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Career guidance activities in March 2026

The department’s faculty members are continuing their remote career guidance activities this academic year regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” major within the “Occupational health and safety” educational program. In March 2026, remote career guidance events were held with students from Kharkiv lyceum № 126; Beresynsky lyceum № 3, Barvinkivsky lyceum № 2 (Kharkiv Oblast), Chernivtsi Lyceum № 13, and graduating students of the Kharkiv Machine-Building Vocational College, as well as an in-person event with students from the Kharkiv Lyceum “Boiko’s Author’s School”.
The first remote career guidance event was held on March 17, 2026, by Associate Professor Y.V. Yashcheritsyn with students from grades 11A and 11B of Kharkiv lyceum № 126. Read more…

Career guidance event at Kharkiv lyceum № 138

Faculty members of the department continue to actively provide career guidance this academic year regarding admission to the J4 «Occupational health and safety» major within the «Occupational health and safety» educational program. Although the vast majority of these events are conducted remotely for safety reasons due to the large-scale war with russia, which has been ongoing for five years now, some of them are still held in person. This has become possible thanks to the development of underground learning spaces for secondary school students in Kharkiv and the surrounding region.
Such an event was held on March 24, 2026, in the underground classroom space Read more…

Career guidance event for 9th–11th grade students at Krasnokutsk lyceum №1 in Kharkiv oblast

Faculty members of the department continue to actively provide career guidance this academic year regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” major within the “Occupational health and safety” educational program. Given the state of martial law, these activities are primarily conducted remotely. Nevertheless, when possible and when the situation is safe, they take place in person.
Such an event was held on March 10, 2026, in accordance with the directive issued by R.P. Mygushchenko, First Vice Rector of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTU “KhPI”), titled “On Strengthening Career Guidance and Preparations for the Admissions Campaign” Read more…

Remote career guidance work in February 2026

The department’s teachers continue to provide remote career guidance during the current academic year regarding admission to the J4 «Occupational health and safety» specialty of the «Occupational health and safety» educational program. In February 2026, career guidance events were held with students of Kremenchug Lyceum №4 «Kremin» (Poltava region), Kharkiv Lyceums №64, 17, 80, Kaniv Lyceum «Harmonia» (Cherkasy region), Okhtyrka Secondary School №2 (Sumy region), Barvinkivsky Lyceum №3 (Kharkiv region), and students of the graduating class of the O.O. Morozov Kharkiv Mechanical and Technological College. Read more…

International Congress of Health Disciplines (February 4-5, 2026, Turkey)

From February 4 to 5, 2026, the International Congress of Health Disciplines was held, in which employees of our department participated online.

The congress is organized in cooperation with Anadolu University, Bilgecik Sheikh Edebali University, Eskisehir Osmangazi University of Medical Sciences, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Trabzon University, and others.

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Remote career guidance work in January 2026

The department’s teachers continue to provide remote career guidance during the current academic year regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” educational program “Occupational health and safety”. In January 2026, career guidance events were held with students of the Kharkiv lyceum “Boyko’s Author’s School,” Konotop lyceum №2 (Sumy region), Zidkiv lyceum named after G.I. Kovtun (Kharkiv region), Kharkiv lyceum №87 and Okhtyr lyceum №1 (Sumy region).
The first career guidance event was held on January 13, 2026, by associate professor Y.V. Yashcheritsyn with students from the Kharkiv lyceum “Boyko’s Author’s School”. Read more…

Greetings from Estonia!

My semester at the University of Tartu as part of the academic mobility program is almost over, and I want to share my impressions and some news.
I’ll start with the more formal part — studying. For the first time in my life, I had exams in a lecture hall, and I also took an oral exam in English. The most important task in the exam is to pass it.
So far, I’ve been successful and have already received credits for two subjects, with the rest coming in January.
Then I have two more exams and the defense of a group project, which we will most likely prepare after the New Year, because many people have gone home for the holidays! Read more…

Remote career guidance work in December 2025

The department’s teachers are continuing their remote career guidance work this academic year regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” educational program “Occupational health and safety” educational program. In December 2025, remote career guidance events were held with students of the Poltava Professional College of Transport Construction; Poltava Higher Interregional Vocational School; Kharkiv Machine-Building Professional College; Kharkiv Computer and Technology Vocational College of NTU “KhPI”; students of Putivl Lyceum №2 named after G.Ya. Bazima (Sumy region); Hlukhiv Secondary School №1 (Sumy region); Konotop Lyceum №9 (Sumy region); Kharkiv Lyceum №16; Birkivsky Lyceum (village of Birky, Kharkiv region). Read more…

Annual master’s thesis defense

On December 9 and 10, 2025, the Department of Occupational and environmental safety held the defense of master’s theses for full-time and part-time students majoring in 263 «Civil Security» under the educational program «Occupational Health and Safety».
Eleven applicants took part in the event, including one foreign student (Republic of Azerbaijan). The topics of research covered current issues of occupational safety, civil protection, technological safety, as well as risk management, industrial hazard management, and improving working conditions and safety levels at modern enterprises. Read more…

Conducting the conference “Human Safety in Modern Conditions” – 2025

This year, on December 4-5, the Department of OandES is holding the 17th International Internet Conference “Human Security in Modern Conditions.” The conference received and included in the collection 105 works by authors from Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Estonia, Slovakia, and other countries, who presented modern research in the field of life safety, technogenic, environmental, information, and psychosocial safety in five areas:

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