Separate structural subdivision "Professional College of Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Kremenchuk National University" 

The Professional College of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National University is one of the largest multidisciplinary institutions of professional pre-higher education in the region, where more than a thousand students study.

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.

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".

The total number of licensed students is 1158 full-time students.

The list of specialties for which training is carried out :

• Specialty G9 Applied Mechanics, Educational and Professional Program "Welding Production"

• Specialty G11 Mechanical Engineering, Educational and Professional Program "Maintenance and Repair of Equipment of Chemical and Oil Refining Industry Enterprises"

• Specialty G9 Applied Mechanics, Qualification "Bachelor of Welding"

• Specialty F7 Computer Engineering, Educational and Professional Program "Maintenance of Computer Systems and Networks"

• Specialty G3 Electrical Engineering, Educational and Professional Program "Maintenance and Repair of Electrical Household Appliances"

• Specialty G11 Mechanical Engineering, Educational and Professional Program "Production of Cars and Tractors"

• Specialty J8 Automobile Transport, Educational and Professional Program "Maintenance and Repair of Cars and Engines"

• Specialty D3 Management, Educational and Professional Program "Enterprise Management"

• Specialty D6 Secretarial and Office Work, Educational and Professional Program "Legal Activity and Office Work"

In addition to a professional junior bachelor's degree, graduates of our college receive a certificate of completion of a complete general secondary education, and also have the opportunity to obtain working professions: 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, fitter for mechanical assembly works, electrician for repair and maintenance of electrical equipment, electro mechanic for repair and maintenance of counting and computing machines, turner.

The training of specialists is carried out by 66 teaching staff, all of whom have a relevant higher education.

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 it 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 centre 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.

The college implemented the elements of dual education in the specialty G9 Applied Mechanics educational program "Welding production" from PJSC "Kryukiv Carriage Plant", in the specialty G11 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 G3 Electrical Engineering educational program "Maintenance and repair of electrical household appliances"

Since 2019, for students of specialty G3 Electrical Engineering and F7 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.

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.

One of the areas of research is the participation of college students in the public air quality monitoring project "EcoCity" 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".

Much attention is paid to the introduction of modern computer and information technologies into the educational process.

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.