Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications

The history of the Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications dates back to 1967, when the order of the Ministry of Education of the USSR approved the creation of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering as part of the then Zaporizhia Mechanical Engineering Institute. The official record of the faculty’s activities has been running since December 17, 1967.

In 1968, specialties of the radio-electronic profile were separated from the electrical engineering faculty, on the basis of which a new faculty was formed. The first departments were: the department of radio engineering, the department of microelectronics, as well as the department of design and production technologies of radio equipment. The first dean of the faculty was Dr. Voloshinov Voloshinov, associate professor.

At the end of the 1980s, the faculty received a new name – the Faculty of Radio Instrumentation. This reflected the growing role of electronics and computing in industry and the need to train engineers for new industries. In the 1990s, the first specialties were opened in the field of software, computer systems and networks, and later – in the field of information protection. 

At the turn of the 2000s, the faculty experienced structural changes. In 2001, two separate departments were created – the Faculty of Radio Instrumentation (classical areas of electronics and radio engineering) and the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering. The Institute of Radio Electronics and Informatics later functioned on their basis.

In 1989-1994 the faculty was headed by candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Andrii Serhiyovych Konovalchuk; in the period 1994-1998 – Serhiy Ivanovich Lizunov, Ph.D., associate professor; 1998-1999 – Doctor of Science, Professor Dmytro Makarovych Piza, in 2000-2022 – Doctor of Science, Associate Professor Vladyslav Semenovych Kabak. From 2022, the faculty is headed by Ph.D., associate professor Nataliya Ivanivna Furmanova.

The modern history of the faculty began in 2023, when, in connection with the national priorities of digital transformation and security, it was renamed the Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications. This name emphasizes the strategic focus of the division on the training of highly qualified personnel in the field of cyber protection, telecommunications, electronic systems and information technologies.

Scientific activity and international cooperation

The faculty is a center of active scientific work. Its teachers and students are engaged in developments in the field of information protection, signal recognition, radio-electronic systems, modeling of robotic complexes and intelligent control and automation systems. The unit maintains close ties with the leading enterprises of the region, including: JSC Motor-Sich, KP NVK Iskra, ZMKB Progress, Zaporizhzhya NPP, NVP KHARTRON-YUKOM, PJSC PLUTON), LLC Infocom LTD, as well as with modern IT companies.

International cooperation occupies a special place in the activity of the faculty. Teachers and students participate in Erasmus+ and DAAD programs, joint projects with European universities and cooperate with scientific centers in the field of radio engineering, telecommunications and information security.

For over half a century of history, the faculty has trained thousands of highly qualified specialists. Among them are managers of leading enterprises, scientists, designers, engineers, and statesmen. Graduates of the faculty work in large Ukrainian and international companies, in state authorities, in the field of national security and defense.

The Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications continues the long-standing traditions of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic, combining a classical engineering school with innovative educational practices. Its mission is to train competitive specialists capable of working in the conditions of modern challenges of the digital society, to ensure the development of telecommunication technologies and the protection of the information space of Ukraine.