Nataliya Shekunova

Belarusian-Russian University

Dear friends! The Belarusian-Russian University is an interstate institution of higher education of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The University offers a variety of programs in the field of secondary, higher, postgraduate and continuing professional education. About 20 years ago we were the first in the region to open the Continuing Education and Professional Development Institute. Today, we are the first to offer distance education in the regional market of the educational services. The University continues to work on creating scientific and industrial laboratories that provide close cooperation between higher education and production. Creation of a unified system "science - education - production" ensures dynamics of key components of the pedagogical system and allows adapting general theoretical and general professional training of future specialists to promising areas of innovative production. However, the University is represented by, first of all, its people, a team united by one goal. True pride and honour of the University are highly qualified teachers and researchers, established scientific schools. Today, recognized schools in the following areas of science and engineering operate at the University: mathematical modeling of engineering systems, control systems of motion modes of wheeled vehicles, metal and welding technologies, machinery parts manufacturing technologies, mechanical gears of new types, as well as intelligent systems for quality control of products for machine building production, etc. In our work we have adopted as an axiom the idea that the success of creating an innovative economy and the knowledge society depends largely on the integration of education, science and industry. Today, this idea is not disputed; it is a key principle of educational policy in most developed countries, which include both the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.