Technosphere Safety in North-Caucasus Federal University

DARZHANIIA Aleksandr IUrevich

Head of the Department

Current position in rankings. In the academic year 2017-2018 NCFU was ranked 29th among 288 in the national university ranking and 13-14th in the university ranking of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation.

Awards and achievements. The program successfully underwent state accreditation in 2015.

Teaching staff. The academic degree holders ratio is 86%. The teaching staff includes the holders of the titles of Honored Worker of Education of the Russian Federation and Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Merited Inventor of the USSR" as well as a member of the International Informatization Academy. The representatives of the Stavropol Search and Rescue Team of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the StavropolTerritory, the Rescue and Firefighting Service of the StavropolTerritory are also engaged in the educational process.

Facilities and resources. The educational and research process is implemented in 12 laboratories with special equipment: "Occupational Safety," "Emergency-Rescue Training: Rescue Technologies in Complex Environments," "Fundamentals of Health and Safety," etc.

Research. The main research areas include the following: application of unmanned aerial vehicles for prevention and response to emergency situations; technogenic and environmental safety of urban lands; innovative pedagogy in the field of health and safety, etc.

Education. The teachers use state-of-the-art computer technologies, game training technologies, problem-based learning.

Strategic partners. The department cooperates with the Stavropol Search and Rescue Team (the branch of the North Caucasian Regional Rescue Team of the Russian Emergencies Ministry), the Chief Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Stavropol Territory, the Rescue and Firefighting Service of the Stavropol Territory, the Rescue Service of Stavropol, the Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Committee of Stavropol City Administration.

Competitive advantages. The teaching staff of the department is highly qualified. Employers participate in the implementation of educational programs using training facilities of organizations. The department established the student fire and rescue team Poisk (Search). Its members represent the university in competitions, participate in  emergency rescue operations. Students are the winners of the All-Russian Student Olympiad in Fundamentals of Health and Safety (Moscow, Bauman MoscowStateTechnicalUniversity) in the team event, the winners of the contest held by the UMNIK Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology.