Innovative and exemplary practices of the educational program at the level of Doctor of Philosophy, specialty “Economics”

Innovative and exemplary practices of the educational program at the level of Doctor of Philosophy, specialty “Economics”

Among the innovative and exemplary practices in the educational program (EP) of the level of Doctor of Philosophy in the specialty “Economics”, noted by experts are:

  • experience in recognizing learning outcomes obtained during an international internship program;
  • clear rules for enrolling learning outcomes obtained in non-formal education;
  • distance learning methods were typical for the educational program even before the introduction of quarantine measures in Ukraine;
  • the practice of participation of research supervisors of postgraduate students in research projects (in 2016-2020 at the departments where research supervisors of postgraduate students worked more than 30 R & D (including 10 state budget R & D and expert work under agreements with local governments);
  • the amount of funding for research work performed by scientists involved in the EP, in the period 2016-2020 on self-supporting topics – UAH 1.87 million, and on state budget issues – almost UAH 5 million;
  • according to the results of research work in the period 2016-2019 in this scientific area received more than 30 security documents for various methods and their automation, including with the participation of graduate students;
  • five teachers of EP are members of the editorial boards of foreign publications, which are indexed by the database Scopus, WoS. At the basic department 4 teachers work as editors of such magazines and prepared 3 special issues of Scopus / WoS journals of the Swiss publishing house Inderscience Publishers starting from 2018;
  • high publishing activity of scientific and pedagogical staff of the EP, including in journals included in the scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science, as well as high citation indices in these databases;
  • a learning format that not only resemble real conditions, but actually provides conditions and support for expert teachers in relevant fields at the stages of preparation, promotion, presentation and implementation of real research projects, applications for funding, preparation and review of scientific articles;
  • publications of PhD students abroad, including in publications included in the scientometric databases Scopus and / or Web of Science;
  • involvement in the educational process of foreign scientists and professionals from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Belgium, etc.