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Separate structural subdivision «Professional College of Kremenchug Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National University» is one of the largest multidisciplinary institutions of professional pre-university education in the region, where about one thousand students study. The college is one of the oldest educational institutions in the city. The history of the Kryukiv Mechanical Engineering School begins in the 20s of the 20th century (http://surl.li/egnnmb).
The college carries out its activities in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine, the Statute of Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi Kremenchug National University (http://surl.li/kcptpr) and the Regulations on the Separate structural subdivision «Professional College of Kremenchug Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National University» (with changes and additions) http://surl.li/isxhru.
The director of the college is Roman Volodymyrovych Levchenko, a teacher-methodologist, PhD.of Engineering Sciences. In 2018, he participated in the five-week program for college administrators of Ukraine "Community College Administrator Program", during which he studied the experience of the college system in the USA and aspects of the methodical activity of teachers and managers (https://lsi.fsu.edu/galleries/ ukraine-ccap-fall-2018). Also, as part of the Ukrainian delegation, he participated in the two-week "Open World" program in the direction of "Education", during which he completed an internship at Umpqua Community College (Roseburg, Oregon, USA).
The college prepares professional junior bachelors under eight educational and professional programs based on nine, eleven classes and on the basis of a diploma of a skilled worker, namely, economics of enterprise, law, maintenance of computer systems and networks, maintenance and repair of equipment of chemical and oil and gas processing industry, production of cars and tractors, welding production, maintenance and repair of cars and engines, maintenance and repair of electrical household appliances. As well as one bachelor's program "Welding" (http://surl.li/oxdnkw).
The total number of licensed students is 535 full-time students and 235 part-time students (http://surl.li/xusdvg). The list of specialties for which training is carried out (http://surl.li/tmheso) and the number of contingents are given in Table 1.
All educational and professional programs are accredited at the college. In addition to a professional junior bachelor's degree, the graduates of our college receive a certificate of completion of a complete general secondary education, and also have the opportunity to obtain working professions: a manager's secretary, computer set operator, electric welder of manual welding, mechanic for the repair of wheeled vehicles, mechanic for the repair of technological installations, a fitter for mechanical assembly work, an electrician for repair and maintenance of electrical equipment, an electromechanic for repair and maintenance of counting machines, a turner (http://surl.li/yrwtzg).
The training of specialists is carried out by 66 teaching staff, all of them have a relevant higher education. Table 2. Quality composition of teaching staff
The college includes four departments, namely: an automobile, economics and law, computer networks and electrical household appliances, mechanical engineering. There are 11 cyclic commissions which provide educational and methodological work and seven of which are engaged at graduating students.
The college has two educational buildings, the total area of which is 12,707 m2, the educational building - 8,036.1 m2, the dormitory - 2,960 m2. They include 34 classrooms, 19 laboratories, 5 computer classrooms, a methodical office , 7 production sites, an assembly hall with 700 seats, a sports hall with an area of 535.3 m2, a dining room with 200 seats, a cafeteria, a library with a reading room for 80 seats. An electronic library for 10 workplaces has been created and is being operated. There are more than 80,000 library items.
In the production workshops of the college, there are educational and production areas where students receive working professions. The college has its own dormitory with 200 places, which provides 100% of the housing needs of non-local students. There is a medical center in the dormitory. The conditions for learning have been created for students with disabilities, there are ramps, access to the classrooms on the first floor and the Internet. The college provides specialists for such branches of the city as chemical and oil refining, automobile manufacturing, wagon building, construction of road vehicles, and others. Thus, the college graduates are needed by all leading enterprises of the city.
The employment of graduates is handled by the employment commission, on the initiative of which meetings are held on the basis of the college with the representatives of enterprises on issues of employment of graduates. Interaction with employers consists of working on the joint development of a regulatory framework (development, adjustment, monitoring of educational programs). Employers participate in the educational process: the organization and holding of industrial practices, conducting training sessions, participation in the final certification. They are involved in the statistical collection of information (conducting surveys of employers based on specially developed questionnaires, and employers themselves observe young specialists.
Throughout its existence, the college closely cooperates with the enterprises of the city and trains specialists for them. And now the college graduates are needed by such enterprises of the city as Holding Company "AvtoKrAZ", OJSC "Kryukiv Carriage Plant", OJSC "Kredmash", OJSC "Kremenchutsk Wheel Plant", OJSC "Kremenchutsk Steel Plant", Kremenchug Oil Refinery Plant and many other enterprises.
The college implemented the elements of dual education in the specialty 131 Applied mechanics educational program "Welding production" from PJSC "Kryukiv Carriage Plant", in the specialty 133 Industrial mechanical engineering educational program "Maintenance and repair of equipment of enterprises of the chemical and oil and gas processing industry" from PJSC "Transnational Financial and Industrial oil company "Ukrtatnafta" and from PJSC "Poltava Mining and Processing Plant" in the specialty 141 Electric power, electrical engineering and electromechanics educational program "Maintenance and repair of electrical household appliances" (http://surl.li/czulqw).
Since 2019, for students of specialty 141 Electrical power engineering, electrical engineering and electro mechanics and 123 Computer engineering, in accordance with the Program of in-depth industrial training and in order to balance the theoretical and practical components, develop professional competencies and improve competitiveness, a cooperation agreement was concluded with the Centrum Doradtstva Edukatsijnego (Republic of Poland). According to which student mobility programs are jointly implemented on the basis of research and development centres of high-tech companies and their production facilities on the territory of Poland in two forms: industrial practice of students and post-graduate internship of graduates and mixed learning using a dual educational and industrial process (http://surl.li/vfuxgi).
The College has established a Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board of the college includes representatives of business, potential employers of our region, namely the first deputy mayor, the director of the educational and scientific institute of mechanical engineering, transport and natural sciences, the head of the training center of PJSC "Kryukiv Carriage Works", the general director of LLC "Dormash Group" ", head of the maintenance and repair bureau of the chief energy department of PJSC "Kremenchutsk Road Machine Plant", which contributes to solving promising development tasks, attracting financial resources to ensure activities, improving the quality of educational activities and the competitiveness of the college.
College students and teachers participate in:
All-Ukrainian and regional Olympiads in specialized and general education disciplines;
competitions of scientific student works;
research student clubs.
Research work of students is an integral part of the educational process, because the college has created all the conditions for students to realize their abilities for scientific work (http://surl.li/fxpiht). One of the areas of research is the participation of college students in the public air quality monitoring project "EcoCity" (http://surl.li/kdyubz) under the leadership of an experienced teacher Bilyk Oleksandr, who completed an international internship under the advanced training program "Fundraising and organization of project activities in educational institutions: European experience" (http://surl.li/mtflgx).
A lot of attention is paid to extracurricular work among students. The college has a student leisure centre. The main goal of the centre’s work is to organize students' free time, reveal their creative potential, and attract young people to participate in various activities. The Centre has: a vocal group, variety and dance groups, a theatre group, an artistic design group, a technical team that provides sound and technical support for all events. Every year, the Leisure Centre hosts various activities that the audience likes and it has become traditional (http://surl.li/nltark).
Much attention is paid to the introduction of modern computer and information technologies into the educational process.
Educational programs of VSP FC KrNU https://registry.edbo.gov.ua/university/1345/study-programs/
Licenses of professional preliminary higher education https://registry.edbo.gov.ua/university/1345/specialities-before/
Licenses of professional (vocational and technical) education https://registry.edbo.gov.ua/university/1345/professions/
Postal address: 39621, Ukraine, Poltava Region, Kremenchuk, str. Chumats'kyy shlyakh, 7
tel. +38(098) 311 48 46, +380536660048
Viber +38(098) 311 48 46
Telegram reference translator Inna Hurtova +380976496550
email: kkrnu@i.ua
Areas of activity for international cooperation within the framework of the Erasmus+ grant project
1. Development of educational programs:
Development of joint training programs with Erasmus+ partner institutions in various fields of knowledge with the adaptation of international education standards and the use of innovative teaching methods, taking into account the experience and institutions of European countries to support the modernization of education in Ukraine.
Introduction of new courses and specialties that meet the modern needs of the labour market and international standards.
Introduction of innovative learning methods, such as online courses, blended learning, project work.
Exchange of teaching experience and best practices with partner institutions.
Creation of a system of encouraging students, by implementing measures of material and moral encouragement, which will stimulate them to choose dual education (at the expense of a grant).
Expansion of educational offerings to integrate the growing number of veterans, persons with disabilities and PTSD, displaced persons and other vulnerable populations.
2. Development of the infrastructure of the educational institution:
Opening of specialized educational centres and laboratories.
Providing access to modern technical means.
Modernization of the material and technical base of the educational institution.
Ensuring the accessibility of education for people with disabilities (ramps, electric lifts for the disabled).
Development of online education (multimedia whiteboards, additional tutors to monitor the implementation of distance learning, a centre for helping teachers to create multimedia content).
3. Improving the qualifications of teachers:
Participation of teachers in internship and mobility programs in Erasmus+ partner institutions.
Organization of seminars, trainings and master classes on current topics for teachers.
Promotion of the development of research activities of teachers and the publication of their scientific works in international journals.
4. Development of scientific research:
Joint research projects with Erasmus+ partner institutions.
Participation in international scientific conferences, seminars, Olympiads, competitions.
Publication of the results of scientific research in international journals and collections.
Inviting foreign teachers to give lectures and conduct research.
5. Support of student mobility:
Student exchange programs with Erasmus+ partner institutions.
Provision of scholarships and grants for students studying abroad.
Organization of summer schools and other educational events for students.
Promotion of employment of graduates abroad.
6. Strengthening relations with the public:
Organization of public lectures, seminars and other events for a wide audience.
Creation of a website and social networks to disseminate information about the college's activities and its international cooperation.
Issue of newsletters and other printed materials.
Participation in international education fairs and exhibitions.
7. Expected results of international cooperation:
Improving the quality of education in the college.
Development of scientific and research activities of the college.
Strengthening ties with educational institutions and other organizations in different countries of the world.
Improving the image of the college in the international arena.
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