Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering

Year of foundation – 1965

61166, Kharkiv, Nauky avenue, 9-A

Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, main building, rooms 405, 414.

Tel. +38 (057) 702-06-74

E-mail: kafikt@hneu.edu.ua

Website: http://www.kafikt.hneu.edu.ua

 

The head of the department is Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Udovenko Sergei Grigorovich.

 

The Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering is a general university department which allows future professionals to form a system of knowledge of the functioning of personal computers and computer networks, algorithms and computing processes, gaining competence in the use of modern computer technology, information technology in professional activities. The department has 11 teachers: 1 professor, 7 associate professors, 2 senior lecturers, 1 teacher, including the winner of the IV regional competition “The best young scientist of the Kharkiv region”.

The department provides studying of following courses:

  • “Informatics” – for students of the first year of study of all specialties of the University of the first (bachelor) level;
  • “Modern information systems and technologies” – for students of the first year of study of the 291 “International relations, public communications and regional studios” and 292 “International economic relations” specialties of the first (bachelor) level;
  • “Informatics in the field of communications” – for students of the first year of study of the 061 “Journalism” specialty of the first (bachelor) level;
  • “Information systems and technologies in tourism” – for students of the first year of study of the 242 “Tourism” specialty of the first (bachelor) level;
  • “Automation of business planning processes” – for students of all specialties of the second (master) level;
  • “Fundamentals of informatics and computer engineering” – for students of the pre-university training faculty.

Scientific direction of the department: intellectual information technologies in the education, business and industry. Teachers of the Department take part in the state research work: “Methods and models of decision making in the systems of management of organizational and technical objects.”

 

The staff of the department prepared and published 3 textbooks, more than 90 textbooks, 15 of which have a stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The department developed two multimedia interactive electronic books for independent work of students.

 

The department is co-organizer of the annual International scientific and practical conferences: “Information technologies in the modern world: research of young scientists”  for students, postgraduates and young scientists and “Problems and Prospects for the Development of the IT Industry in Ukraine”. The department constantly works with students of first years of study to involve them into research work, the student’s scientific section has been organized at the department for this purpose.

 

With the transition to the credit-module system of education all teachers of the department introduce new methods of teaching with the use of modern technical tools and information technologies into the educational process. The teachers of the department are actively working on the implementation of the distance learning system for students of full-time and part-time education forms.