Ukrainian education system

Higher education in Ukraine comprises three training cycles:

First cycle lasts 4 years, students get educational qualifying level of bachelor. Second cycle includes two levels where students may choose one of these: One lasts 1 1,5 years, students get the degree of specialist. The other lasts 1 2 years, students get the degree of master.

Ukrainian education system

Along with the system of educational qualifying levels, there is a system of professional qualifications of Ukraine which is based on the national Classifier of Professions ( 003:2010) and the Reference Book of Employees Qualification Characteristics. The latter system is based on taxonomic levels, further divided into orders, categories, ranks, and classes. However, description of most professional qualifications is not clear and precise enough as they are not based on competence approach. They also fail to take into account the present and future demands of the labor market.

Ukrainian steps to the qualification framework

To solve the problem stated above, Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine decreed to form a national system of qualifications which will be relevant to European principles of ensuring quality in tuition, professional training and continuous education politics. This initiative calls for instruments of ensuring quality of qualifications namely, procedures of validation, assessment and conferring of qualifications, as well as regulation of higher schools accreditation.

The foremost task is to create professional standards on the basis of competence approach and educational standards in the sphere of higher and technical vocational education in view of learning outcomes.

Ukrainian steps to the qualification framework

The national Classifier of Professions ( 003:2010) and the Reference Book of Employees Qualification Characteristics are currently the main normative documents which determine requirements to professional qualifications of employees.
Qualification characteristics of a profession consist of chapters Tasks and obligations, Must-know, Qualification requirements which define requirements to educational and qualification level, to post-diploma education and minimum requirements to the work experience of an employee in accordance with a concrete position. If necessary , qualification characteristic can be supplemented by chapters Specialization, and Examples of employment.

Description of certification levels, in comparison with the

current assessment system
level knowledge skills communication Autonomy and responsibility Educational qualifications

Ability to take adequate actions in simple situations under direct guidance. Readiness to study systematically Elementary general knowledge about Performing elementary tasks in Situational interaction with the oneself and the environment familiar typical situations limited group of people with the help of others Understanding of most basic causeResponding to simple oral effect and spacial-temporal relations messages Performing tasks under the direct guidance

Ability to perform simple tasks in typical situations in conditions of structured and strictly determined work or study. Performing tasks under the direct guidance. Readiness to study at the next level Elementary factual knowledge Performing simple tasks Integration into social groups according to the rules and instructions in typical situations with the help of simple tools Responding to simple oral and written messages

Certificate of secondary special Performing tasks under the education direct guidance

Understanding most basic ideas about oneself and the environment, as well as the basics of secure behavior

Limited individual responsibility Formulation of elementary arguments

Description of the certification levels, in comparison with the

current estimation system
level knowledge skills communication Autonomy and responsibility
Educational qualifications

Ability to perform typical simple tasks in typical situations in conditions of structured and strictly determined work or study. Certificate of Performing tasks under supervision with elements of independence. basic Basic factual knowledge, obtained in Performing typical simple tasks Interaction in the group for Interaction in the group comprehensive secondary the process of study or /and work according to certain rules and performing tasks for performing tasks education instructions in different typical situations with the help of tools Understanding of basic (general) processes in study or/and work Assessment of task performance Production of detailed oral and results according to the set written messages criteria, using argumentation Individual responsibility for the task performance in study or /and work Certificate of qualified worker Certificate of qualified worker

Ability to perform industrial or educational tasks of intermediate difficulty according to certain algorithms within the set time and quality limits Ability to work efficiently in a General systematic knowledge in the Performing typical tasks in field of educational or/and different situations by selection team. Acceptance of criticism, advice and instructions professional activity and application of main methods, tools, materials and information Understanding main (general) Estimation of the results of Production of detailed oral and principles, processes and notions in performing tasks in accordance written messages, particularly in educational and/or professional with the set criteria professional activity activity Independent performing of tasks under minimum guidance

Responsibility for the results of the performed tasks in educational and/or professional activity

Description of the certification levels, in comparison with the

current estimation system
level knowledge skills communication Autonomy and responsibility
Educational qualifications

Ability to independently perform complex specialized industrial or educational tasks in a certain branch of professional or educational activity, particularly in non-standard situations Specialized knowledge Performing complex specialized tasks Planning ones own work; organization, control, assessment and correction of other peoples work Guiding and transferring experience Production of complex oral and written messages, particularly in professional activity Independence in learning and/or professional activity

Certificate of complete secondary education

Understanding principles, methods and processes of learning and/or professional activity

Responsibility for the results of learning and/or professional Certificate of activity Diploma of qualified worker Limited responsibility for learning and work results of other people

Ability to solve typical specialized problems in a certain field of learning or professional activity which involves application of provisions and methods of the appropriate science Broad specialized knowledge Solution of typical specialized problems of broad range Interaction and cooperation with a big number of people performing professional or learning activity Performing limited functions of control and decision making

Diploma of qualified worker

Diploma of junior specialist

Planning, analysis, control and assessment of ones own work and the work of other people

Improving results of ones own Diploma of junior specialist and other peoplesactivity
(in-career) Ability to continue learning at a 8 certain level of autonomy

Description of the certification levels, in comparison with the

current estimation system
level knowledge skills communication Autonomy and responsibility
Educational qualifications

Ability to solve difficult specialized and practical problems characterized by complexity and uncertainty Conceptual knowledge Solving complex unpredictable Bringing across information, ideas, Controlling complex problems and tasks problems, solutions and ones own actions, responsibility for experience decision-making Ability to efficiently formulate communicative strategy Responsibility for professional development of separate individuals and /or groups Ability to study further at a high level of autonomy

Bachelor diplom (degree)

Critical analysis of fundamental theories, principles, methods and notions

Ability to solve difficult tasks and problems in conditions involving research and/or innovations and characterized by uncertainty of terms and requirements Specialized knowledge for innovative activity Critical analysis of problems Solving difficult tasks and problems Research and/or innovative activity Comprehensible bringing across ones own conclusions to specialists and non-specialists Using foreign languages in professional activity

Master diploma (degree)

Decision-making in Specialist unpredictable conditions diploma responsibility for the development of professional knowledge Specialist diploma (in-career)

9 Ability to further study

Description of the certification levels, in comparison with the

current assessment system
level knowledge skills communication Autonomy and responsibility Educational qualifications PhD diploma (degree)

Ability to solve complex problems in professional sphere and/or research and innovative activity which involves deep interpretation of the present knowledge and creation of new comprehensive knowledge State-of-the-art conceptual and methodological knowledge Critical analysis, assessment and Communicating with broad Initiating complex projects, synthesis new and complex ideas scientific community and social leadership and complete environment autonomy

Development and implementation of projects which allow to review the present knowledge and create new one

Social responsibility for decision-making

Ability to bear responsibility for other peoples education

Candidate of Sciences (scholarly degree)

Ability to determine and solve socially significant systemic problems in a certain sphere of activity

Doctor of Sciences New conceptual and methodological Analysis of complex problems, Leadership, free competent Initiating of original research diploma knowledge acquired on the basis of synthesis of new ideas, which communication in the form of innovative complex projects (scholarly personal complex research allow to deeply interpret and a dialogue with a wide circle degree) Deep awareness of and build new systemic knowledge of specialists responsibility for scientific grounding of strategic decisions Continuous self-development and self-improvement, 10 responsibility for the development of others

Roles and functions of public bodies in the system of formal education qualifications
Agency of promoting quality of higher education Ukrainian center of assessing quality of education Ministry of education and science, youth and sport public bodies Main functions in the national system of qualifications
Standard/qualification development
Standard/qualification adjustment Standard/qualification adoption Assessment tools development Acceptance of learning results/competence assessment Conferring qualifications(certification) Accreditation of programs Accreditation of educational institutions Monitoring of educational institutions

State educational institution

Professional technical college

Higher educational institution

Schools

Roles and functions of public bodies in the system of formal education qualifications
Higher educational institution
Professional technical college Profiled/branch cnters public bodies

Main functions in the national system of qualifications

Standard/qualification development Standard/qualification adjustment

Standard/qualification adoption
Assessment tools development Acceptance of learning results/competence assessment

Conferring qualifications(certification)
Accreditation of programs Accreditation of educational institutions

Social partners (employers, tradeunions)

Qualification agency

Centers of education assessment and nostrification

Social organizations (professional organizations))

Professional branch councils

Ministry of Social Politics

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At software engineering department students are trained in two specialties: 6.050101 Computer science (8.05010101 Information management system and technologies. Total number of students 284.) 6.050103 Software engineering (8.05010301 Software systems . Total number of students 292.)

Participation in creating the government standards of higher education Head of the department acts also as: a member of the expert council in computer science and technologies of State Certification Commission of Ukraine. a member of the methodological commission in informatics and computer engineering of the Ministry of Science, Education, Youth and Sport of Ukraine.

Contribution to formation of the government standards of higher education Variation part of Educational Qualification Characteristics and Educational Professional Program: 35 % of courses comprising the whole educational process for bachelors, specialists and masters in Computer science and Software engineering education specialties may be selected by the department.

CIKLUM data about employees in Dnipropetrovsk region

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Our department collaborates with more than 100 largest financial companies of Ukraine, IT companies, banks etc.

Partnerships with employers

Necessity of quick response to new technologies

"Programmers by disposition are enamored with technology. This is a strength when it comes to abandoning old, inefficient ways and adopting new, more efficient ways. But it's a weakness when new software tools arrive faster than we can learn to use them effectively and we spend too much time at the wrong end of their learning curves. The benefits of a truly effective new technology are foregone when, in the rush to try out the next shiny whiz-bang tool, we abandon the current one.
Scott Guthrie - From an interview published in Dr. Dobb's Journal.
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Programming Language of the year by TIOBE

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Objective-C Objective-C Python Go C Python Ruby Java PHP C++

Educational load for bachelors in software engineering

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Educational load for bachelors in computer science

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