Keyword: «advanced engineering schools»

Advanced Engineering School (AES) is an innovative educational project that is implemented with the co-operation of Russian universities and industrial partners. Its main goal is to achieve technological sovereignty of Russia. The project is required on the one hand because of the requirements of the modern labour market, which needs specialists ready to be engaged in independent scientific and inventive activities, and on the other hand because of the peculiarities of the industrial sector functioning, which is interested in working on both domestic and foreign markets. The aim of this study is to analyse the conditions in which domestic advanced engineering schools are created, their main activities, and problems faced by teachers and students during educational activity. General scientific methods (inductive-deductive analysis, specification and generalization) and specific scientific methods (systematization and generalization of concepts, content-analysis) served as the methodological basis of the study. The scientific novelty of research consists in analyzing the prerequisites for the creation of the AES project, identifying the main directions of theoretical works of the active AESs. Using specific examples, the main results achieved in less than three years of implementing the federal project are examined, and the prospects for each of the schools considered in the work are studied. The results of the study include current requirements for the competences of a modern engineer, identified conditions for the implementation of the AES project; analysis of foreign experience in organizing additional education, in particular, tutoring technology, which can be used in domestic advanced engineering schools for motivation and personal orientation of young specialists. The theoretical significance of the study is in identifying problems in the development of advanced engineering schools, assessing the leading areas of AES activity, and the specifics of introducing project-based learning in training future engineers within the AES. The practical value of the study is in the analysis of the regulatory framework and practical experience of universities in creating AES, which can be applied by universities to develop their own engineering schools.