.

– Discussion of new opportunities within the framework of the Erasmus+ and Horison projects.

– Presentation of the ERASMUS+ EELISA project by Professor Rubén Freil.

– Discussion of the results of the ERASMUS+ BIOART project and issues related to the preparation of the final report.

At the Polytechnic University Madrid has a practice of students obtaining several diplomas in parallel, which are in demand today on the European labor market. Based on the experience of colleagues from the Institute of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering, it is proposed to implement a similar practice for students of Zaporizhia Polytechnic University.

In particular, it is possible to organize master’s studies with the aim of obtaining several diplomas in parallel in specialties of fields of knowledge 12 and 17. For example, students of the Department of Software Tools who study in specialties 121 Software Engineering or 122 Computer Science can study in parallel in specialty 172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering (educational and professional program “Telemedical and Biomedical Systems”). This program was created and successfully accredited at the end of 2020 as part of the implementation of the international educational project BIOART “Innovative multidisciplinary curriculum for the training of bachelors and masters in artificial implants for bioengineering”. Training for students of several specialties will be carried out according to adapted plans, with maximum consideration of the affinity of specialties, combined student flows.

The implementation of such an approach will allow taking into account the requirements of the labor market and provide more opportunities for students for further employment.