The course of post-graduate training in VNTU was
introduced in 1976. The course of doctorate training was introduced in 1988.
The magistrates
projecting and introduction of training plans began in 1991,
in 1996 first Masters finished the course.
The University has a unique efficient system of
highly qualified academic staff training. The training of
scientifically skilled specialists is realized in 22 specialities and
three Specialized Academic Councils of doctorate and candidate theses
defense function at VNTU.
A characteristic feature of highly qualified
scientific staff training technology is that that the applicants which
aspire to receive a scientific degree must finish post-graduate course
of training (the magistrates). Applying to the magistrates is allowed
only to the students who while receiving their Bachelor degree showed
scientific research skills. The applicants must master techniques of
new knowledge generation; write and defend their Master theses which
makes up 30% - 40% of their future candidate theses; publish main
results of their work and pass Master minimum exams in Philosophy,
Foreign Language and speciality. The programs of these exams make up
50% of candidate exams programs, and the exams are considered entrance
exams to post-graduate training.
The advantages of this technology lie in the fact
that starting their post-graduate course post-graduates don't waste
time looking for the topic and supervisor, mastering scientific works
of other authors in the chosen scientific field, becoming familiar with
experiment conducting techniques and data processing, learning how to
write articles and reports about their work. All these they have
already done while being trained to receive Master Degree. This
technology is realized by the Institute of Post-graduate Study which
was created on the basis of Master Training and Post-Graduate Study
Department.
According to the development conception which was
approved in 1990, new experimental training plans and programs of
three-stage (Bachelor, Engineer, Master) system of training specialists
with higher technical education were developed and approved. Master
training was organized according to the methods developed in VNTU
taking into consideration world's experience. Masters' graduation which
took place in VNTU in 1996 was the first in Ukraine.
In order to proceed with scientific research of
peculiarities of three-stage Master training system and with the
developing and application of perspective techniques and algorithms of
Master training specificities in VNTU, within the period of April 1,
1997 - December 31, 1999 scientific research was conducted on the topic
"Research of peculiarities and development of structure and content of
Master of Sciences training in the context of new knowledge generation
technique". The results of this work were completely realized in VNTU
and this sufficiently increased the quality of post-graduate training.
In 1996 Department of Master Training Coordination
was created and in 1997 it joined the section of Post-Graduate Study
and the new one was called Department of Post-Graduate Study (DPGS).
With the purpose of improving organization forms
and ever increasing efficiency of highly qualified academic staff
training on the basis of Department of Post-Graduate study was created
Institute of Master, Post-graduate and Doctor Degree Study (IMPDDS).
In 1996 the first Masters were graduated in Ukraine, they had been studying by special curricula during whole training period. Nowadays there are 1019 Masters who got Master’s degree in VNTU. Half of them have already got a Ph.D.; by the way more than two-thirds of them defended Ph.D. thesis in time.