Teaching in English

Studying in English allows you to:

– fluently master the English language of special aviation terminology;

– find a prestigious and highly paid job in an international company;

– to receive, together with a university diploma, a special certificate of completion of a full course of study in English;

– take part in international scientific and technical symposia, conferences, seminars, competitions, academic mobility programs;

– communicate and collaborate with scientists from around the world;

– continue training or find a job in any country in the world.

Since 2008, the Air Transportation Management Department has been training bachelors and masters in specialty 275 “Transport technologies (air transportation)” in English.

Students of English-language groups after graduation in addition to the diploma of education receive a certificate of completion of a full course of bachelor’s and master’s programs in English, which allows you to get a prestigious well pay job in international companies.

The teachers of the English-speaking groups are highly qualified, constantly improve their level of English proficiency and have experience of working in international companies and educational institutions in other countries.

Data on the available certificates confirming knowledge of the English language for teachers of English-speaking groups:

№	Full name	Position	ICAO in Aviation English	NAU English for Professional Purposes	В2
			1.	Shevchuk Dmytro Olehovych	head of department	AVE 12034 from 12.10.2017	СПК №118961 from 31.05.2004	В2: № 24989 from 17.12.2018
			2.	Antonova Anna Olehivna	professor	AVE 16053 from 26.11. 2016	ПА №00088 from 30.09.2020
3.	Honcharenko Anrii Viktorivych	professor	AVE №16039 from 22.09.2016	СПК АЕ № 021017 from 15.06.2000	В2 IELTS from 07.03.2017
4.	Vysotska Iryna Ivanivna	docent		ПА № 12098 from 17.03.2021
5.	Ivannikova Vikroriia Yuriivna	docent	AVE 17013 from 16.03.2017	ПА № 00047 from 30.10.2019	В2: №156/06.54 from 23.01.2014
6.	Halahuz Tetiana Anatoliivna	docent	AVE 17041 from 20.04.2017	ПА № 00072 from 25.04.2013
7.	Shevchenko Yuliia Viktorivna	docent		ПА № 00074 від 12.02.2020	В2 № 177UA0073024 from 07.2017
8.	Yakushenko Oleksandr Serhiiovych	docent		ПА № 00040 from 25.05.2011	С1 EF SET from 25.07.2020
9.	Yarotska Tetiana Тетяна Rostyslavivna	docent		ПА №21307 from 12.02.21
10.	Konovaliuk Valentyna Stanislavivna	docent		ПА № 12101 from 17.03.2021
11.	Demydko Valerii Hryhorovych	docent		ПА № 00079 03.04.2020
12.	Akmaldinova Viktoriia Yevhenivna	senior lecturer	AVE 19003 from 08.04.2019	ПА № 00002 from 10.10.2018
13.	Volkovska Hanna Hryhorivna	senior lecturer		ПА № 00095 from 30.12.2020

Students of English-speaking groups study English according to an in-depth program, taking into account the specifics of their language training and the need to study an additional array of terminology in general education subjects.

In the modern world, integration processes in the field of air transport are becoming more widespread. For successful work and exchange of information, specialists in the aviation industry must, first of all, find a common language in the truest sense of the word. In recent decades, the role of such a common language has been played by English. It is recognized as one of the five official languages of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the language of radio communications for aircraft flying on international airlines. There is a stereotype that you can quickly and efficiently learn English – just attend some of the newest and very expensive intensive courses. However, as evidenced by modern psychological and didactic research, this is a myth. You can only master the language while constantly being in the language environment, for example, by studying in English.

That is why, with the aim of high-quality training of aviation industry specialists who are able to withstand any competition in the labor market, in 2008, for the first time in Ukraine, a group with English language of instruction in the specialty “Transport technologies (on air transportation)” was opened at the Air transportation management department, and in 2013, the first graduation of masters of the English-speaking group, consisting of 10 students, has already been completed.

The first graduation of English-speaking masters (2013)

Defense of theses by bachelors of the English-language project (2015)

During the functioning of the system of English-language education from year to year at the department there is a tendency to an increase in the number of students studying in English. This is quite natural, because fluency in English significantly increases the opportunities for a specialist in the aviation industry in the domestic and world labor markets.

Graduates of English-speaking groups successfully work in the largest Ukrainian and foreign airlines and airports, air transportation sales agencies, freight forwarding and travel companies. Many graduates work as foreign representatives of Ukrainian and international airlines in Amsterdam, Rome, Athens, Tokyo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Beijing, Milan and others.

Students of English-speaking groups study in a separate stream, listen to lectures, work in practical and laboratory classes and communicate with teachers exclusively in English.

Students of the English-speaking group in practice at Boryspil International Airport (2015).

Students of the English-speaking group on an excursion at the Boryspil International Airport (2018).

The formation and development of teaching in English was facilitated by many years of experience in teaching of foreign students at the department, because even in Soviet times, the university (then the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) established itself as a leading educational institution of the world level.

Defense of diploma theses by bachelors of the English-language project (2016)

The department actively cooperates with representatives of international and foreign organizations working in the aviation industry. English-speaking students take part in various academic internship programs abroad, such as Erasmus +, Fulbright and others, and present their research at international conferences abroad.

Students of English-language groups of the Air Transportation Management Department, participants of the 16th conference of young scientists “Science – the future of Lithuania”, which took place at Vilnius Technical University. Gediminas (May 2013).

Cooperating with the Korea Aerospace University, Air Transportation Management Department annually provides an opportunity for students studying in English in the specialty 275 “Transport Technology (Air Transportation)” to take part in the International Summer School in South Korea, duration of one month. 12 countries, more than 20 universities and more than 50 students from all over the world take part in this program.

Students of English-speaking groups at the Korean Aerospace University take part in the International Summer School (June-July, 2014)

Representatives of foreign universities, including leading professors, are frequent guests of the department.

Prof. Aidan Rooney (Republic of Ireland) lectures for English-speaking students (September 2015).

Partnerships with foreign universities are the key to our success in teaching English.