The Environmental Engineering Department, Aircraft Engineering Faculty, and the International Office of NSTU NETI won the competition for participation in the Erasmus+ project, Key Action 2. Capacity Building in the field of higher education 619116-EPP-1-2020-1-SE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP "Future-Oriented Chemistry".
The coordinator is Linkoping University, Sweden; Russian coordinator is Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don. Project partners are:
· NSTU;
· Northern Federal Arctic University, Arkhangelsk;
· Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam;
· Vietnam National University of Forestry;
· Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Portugal;
· University Of Catania, Italy;
· University of Leoben, Austria.
Project budget for 3 years is 947.552, 00 euros.
The project is designed for 3 years and will start in November 2020. Its goal is to increase knowledge about renewable chemical technologies and climate change among various population groups by launching a new interdisciplinary master's program, a continuing education program, and promoting the ideas and goals of green chemistry.
The specific objectives of the project are:
· develop and implement an interdisciplinary curriculum for Masters of Chemistry program "Chemical solutions to climate change problems";
· develop a program of continuing professional education;
· create a center of chemistry and climate monitoring research and extension at each partner university.
Thus, the program aims at covering two areas of knowledge (chemistry and climate studies) and is divided into "Chemistry for sustainable development" and "Chemistry for the environment". It includes basic education, special training in chemical and environmental programs and chemical engineering, economic disciplines, etc. to broaden students' horizons regarding potential chemical solutions to environmental problems.