As the 2026 admissions season approaches, faculty members of the department are stepping up their career guidance efforts regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” major under the “Occupational health and safety” educational program. These career guidance activities are conducted in both online and in-person formats.
On May 23, 2026, the department participated in the first Open House event at NTU “KhPI” since russia’s full-scale invasion of our country, which was held in a hybrid format – that is, both in-person and online. The event included a meeting between prospective students and their parents with university administrators, STEAM stations, demonstrations by faculty members of innovations and robotics, tours of the NTU “KhPI” campus and the university’s history museum, and more.
The event was preceded by extensive preparatory work, during which the department’s faculty and staff prepared promotional brochures and career guidance posters, and, for visual demonstration, devices for monitoring hazardous and harmful industrial factors: the VTMETER VT-816V vane-type digital anemometer, the GM 3120 electromagnetic radiation tester, the Yu-116 lux meter, and the Mestek IR01C pyrometer.
The event began with a speech by Y.I. Sokol, Acting Rector of NTU “KhPI,” in which he told prospective students about NTU “KhPI,” its academic and research institutes, departments, and the educational programs available at our university. Significant attention was paid to the admission rules for NTU “KhPI” and the role of higher education in personal development.
The next part of the event in which our department participated was a STEM event – that is, a live discussion between prospective students and their parents and representatives of the departments at NTU “KhPI” – during which various pieces of laboratory equipment were demonstrated. In this context, associate professor Y. Yashcheritsyn spoke to the students about the promising prospects of the J4 “Occupational health and safety” specialization within the “Occupational health and safety” educational program, as well as opportunities for internships, study abroad, and obtaining a dual degree at foreign higher education institutions.
The discussion also covered employment prospects and the positions that young professionals in this field will hold after graduation. Naturally, prospective students were interested in the opportunity to work with instruments for monitoring hazardous and harmful industrial factors, so they participated in conducting the measurements.
Using the premises of the Scientific and Technical Library of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTU “KhPI”) – where this STEAM event was held – as an example, associate professor Y. Yashcheritsyn demonstrated to prospective students how to measure the parameters of certain hazardous and harmful factors; for instance, the illuminance level at various points was 140–150 lx, the electric field strength was 0–953 V/m, and the magnetic induction values ranged from 0 to 99.99 μT (on the casings of electrical equipment during operation); the air temperature during the event ranged from 23.4 to 24.8 °C; relative humidity was 41–51%, and air velocity ranged from 0 to 2.4 m/s.
It should be noted that the maximum values of electric field strength (953 V/m) and magnetic flux density (99.99 μT) were recorded directly on the casings of the electrical equipment used during the event. As the GM 3120 device was moved away from this equipment, the levels of these factors decreased to zero. The maximum air velocity (up to 2.4 m/s) was recorded while the fan, which was part of our department’s exhibition equipment, was operating. Therefore, it should be noted that the levels of harmful and hazardous occupational factors measured in the library of NTU “KhPI” fully met the conditions for holding the NTU “KhPI” Open House.
The second event – held remotely – took place on May 25, 2026, and was led by Associate Professor Y. V. Yashcheritsyn with students from grades 10-11 at the Kaniv Academic Lyceum “Harmony” in Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast. It was organized with the active support and assistance of Deputy Director for Educational Work Lyudmyla Anatoliivna Hrytsenko and computer science teacher Viktor Volodymyrovych Mison. Sixteen students participated in the event. Classes at the lyceum are held in the usual format, so the students were gathered for the event in a classroom.
During the event, Associate Professor Y.V. Yashcheritsyn spoke to the audience about the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTU “KhPI”), the benefits of studying there – particularly in the J4 “Occupational Safety” program – and the department’s international partnerships in the context of internships and the opportunity for our students to earn a dual degree at a European higher education institution – Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (Poland) – as well as about the study abroad program this academic year under the Erasmus+ program at the University of Tartu in Tartu (Estonia) for MIT-624 student D.D. Romanova and MIT-622 student K.D. Reshetnyak. The speaker particularly focused the lyceum students’ attention on employment prospects and career growth after completing their studies in the J4 “Occupational Safety” program, as well as on various aspects of both last year’s admissions campaign to higher education institutions and preparations for this year’s campaign, which is already underway.
Speaking to prospective students, associate professor E. Yashcheritsyn seamlessly combined a presentation with information about the program, the department’s facilities, and demonstrations of measurements using equipment from the “Occupational and Environmental Safety” department’s teaching laboratory to assess certain parameters of harmful and hazardous industrial factors, namely, temperature – using a Mestek IR01C pyrometer, and air velocity – using a VTMETER VT-816V vane anemometer.
The department’s faculty members continue their career guidance efforts!
Associate professor of the Department of “OandES”, Ph.D. in Engineering, Yevgen Yashcheritsyn