Training of foreign students at the Production and Investment Management Department: unique knowledge and useful practice

The Production and Investment Management Department under the leadership of Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Economics, Professor Lidiia Shynkaruk is actively involved in the preparation of masters from other countries.

In 2021, the Production and Investment Management Department started to prepare a group of students from China for the master's educational program "Management of investment activities and international projects." I must say that the positive experience of teaching foreign students at the department is already available. Back in 2018, the first group of foreigners who received a master's degree in project management was formed. Even then it became clear that the department has all the necessary tools and potential to train foreign students at the highest level: there is a strong material and technical base, there are qualified English-speaking staff who are able to teach disciplines and manage master's theses in a foreign language.

Currently, the Production and Investment Management Department trains nine students from China. The acquaintance of the teachers of the department with these students began in September 2021. After the first meeting with the mentor, associate professor of Production and investment management department Kateryna Alekseieva, future masters of project management were invited to the department, where they met the head of the department - Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Economics, Professor Lidiia Shynkaruk, Professor Doctor of Economics Maryna Dielini, Associate Professors Tetyana Artyukh, Viktor Orekhivsky and other representatives of the department involved in the organization of the educational process for students from China.

Then the process of studying began. All students from China were enrolled as users on the Elearn university platform and included into the English-language discipline pages already prepared for them in accordance with the curriculum.

It should be noted that all staff of the Production and Investment Management Department appreciate the efforts of the students from China noting their discipline and diligence. The results of the intermediate attestation of students of the Faculty of Agrarian Management showed that students from China are one hundred percent certified. At the same time it must be acknowledged that students in this group need help to improve their English language skills.

In the nearest future it is planned to increase the enrollment of foreign students for the master's program "Management of Investment Activities and International Projects", especially since there are all opportunities for this.

Kateryna Alekseeva,
Associate Professor of Production
and investment management department,
mentor of the group of students from China