Abstract:

The paper contains an analysis of aims and tasks of two ERASMUS Centres: in Bauman State Technical University, Russia and in Khudjant State University, Tadjikistan, which have been created in the framework of EXTEND Project realisation. This ERASMUS+ Capacity Building for Higher Education project has started in October 2017 (# 586060-EPP-1-2017-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP). The name of the project is "Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogic Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan", so it is devoted to new personel for the engineering universities preparation. Main activities of both centres are discussed in the paper.

There is a strong understanding everywhere that technical, technological and economic development of any society depends on the level of engineers' competencies. There is a balance between theoretical and practical part of curricula now, but the scientific part as well as more close relationships with enterprises are under consideration in this paper too.

Theoretical studies for engineering specialties form a good basis in some competencies, practical work during seminars and laboratory classes form professional skills, howerver it is not enough for the modern student. Therefore the modern curricula must have a parts connected to production and science. The experience of the authors gave them a right to describe an examples of good combination between theoretical training of students and close relationship with the production and scientific organisations.

The Introduction part of the paper describes the goals and main activities of two EXTEND Centres placed at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia and Khudjand State University, Tajikistan and discuss the common and differences features of the centres.

The methodology part of the paper introduces two survivinance plans (Russian and Tajik) of EXTEND Centres work after the end of ERASMUS+ financial support, the set of estimation criteria according to which the existing centres of the EC partners universities will be estimated.

The main part of the article presents the results of a scientific study of the basic principles of survival of existing centers in the universities of the partner countries on the mentioned ERASMUS+ EXTEND project. To measure the level of survival of the teacher training centre, the centre workers questionnaire was used in all EC partners universities. In the full paper, a more complete and detailed description of the survival actions will be provided along with the analysis of the questionnaire results.

Keywords:

Erasmus, Innovation, Education Technology, Knowledge Competence, Teachers Training, Engineering.