“…A FFCD postgraduate programme is based on the principle that creation of scientific basis for the development and design of innovative product, process, and system lifecycle: Foreseeing -Forecasting - /doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.12.86 Corresponding Author: Alexander Chuchalin Selection and peer-review under (Chuchalin, 2018a technologies, the presence of students on campus is not critically needed. To prepare graduates for engineering activity at the "Forecast" stage (knowledge management, research and new knowledge generation, critical analyses of scientific data, assessment of knowledge-intensive technology needs), the "Conceive" stage (creation of scientific basis for the development and design of innovative product, process, or system, development of new technique and technology based on up-to-date knowledge) and…”