Abstract
The study is based on the realities of the state and prospects for the development of the national higher education system during the period of active integration processes into the European Higher Education Space and the European Research Space. The analysis of the following aspects is carried out: the current state of the Ukrainian education system, the actions of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to develop cooperation with international organizations in various areas, in particular, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Ukraine, which is especially relevant for the industrial region - Zaporizhzhia region, which concentrates such strategic sectors of the Ukrainian economy as metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electricity. It is emphasized that the legislation of Ukraine on education sets such a goal - development, effective functioning of the education quality assurance system in Ukraine, implementation of a constant and consistent process of improving the quality of education and it is noted that the development strategy of Zaporizhzhia National University (hereinafter ZNU) is to develop and consolidate leading positions aimed at training highly qualified specialists, development of scientific research, increasing the role of the innovative component in the activities of ZNU and its integration into the European and world educational space. It is proved that the restructuring of higher education institutions in Ukraine helps to increase the efficiency of their operation. The changes that took place in the process of joining the Zaporizhzhia State Academy of Engineering (hereinafter ZSIA) to ZNU and as a result of the creation of a structural unit - Engineering Educational and Scientific Institute (hereinafter EESI), which has a non-faculty structure and consists of fifteen departments of different areas of training, are analyzed. The article substantiates the strategic advantages of the project of joining ZSIA to ZNU, which made it possible to diversify the educational programs of Bachelors and Masters educational levels in economics and management with the aim of curricula modern updating and further training of highly qualified specialists for industrial regions, in particular for industrial enterprises, in the fields of mechanical engineering, electric power and small and medium-sized businesses serving "large" industrial enterprises in the region. The results of work on improving the quality of higher education in EESI ZNU in the areas of non-formal and informal education, academic mobility, dual education, creating unique learning conditions for privileged categories of students and students with special needs, further integration of economic and managerial education in engineering education are analyzed.
Highlights
The Law of Ukraine «On Higher Education» [1] provides a definition of «higher education», such as it is «... a set of systematized knowledge, skills and practical skills, ways of thinking, professional, ideological and civic qualities, moral and ethical values, other competencies, acquired in a higher education institution in the relevant field of knowledge with a certain qualification at the levels of higher education, which in terms of complexity are higher than the level of complete general secondary education»
Legislation of Ukraine on higher education, along with the law «On Higher Education», is based on the Constitution of Ukraine, includes laws of Ukraine «On Education», «On scientific and scientifictechnical activities» and other regulations, as well as international treaties of Ukraine, which are concluded in the manner prescribed by law and allow for the integration of the national higher education system into the European Higher Education Space and the European Research Space
The structure of higher education in Ukraine is built in accordance with the structure of education in developed countries, which is defined by UNESCO, the UN and other international organizations
Summary
Based on the results of educational programs diversification, the EESI ZNU directed the process of curriculum formation in the direction of training specialists in accounting, finance, economics, management for industrial regions, in particular for metallurgical, machinebuilding, electric power and small and medium-sized enterprises which serve «large» industrial enterprises in the Region. According to the results of the improvement of Master's educational programs in 2020, the following disciplines were included in the curricula for Master's degree in economics and management (Table 2): legal support of public administration (281); political consciousness of employees of public authorities and local self-government (281); potential management of business structures (076); entrepreneurship in the economic development of society (076); economics and organization of small business (076); architecture of modern Web-services (051); training course on the effectiveness of IT projects (051); accounting and taxation of small businesses (071); quality management system at an industrial enterprise (073); international law in foreign economic activity in industry (073); market pricing in industry (073); management of financial security of the state and business (072); legal support of business activity in Ukraine and EU countries (072); management of financial resources of the state and territorial communities (072). We realize that the Master Degree student or graduate must know the list of the most important problems and tasks in the main areas of business [5, p. 108] and in the process of learning to get answers to key questions about their solution
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