Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre”

Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre”  was established within the framework of the international educational project Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education EXTEND 586060-EPP-1-2017- RO-EPPKA2-CBHE JP "Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogical Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan" and opened on February 14, 2020 in order to combine the efforts and resources of the EXTEND centers network.

The main goals and objectives of Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre” are:

• research, elaboration and implementation of modern methods and approaches in the field of engineering and pedagogical innovations in accordance with the priority areas of world science;
• application of modern pedagogical approaches in the elaboration and building of foreign language professional competence, ICT competence, etc.;
• improvement of the process of forming and building NMSTU students’ and young scientists’ skills and experience in the field of pedagogical innovations based on the best European experience;
• involvement of research and teaching staff of NMSTU and other stakeholders in professional elaboration of programs, professional retraining, programs for improving language competence and participation in scientific and practical conferences, seminars and discussion platforms;
• elaboration of cooperation with domestic and foreign educational institutions and scientific organizations;
• conducting scientific and methodological research;
• organizing, conducting and participating in conferences, meetings, symposiums, seminars, master classes, schools and other scientific and educational events;
• providing access to the network resources of the project EXTEND centers.

The rationale for the establishment of Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre”is a Partnership Agreement and a Grant Agreement of the international educational project Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education EXTEND 586060-EPP-1-2017- RO-EPPKA2-CBHE JP "Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogical Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan".

Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre”is established, reorganized and сlosed by the rector’s order in accordance with the established procedure. Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre “is organized on the terms of self-financing without the introduction of staff units in the staffing table of NMSTU. Payment for work performed for attracted employees is carried out on the basis of hourly wage contracts. Research and Scientific Centre “EXTEND-Center of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University” Research and Scientific Centre “EXTEND-Center of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University” is a part of the Institute of Humanities, the director of Research and Scientific Centre “EXTEND-Center of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University” reports directly to the director of the Institute of Humanities. In its activities, Research and Scientific Centre is guided by the current regulatory and technical documentation, internal documents of the university and the orders of the rector. 

The material and technical base of the structural unit includes a multimedia room # 327 (Address: 26 Lenin Ave., Magnitogorsk) with installed equipment purchased as part of the EXTEND project.

Advantages of interaction with Research and Scientific Centre “EXTEND-Centre of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University”:

Scientific and Educational Centre “NMSTU EXTEND Centre”provides:

• technical support and a working platform for various scientific and professional events for students, PhD students, university teachers and other interested parties;
• access to the international network of EXTEND centres, their resources and educational courses, such as: "Project Based Learning", "E-learning and ICT-tools"; " Foreign Language for Engineering. Academic Writing”; “Research Based Learning Strategies”; “Curriculum Design and Elaboration”; “Assessment”, “Communication”.
• building of temporary research and educational teams to solve scientific and educational tasks;
• involvement of scientific and pedagogical staff, researchers and other employees of the university and specialists of third-party organizations in the implementation of research, scientific and educational work, on a part-time basis and contracts, etc.