MaCICT
Modernisation of Master Curriculum in ICT for Enhancing Student Employability
MACICT objectives:
- To modernise the existing curriculum on the MSc study programme in ICT by updating the existing professional study courses through incorporating the EU partners’ best practices
- To modernise the existing master curriculum in ICT by incorporating new interdisciplinary courses to equip students with competitive knowledge
- To accredit the programme.
- To develop and apply the guidelines to enhance the modernised MSc study programme in ICT by attracting master students and the labour market to the evaluation and further enhancement of the MSc.
- To run the modernised MSc study programme at the pilot stage.
- To promote EU and BY students' cooperation by conducting real-life problems solving projects by international student groups.
Key stages of the project:
- 5 updated and 5 new courses;
- About 1000 teaching materials for teaching graduate students;
- Quality Assurance Guidelines for the Modernized Master's Program;
- 8 international student projects;
- Analysis of pedagogical approaches and methods;
- Training of Belarusian teachers by EU partners;
- Cooperation with employers;
- Informing target groups.
Project grant holder:
University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer (Graduate School Emden-Leer), Germany.
Project participants from the Republic of Belarus:
- Educational institution "Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics".
- Educational institution "Polotsk State University".
- Educational institution "Gomel State Technical University named after P.O. Sukhoi ".
- Educational institution "Brest State Technical University".
- Educational institution "Grodno State University of Yanka Kupala Estate".
Project participants:
- University of Wroclaw, Poland.
- Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
Project Output
The fulfilment of these objectives will lead to the change in pedagogical attitudes, approaches and methods of education in Belarus teachers, change in students' mindsets and their adaptability to society and market, get better possibilities of employment. Some of the graduates will be able to start their own business.
Contact persons from BSUIR:
Senior Lecturer of the Computer Department
Sidorovich Alexandra Sergeevna
e-mail: a.s.sidorovich@gmail.com
Tel. +375 17 293 86 17
Deputy Dean of FKSiS
Diana Kupriyanova
e-mail: kupriuanova@bsuir.by
Tel. +375 17 293 85 50
Useful links:
Official site of the project
Project booklet (RU)
Project booklet (EN)
IT companies and MACICT (project booklet, RU)
The brightest events 2 years (project booklet, RU)
Education at BSUIR (project booklet, RU)