Degree: Bachelor

Duration of study: 4 years

Subject: Organization and technology of information protection

Code: 10.03.01

Credits: 240 ECTS

Language of instruction: English

 

Program goal: Training of bachelors of information security with high theoretical and practical level directly in the field of information security and information technologies.

 

Program coordinators: Prof. Vyacheslav Petrenko, PhD in Engineering, NCFU, Institute of information technologies and telecommunications (Tel.: +7 (8652) 94-42-36, E-mail: vipetrenko@ncfu.ru);

 

Entry requirements: The applicant must a) Have a state-issued document on secondary (full) general education. b) Successfully pass the entrance tests.

 

Curriculum highligts:

• Security of Information and Telecommunication systems (5^th semester, 4 credits)
• Cryptographic methods of information security (5-6^th semester, 5 credits)
• Technical protection of information (5-6^th semester, 6 credits)
• Protection of personal data in information systems (6^th semester, 3 credits)
• Organizational and legal support of information security (6-7^th semester, 5 credits)
• Hardware and software tools of information protection (7^th semester, 4 credits)
• Project management for information protection and Economics of information protection (7^th semester, 4 credits)
• Fundamentals of information security management (8^th semester, 3 credits)
• Integrated information security systems at the enterprise (7-8^th semester, 6 credits)
• Final examination: Oral exam and Bachelor’s thesis defense

 

 

Program highlights:

• Close collaboration with industry and employers;
• Access to advanced equipment for computer network security and technical information protection;
• Involvement in collaborative research projects;
• Comprehensive bachelor's training with a wide range of competencies;
• Deep knowledge of information technologies for building a secured architecture;
• Unique professional competence in the field of information security methods in wireless telecommunications systems;
• Work on modern laboratory and research equipment from Cisco and leading Russian manufacturers of information security systems.

 

Facilities

• Laboratory of technical information protection
• Laboratory of hardware and software protection
• Forensics Laboratory
• Cyberphysical Security Lab
• CISCO local Academy

 

Career opportunities:
Graduates of the "Information security" program are employed as specialists, engineers, analysts, and experts in the field of information security in various state and commercial organizations of the Stavropol territory, including state and local authorities, financial and credit institutions, educational and health care institutions, medium-sized and large industrial and commercial enterprises, as well as companies specializing in the production of goods and services in the field of information technology and information security.

Degree: Bachelor

Duration of study: 4 years

Subject: International Management

Code: 38.03.02

Credits: 240 ECTS

Language of instruction: English

 

Program goal: Training highly qualified future specialists with the competencies to organize the activities of an international company, managing export operations with the consideration of legal regulation specificsof counterparty countries, promoting products to foreign markets and successfully carrying out cross-cultural communications.

 

Program coordinators: Prof. Olga Boris, Doctor of Economic Sciences, NCFU, Institute of Management and Economics(Tel.: 79280079955, E-mail: oboris@ncfu.ru)

 

Entry requirements: 

Applicant must:

• have a state document on secondary (complete) general education or secondary vocational education;

• successfully pass entrance tests.

Admission is based on competitive selection in accordance with the "Rules for admission to study in educational programs of higher education - undergraduate programs, specialty programs, master's programs for the 2020/2021 academic year."

 

Curriculum highligts:

• Management Theory (3 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Marketing (4 semester, 4 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Management of international projects (6 semester, 4 SE, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Management in Crisis Conditions (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Changemanagement (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Cross-cultural Management (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Business analytics in an international company (5th semester, 4 SE, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Quality management in international corporations (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Comparative management (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Management of Investment (7 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• Decision-making in International Environment) (4 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• International Business (4 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol);
• International marketing (8 semester, 5 ЗЕ, NCFU, Stavropol).

 

Program highlights:

• wide range of information technologies for the managerial personneltraining, which allow obtaining deep interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills in the management sphere;
• a fundamental study of all management frameworks with an emphasis on the international component, which allows graduates to further build their careers, including the periodic change of activities, which provides the most effective way for the formation of top managers of the highest qualification;
• the program meets the needs of the modern labor market, provides students with a decent education that meets the latest requirements for the work of a manager in the field of international business,
• unique professional competencies that meet the latest work requirements for a manager in the international business, fit needs of the modern labor market and direct economic interaction of countries for the future advancement of global collaboration and career growth in this sphere;
• involvement in collaborative research projects

 

Facilities

Students are trained using modern technologies, multimedia equipment and active teaching methods, which involve imitating business situations and mastering production organization methods in real conditions. In addition, the curriculum is designed in such a way that students undergo practical training in a specific organization on the territory of the Stavropol Territory and beyond, which allows to consolidate theoretical knowledge and skills in organizing and managing an international organization.

When implementing this program, students have the opportunity to master modern information technologies, equipment, methods of organizing production, including in the framework of the laboratory "Marketing and Management".

 

Career opportunities:

Graduates of the educational program successfully find jobs in commercial enterprises, in international commercial companies for the following positions: manager for organizing the company’s activities in the international environment, international marketing specialist, development manager, logistics manager, anti-crisis manager, as well as in associations, state and municipal organizations having international business relations.

 

Contacts:
Department of management
Tel. : +7 (8652) 33-06-60, ext. 4810

Degree: Bachelor

Duration of study: 4 years

Subject: Operation and Maintenance of Oil Production Facilities

Code: 21.03.01

Credits: 240 ECTS

Language of instruction: English

 

Program goal: Training of specialists in accordance with the level of development of equipment and technologies in the field of fuel energy, including the development of oil and gas fields, transportation and storage of hydrocarbons.

 

Program coordinators:  Tatiyana Gunkina, PhD, Associate Professor, (Tel.: +7-(8652) 33-04-94 (ext. 52-30), E-mail: tgunkina@ncfu.ru).

 

Entry requirements: Full general education.

 

Curriculum highligts:

• Geology
• Geology of oil and gas;
• Hydraulics and oil and gas hydromechanics;
• Horizon physics;
• Hydraulic machines and compressors in the oil and gas business; Geophysical monitoring of existing oil wells;
• Oil production;
• Introduction to wells development;
• Gas-hydrodynamic studies of horison;
• Oil and gas production equipment;
• Development and operation of oil fields;
• Labor protection and organization at oil and gas production facilities;
• Development and exploitation of offshore fields;
• Methods of increasing the productivity of oil wells;
• Collection and preparation of oil in the fields;
• Organization and fundamentals of production management at the enterprises of the oil industry;
• Automation of production processes of field development;
• Practice;
• Final Exam

 

 

Program highlights:

• The fundamental training in one of the most popular engineering training areas in the world.
• Unique professional competencies, the development of which will help when working at oil and gas facilities.
• Training on modern laboratory and research equipment.

Students will receive competencies in the field of:

• selection a rational method of operating oil and gas wells, considering energy-efficient technologies;
• selection of technology and techniques for underground repair and construction of oil and gas wells;
• determining the technical and economic efficiency of the development and operation of oil and gas fields;
• leadership of creative and labor collectives.

 

Facilities

• Laboratory for overhaul and development of oil and gas wells;
• Laboratory of pipeline transport;
• Laboratory for the extraction, collection and preparation of oil and gas;
• Educational laboratory of physics and thermodynamics of the reservoir;
• Laboratory "Oil and Gas Field Geology of the North-Caucasus Region";
• Laboratory of mineralogy, petrography and lithology;
• Laboratory of automated systems for processing geophysical information;
• Laboratory of field geophysics;
• Laboratory of seismic exploration;
• Laboratory of geophysical methods for researching wells;
• Laboratory of rock physics;
• Laboratory of drilling and cement slurries;
• Laboratory of technology for drilling and completion.

 

Career opportunities:

This program trains specialists in the development of oil and gas wells, production, preparation and transportation of oil and gas. Possible jobs for graduates: oil and gas production organizations, well construction companies, service companies, engineering companies, consulting, engineering, research and design organizations, and other Russian and foreign companies operating in the Russian Federation and abroad .

Positions that a graduate can apply for:

• engineering positions (technologist for oil and gas production, development geologist);
• managerial positions;
• job positions (oil and gas production operators; underground well repair operators; operators and assistant drillers; operators of booster and cluster pumping stations; operators of preliminary water and oil treatment plants);
• positions in design, engineering and research organizations;
• positions of junior production managers in oil and gas refining organizations (foreman, assistant foreman, etc.).

 

Contacts:

Department of Development and Operation of Oil and Gas Fields
Tel. +7 (8652) 33-04-94, ext. 52-30

Degree: Master

Duration of study: 2 years

Subject: Hygienic Engineering and Design

Code: 15.04.02

Credits: 120 ECTS

Language of instruction: English

Brochure:

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Leaflet (English) 

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Program goal: Training highly qualified future specialists in construction and design, implementation and supporting, and expertise of technological equipment and processes in food industry, bio-products and pharmaceuticals in relation to their correspondence to the world hygienic and safety requirements. In addition, the programme is oriented on the training of researchers in field of computer modeling and food processes optimization as well as design and testing of the new or modified features of equipment and technological chain to prevent any kinds of food contamination. The core of the programme consist of the special courses that have been modified according to the new investigations in field of food safety and hygiene and based on the advanced regulations and guidelines established by EHEDG and ISO.

 

Program coordinators: Prof. Andrey Bratsikhin, Dr. Eng., Professor of Food Technology and Engineering Department, Director of Life Sciences institute, North-Caucasus Federal University, official representative person of NCFU in EHEDG. E-mail: abratcikhin@ncfu.ru;

 

Entry requirements: 4-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical engineering, Food engineering, Food Technology; Biotechnology, Standardization and Certification, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Chemical engineering as well as the specialists from food plants, machinery and engineering enterprises, pharmacy companies.

 

Curriculum highligts:

• Entrepreneurship and Business plan (1st semester, 4 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Materials of construction (1st semester, 4 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Innovations and Intellectual property protection (1st semester, 3 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• IT technology in engineering (1st semester, 3 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• English for professional communication (1st and 2nd semesters, 5 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Basics of the scientific research and experiment planning (2nd semester, 3 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Legislation in Food Safety and Hygienic Engineering (1st semester, 3 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Hazards in hygienic processing (1st semester, 5 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Food processes and apparatus (2nd semester, 4 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Hygienic factory design for food processing (3rd semester, 5 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Hygienic design of food processing equipment (3rd semester, 5 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Cleaning and Disinfection (1st semester, 4 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Installation, maintenance and Lubricants or Welding in food engineering (2nd semester, 3 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
•  Food technologies for products with animal and plant origin or Biotechnology and pharmaceutical technology (2nd semester, 4 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Verification of HD. Assessment methods for food equipment and Certification or Food safety systems and Standards (3rd semester, 5 credits, NCFU, Stavropol)
• Final examination: Oral exam and Master’s thesis defense

 

Program highlights:

• Unique training programme based on the modern world professional guidelines in hygienic design and engineering
• Cooperation with European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group and companies and institutions that are members of EHEDG - https://www.ehedg.org/ (Nestle, TetraPak, Henkel and other)
• Access to advanced equipment for food properties analysis
• Involvement in collaborative research projects in field of food safety and equipment design
• Computer modeling and optimization of the studied processes as well as equipment parts in CAD and CAE 
• Wide areas of studied principles application: food and chemicals processing, biotechnology, pharmacy
• Actual and highly needed skills in field of equipment design and operation
• Infrastructure for effective carrying the experimental work out, computer modeling and prototype making for developed model optimizing

 

Facilities at NCFU

• Research center of nanobiotechnology
• Equipped labs in food technologies and processes
• Industrial department in Dairy Technology (based on Dairy plant Stavropolskiy)
• Center of 3D modeling & prototyping
• R&D centers of food companies and Engineering Centers used as an industrial base for internship

 

Career opportunities:
Graduated students of the Master programme in Hygienic Engineering and Design will have professional competences for the next ways of possible activities:

• Designer of equipment for Food processes; Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Chemical engineering
• Engineers, responsible for food, bio- and chemical processes at industrial companies
• Specialists in quality assurance and food safety
• Food safety regulators and auditors specialized in machinery, foods, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries

 

Contacts:
Director of Life Sciences Institute at North Caucasus Federal University
Prof. Andrey Bratsikhin, email: abratcikhin@ncfu.ru, +7 (905) 443-92-43