From June 10 to June 14, 2019, NUFT teachers were at the Politechnika Białostocka in Bialystok, Poland. The delegation included the Dean of the Faculty of Automation and Computer Systems Andriy Forsyuk, professor of the Department of Mechatronics and Packaging Engineering of the Scientific-Technical Engineering Institute named after acad. I.Guliy Mykola Yakimchuk and Associate Professor of Information Systems Department Mykola Kostikov.
Bialystok Polytechnic is one of the best technical educational institutions in Poland. The basic directions of preparation of future specialists of mechanical faculty are designing of mechanical engineering products, automation of production processes, robotics and biomedical engineering.
Thanks to EU funding and assistance from the state, science and education development programs have been consistently implemented in Poland for many years. In recent years, the University’s laboratories have been equipped with state-of-the-art training and research equipment.
During the visit our lecturers met and fruitfully communicated with the management of the educational institution: Vice-Rector for Development, prof. nzw., dr hab. inż Roman Kaczynski, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, prof., dr hab. inż. Marek Krentowski, Dean of the Mechanical Faculty, prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Severin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Cooperation, prof. nzw., dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Kulesha, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Science, prof. nzw., dr hab. inż. Malogata Grondzka-Dalke, coordinator of Erasmus + mechanical engineering projects, mgr inż. Agnieszka Sakovich.
The meetings discussed the directions of cooperation between our educational institutions in the fields of education and science, in particular the issues of training of lecturers and students of NUFT, participation in Erasmus + academic mobility programs, organization of joint scientific projects, etc. During the visit, NUFT representatives submitted a bilateral cooperation agreement between our universities for signing.
The NUFT delegation got acquainted with the material and technical base of the Bialystok Polytechnic, educational audiences, laboratory equipment, scientific projects, educational and methodological support, normative documents, peculiarities of the educational process, the current state of higher education and science in Poland, and with the planes.
On June 12, in the conference hall of the mechanical faculty of the Bialystok Polytechnic, a seminar-presentation on NUFT was held. The interest of the participants in the cooperation was obvious from the number of questions.
Particular attention was paid to the forms of the educational process and the scientific work of the students during the acquaintance with the mechanical faculty of the Bialystok Polytechnic. It was found that about 40% of the students of the Mechanical Faculty of Polytechnic participate in scientific circles: designing and creating robots, drones, race cars, rovers and more. The quality of such work is confirmed by participation in international competitions and occupied prize places.
Also our lecturers got acquainted with the organization of work in the dean’s office and other structural divisions of the faculty, activity of teaching staff and student life at the university.
Representatives of the delegation are grateful to the staff of teachers of Bialystok Polytechnic for their warm and friendly reception and look forward to further fruitful cooperation!
