Today, Professor Mykola Trofymenko, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, paid a working visit to Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University. He familiarised himself with the activities of the Center for Open Science in Modern Materials Science at Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University and the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science of the Faculty of Physics and Technology.
At the Center for Open Science in Modern Materials Science, the guest was presented with the institutional repository of open research data, the main directions for implementing open access policies and the FAIR principles, as well as examples of how the university’s students and researchers publish the results of their work in an open format. Particular attention was paid to the importance of open science for the integration of the university into the European Research Area, increasing the transparency of research and expanding opportunities for international cooperation.
At the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Mykola Trofymenko was introduced to the teaching and research laboratories, modern measuring and experimental equipment, as well as the key research areas developed by the staff and postgraduate students. The discussion focused, in particular, on the development of new functional materials for energy and electronics, as well as on involving students in real scientific and innovation projects. During the visit, the importance of combining strong fundamental training with practice-oriented competences and dual forms of education was emphasised.
