The Department of Information and Computer technologies was based to train specialists in the area of information technology and specialists who will be able to respond quickly and effectively to challenges in society, in the digital transformation and global challenges, competitive in the international labor market, competent in solving the most difficult problems in field of digital technologies. 

Mission:

Training of socially responsible highly qualified competitive specialists in the area of information systems and technologies.

Objectives:

The purpose of the department is to gradually gain leadership in the educational and professional sphere, integration into the international scientific and educational environment with careful preservation of national and corporate achievements, values and traditions developed at the university, maximum satisfaction of requirements and expectations of stakeholders.

Strategy:

The development strategy of the department is to constantly improve the quality of training of specialists and ensure their competitiveness in the labor market due to the new methodology of the purposefulness of the educational process to the limit of perfection,constant focus on the best world achievements in the educational and professional area.

Main objective:

1. Positioning the University in the global educational environment on the basis of the formation of the worthy image of the university (brand) an international reputation and competitive advantages in the field of education and science, coverage of scientific and research activities in the world.
2. Managing the quality of education through innovation - providing and guaranteeing quality training for information technology specialists using innovative methodology
3. Building science,innovation, information and education an interactive environment through the introduction of modern science, technology, application of information and communication technologies. Also, the university has all tools for teaching and managing, developing and implementing pedagogical innovations.
4. Formation, use and development of the Department: Science, personnel, organization and logistics on a new innovative basis.
5. Formation of corporate culture department, the main features of which are activities and self-development, social support and protection of participants in the educational process.

A department is graduating and carries out preparation of specialists on specialities:

Speciality a 121 Software Engineering

An educational degree is "Bachelor".

Educational program "Software Engineering".

Speciality "Software Engineering" is aimed at developing reliable and efficient software and is related to all aspects of its production (from the initial stages of creating specifications to maintaining the system life cycle after transfer to the customer). The specialization "Software Engineering" is focused on the training of specialists involved in the development, debugging, performance testing, software modification.

Speciality 126 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

An educational degree is "Bachelor".

Educational program "IT Project Management"

The specialty "Information systems and technologies" is aimed at creating and combining intellectual objects into a single information space; the implementation of the interaction of intellectual objects with the environment and people; develops competencies in basic knowledge in the field of Information Systems and technologies, in particular the development, implementation and operation of modern models, methods and tools for managing IT projects.

Speciality is a 151 AUTOMATION AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES

An educational degree is "Bachelor". Educational program "Automation and computer-integrated technologies".

An educational degree is "master's Degree". Educational program "Computer-integrated technological processes and productions".

Specialty 151 "Automation and computer-integrated technologies" is aimed at training specialists capable of comprehensively solving the problems of developing new and modernizing and operating existing automation systems and computer-integrated technologies using modern software and hardware and information technologies, performing theoretical studies of automation objects , substantiation of the choice of technical means of automation, design of automation systems and development of applied software for various purposes.

Scientific and pedagogical staff of the department

The support in students learning and educational activities is carried out by the group curator, who is appointed from among the faculty members of the department during the first year. The curator actively participates in shaping the active civic position of the youth, monitors students' progress in learning, upbringing, and development, and contributes to the improvement of their cultural level. Additionally, they assist in engaging students in research activities, participation in clubs, creative competitions, excursions, and other events.

The classes use 3 specialized laboratories for laboratory work in professionally-oriented disciplines, lecture hall, multimedia projection equipment, premises for course, diploma design and research work.

The main laboratories include:

• training laboratory of software engineering and information systems;
• training laboratory for design and modeling of automated systems;
• training laboratory of automated control and microprocessor technology.

At the department, there are 4 ongoing scientific circles:

1)   "Modern Information Technologies"

Leader: Head of the Department of ICT, Ph.D., Assoc. Skidan V.V.

2)    "Intellectual Information Control Systems"

Leader: D.Т.Sc., Prof. O.Ya. Nikonov.

3)    "Design of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things"

Leader: Ph.D., Assoc. Lebedenko Yu.O.

4)    "IT Innovations: Technologies and Products"

Leader: Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. A.P. Volivach.