Experience of the organization of digital agro-engineering education in Astrakhan State University

Abstract

The article presents the rationale for the prospects for the development of digital technologies in relation to the agricultural production sector, actualizes the problems of training highly qualified specialists to reduce the staff shortage in the digitalization of the agro-industrial sector. The organization of training for agroengineering education with international competence of a specialist in the field of digital agriculture is considered on the experience of the project being implemented at Astrakhan State University. Examples of the successful solution of the first tasks of the international project on the internationalization of agroengineering education are given-the Agromechatronics master program has been opened, aimed at training personnel in the field of agro-robotics using the best European experience in methodology and content of courses to improve the quality of educational activities and competence characteristics of specialists graduates. Examples of targeted areas for the implementation of the following priorities, which are to create an international educational platform in the field of agro engineering within the framework of the Caspian Digital Engineering Education Platform to gain practical skills at partner universities, are given.