DTEK and Dnipro Polytechnic have signed a Memorandum of cooperation and opened an innovation hub for power engineering students

Memorandum of cooperation between DTEK Dnipro Grids and NTU “Dnipro Polytechnic” provides for joining of efforts related to improving quality of education and staffing of enterprises of the energy industry of Ukraine. In order to do that, partners will arrange career guidance meetings with school graduates, open house days, excursions, seminars, trainings, master classes and conferences for students. Additionally, they will expand the list of specialties that can participate in the dual education project, based in DTEK Dnipro Grids.

The first embodiment of partnership in 2022 was opening of the innovation hub, based in the university, for students, who are mastering the profession “Electrical power engineering, electrical engineering and electromechanics”. It is a modern auditorium, equipped with multimedia system with projector and plasma. Here, students will learn using the newest forms and methods. Auditorium will also be used as a comfortable space for meetings and co-working.

Students in the DTEK innovation hub will be able to do the following:

• Attend DTEK trainings and master classes
• Hold conferences and educational events
• Use the space for their own events and admission of applicants

“Despite the difficult situation in the country, we continue to support talented youth. In general, our partnership with Dnipro Polytechnic lasts since 2014. Since 2019, we have been fruitfully cooperating specifically in the area of development of dual education and career guidance for students. This year we also continue the cooperation within the Memorandum and open a modern DTEK hub for learning and students meetings. It will help them create their own community, while our specialists will use it as a basis to share their experience with the youth and involve them in new projects,” – said representative of the company.

This year, DTEK Dnipro Grids has employed 5 students from the NTU “Dnipro Polytechnic”, who were studying under the dual program in 2021/22 academic year. Memorandum of cooperation will allow continuing this cooperation.

“Every year, interest in the specialty of electrical power engineering and electrical engineering is only growing. In 2020, recruitment for specialty was 111 students, while in 2021 – 130. Our cooperation with DTEK Dnipro Grids plays a significant role in this trend, as it is a top employer in the area of electrical power engineering in our region. Now we are starting admission of new applicants and we have big plans for implementation of further projects with DTEK,” – said Oleksandr Aziukovskyi, the rector of NTU “Dnipro Polytechnic”.