Economics Division

The Economics Division of the Separate Structural Subdivision “Odesa Technical Professional College of ONTU” trains Professional Junior Bachelors and Bachelors in the following fields:

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR BACHELOR

(professional pre-higher education)

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL BACHELOR

(higher education)

The Division is headed by Yuliia Volodymyrivna Voronkova, a lecturer of the highest category and lecturer-methodologist of the Subject Committee for Economics and Commodity Science.

The Division has 11 full-time study groups. As of 01.09.2025, the total number of students at the Division is over 320.

The Division admits students to obtain the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor” (professional pre-higher education):

To Year 1 (for state-funded places and on a fee-paying basis) – on the basis of basic general secondary education, admission based on the results of an interview and entrance examinations in accordance with the Admission Rules approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

To Year 2 (on a fee-paying basis) – on the basis of complete general secondary education, vocational education, higher education and professional pre-higher education. Admission is based on an NMT certificate and a letter of motivation;

The duration of full-time study at the Economics Division for the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor” is 2 years and 10 months on the basis of basic general secondary education, and 1 year and 10 months on the basis of complete general secondary education.

For the educational and professional programme “Management and Business Organisation”, the duration of study is 3 years and 5 months on the basis of basic general secondary education.

The duration of full-time study for the educational level “Bachelor” is 2 years and 10 months on the basis of the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor”.

Graduates of the Division with the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor” who hold the relevant NMT certificates and have successfully passed the professional entrance examination may continue their studies at the College, at Odesa National University of Technology (admission to Year 3) or at another higher education institution of Ukraine (admission to Year 2 or Year 3) to obtain the educational level “Bachelor” (basic higher education), both on a fee-paying basis (Separate Structural Subdivision “Odesa Technical Professional College of ONTU”, Odesa National University of Technology, another higher education institution of Ukraine) and in state-funded places (Odesa National University of Technology, another higher education institution of Ukraine).

Students study the main courses of the specialty at the Subject Committee for Economics and Commodity Science (for the “Professional Junior Bachelor” educational and professional degree) and at the Department of Economics (for the “Bachelor” educational level), which have the appropriate staff of teaching and academic staff members and enable students of the Economics Division to acquire the necessary professional competences (hard skills), knowledge and abilities (soft skills), training competitive specialists who are in demand on the modern labour market.

The educational components (courses) of the educational and professional programmes skilfully combine in the curricula courses of general education profile training, core educational components that form general competences, and educational components that form specialised professional competences, which promotes the harmonious development and upbringing of socially adapted and professionally trained specialists.

The training of competitive and well-rounded specialists for work in the modern market environment is ensured by combining courses in natural sciences, the humanities and social sciences, and economics and engineering.

During their studies at the College, students pursuing the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor” in the relevant fields study the following courses that form general competences:

• Introduction to the Specialty
• History of Ukraine
• Cultural Studies
• Ukrainian Language for Professional Purposes
• Foreign Language for Professional Purposes
• Informatics and Fundamentals of Multimedia
• Fundamentals of Philosophical Knowledge
• Sociology
• Fundamentals of Economic Theory
• Fundamentals of Law
• Fundamentals of Informatics and Computer Technology

The list of core educational components that form specialised professional competences is drawn up for each educational and professional programme in accordance with the standards of professional pre-higher education and higher education approved by orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for each specialty.

Students of the Economics Division consolidate their practical skills while completing course papers and undertaking training and work placements.

During their studies, students take part in various social, educational and recreational events as part of national-patriotic, professional and sports education, aimed at shaping a self-sufficient personality with a broad outlook. Throughout their studies, students of the Economics Division take part in many scientific and educational events and social projects.

Study at the College concludes with the assessment of students. For the educational and professional degree “Professional Junior Bachelor”, the assessment takes the form of a qualification examination. For the educational level “Bachelor”, the assessment of students involves the preparation and defence of Bachelor’s qualification theses.

Study under the educational and professional programmes concludes with the ceremonial presentation to College graduates of Professional Junior Bachelor and Bachelor diplomas.