Modern Engineering Education as a Key Element of Russian Technological Modernization in the Context of Digital Economy

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10.2991/iscfec-18.2019.160How to use a DOI?

Keywords

engineering education, digital economy, modernization, professional training, educational programme, professional standard

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of modernization of modern engineering educational system in Russia with regards to the transition to digital economy. Nowadays science and innovative technology play a principal role in the social and economic development of the society. The article explains new requirements to the education of future highly qualified engineers in compliance with the requirements of the civil society and the needs of national economy. The transition to digital economy implies a completely new way for economic growth, a transition to a new techno-economic paradigm, aimed at the modernization and diversification of the economy with further development of processing and high-tech industries. Given circumstances require the institutions to introduce new methodological approaches and innovations which would reflect the modern pillars behind the creation of knowledge-intensive educational programmes for engineering. One of the key focus points is the variability of modern education that allows for its adaptation to completely new circumstances – namely, changed academic and economic autonomy of regional educational institutions. The article considers the question of providing highly qualified specialists in the sphere of knowledge-intensive tech and industry from Kurgan State University (KSU), which has been preparing specialists for the social and economic complex of the region for years. As part of the implementation of “Digital economy in Russia programme”, the article overlooks priority development trajectories in KSU for the coming years in the sphere of automatization of technological processes and industries, as well as the development of IT that shall foster growth in number of available communication mechanisms for educational institutions, businesses and local government. Developing higher education cannot be imagined without joint scientifically oriented clusters with participation of regional business that shall stimulate R&D and, consequently, foment the formation of professional competences of future graduates.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - K. G. Prokofyev
AU  - O. V. Dmitrieva
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