Systems engineering and its application to educational programs of the Tomsk Polytechnic University

Abstract

The urgency of the work is caused by the need to develop Russian engineering education in the field of systems engineering caused by industry demand for specialists in developing complex heterogeneous systems. Study objective is to determine tasks of engineering education development in the field of systems engineering in Russia as a whole and at the Tomsk Polytechnic University in particular, and to develop proposals to solve them. Study methods: analysis of mass media, literature review, analysis of educational programs, systems analysis. Results: The authors have carried out a brief introduction into the issues, principles and methods of systems engineering. The state of education in this field in Russia and abroad was analyzed. The initiatives and the first experience of the Tomsk Polytechnic University in modernization of educational programs in accordance with the principles of systems engineering were considered. Conclusions: The state of education in the field of systems engineering in Russia can be considered as catastrophic. Russian universities and industry have to take a number of effective steps for implementing the world experience in the field of learning and application of systems engineering. Implementation should be gradual and continuous based on the creation of sample programs and courses, subject to specificity of educational profiles. It is appropriate and necessary to introduce systems engineering elements into bachelors training. Fundamentals of the applied system analysis can be integrated into existing courses of the first years as modules.

Keywords

• systems engineering
• development of complex systems
• engineering educational programs
• process approach
• architectural design