On 31 March, another coordination meeting was held online regarding the Erasmus+ project titled “MAGNUS – Developing Master's Programmes in Mobile Applications and Game Design”. Alexander Krylovetsky, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, participated in it as a representative of VSU.
The meeting was held online. The participants discussed the experience of the implementation of a new master’s programme in partner universities, opening and equipping innovative laboratories for students, organising a summer school for students in 2021, conducting online training sessions for the lecturers of the programme, enrolment for the master’s programme in 2021, as well as extending the duration of the project until the end of 2022 due to the pandemic.
Janerik Lundquist from Linköping University (Sweden), the coordinator of the project, took part in the meeting as well as other representatives of the universities participating in the project: University of Derby (UK), Polytechnic University of Tomar (Portugal), Tallin University (Estonia), Southern Federal University, Astrakhan State University, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku Engineering University, and Baku State University.
The master’s programme “Mobile Applications and Video Games” was opened at the Faculty of Computer Sciences as part of the Erasmus+ project. The first students were enrolled in 2020. 15 students are currently involved in the programme. The lecturers from the Faculty of Computer Sciences completed internships at Linköping University (Sweden), University of Derby (UK), and Tallin University (Estonia). The next competitive selection of students for the programme will be held in the summer of 2021.
