MPEI University expands cooperation in the IT-sphere
In July, within the framework of the MPEI Development Programme ‘Priority-2030’, in order to expand cooperation and ensure import-independence in the IT sphere, a number of meetings with the heads of domestic IT companies ‘Consist Business Group’ (part of LANIT Group) and ‘ProfItProject’ were held on the basis of MPEI University.
At one of the meetings, N.D. Rogalev, Rector of NRU MPEI, P.S. Gorjansky, General Director of Consist Business Group, and S.V. Hodjaev, General Director of ProfItProject, discussed the terms of cooperation on further development and promotion of the complex solution for digitalisation of higher education institutions ‘TURBO University Information-Analytical Complex’ and plans for joint development of a software product for the energy sector ‘Management Systems’ on the basis of TURBO TORO - a Russian platform for solutions in the EAM (Enterprise asset management) category.
‘The PAK SUPA FEC industry solution being created will become one of the main elements of the university's portfolio of proposals to ensure import independence and digitalisation of the energy sector of the Russian economy.’
- noted N.D. Rogalev.
Within the framework of another meeting, held under the leadership of Vice-Rector S.V. Belousov, agreements were reached on the participation of highly qualified teachers-practitioners, as well as specialists in the field of information technologies - employees of Consist Business Group and ProfItProject in the implementation of the project ‘Digital Department’, within the framework of which the students of MPEI are given a unique opportunity to master basic competences related to the development of software and information systems, and receive a diploma of professional qualification.
Starting from September 2022, the students of the graduating courses of the National Research University ‘MPEI’ will start training under the professional retraining programmes ‘Algorithmization and Software Development’ and ‘Digitalization and Information Systems Development’ with the qualification “Programmer” or ‘Information Systems Specialist’, respectively, upon successful completion of the programme.
In the review of the APP ‘Algorithmisation and Program Development’ the Director General of ProfItProject S.V. Khodjaev noted the following:
‘The programme developed by NIU ’MPEI" is aimed at providing students with professional competences in the field of software, computer computing systems and networks, automated information processing and control systems. The programme is characterised by comprehensiveness, broad methodological and technical basis. Modern, open source domestic software will be used in the training process, which will allow to form the students' understanding of the current technological stack, in particular in the development of information systems for critical infrastructure maintenance".
After the meeting, the participants visited the Institute of Electric Power Engineering of the National Research University ‘MPEI’.