Today, at Regional SMART Center, an extended meeting of the Department of Digitalization, Public Service Provision, and Archives of Kostanay Region Akimat was held, where the results of the region's digitalization in 2022 were summed up.
Digitalization has touched all spheres of our life, including higher education, where digital transformation is taking place. A.Baitursynov KRU is no exception – the university is emphasizing the implementation of digital technologies: forming a student's digital profile, developing digital services, and optimizing processes in line with the latest digitalization trends.
Speaking of digitalization, it is impossible not to mention the constantly growing demand for specialists in the IT. In this regard, the university is making its contribution to training competitive IT specialists. Currently, training of IT specialists is carried out at three levels: bachelor's, master's, and doctoral – with 3 educational programs developed for bachelor's and master's degrees and 2 programs for doctoral studies. Additionally, the university has a "Computer System Architecture" laboratory. The university also has close cooperation with employers for graduates of IT specialties and mechatronics: there are 37 agreements with enterprises that serve as practical training bases, and there are 5 departmental branches – these are enterprises where students have practical classes.
The university participates in international ERASMUS+ projects, within which work is being done to develop information literacy, activate students of ICT specialties in startup projects, etc.
