The Academy of Intellectual Technologies will offer several academic programs, each admitting 10 to 15 students, with total annual enrollment capped at 150, Education Minister Andrei Ivanets said.
The academy will include three higher schools: the School of Natural Sciences (mathematics, physics and chemistry), the School of Engineering Technologies (new materials, aerospace research and physical-chemical engineering), and the School of Digital Technologies (artificial intelligence and digital financial technologies).
Students will be assigned to specific companies from the beginning of their studies.
“Moreover, our goal is for these young people, upon graduation, to be able to establish their own small businesses and companies. In this way, we will not only provide existing enterprises with highly qualified specialists, but also create new small companies — a kind of satellite businesses around the large enterprises operating in our country.
Of course, the state will invest significant financial and intellectual resources in training these specialists and therefore has the right to expect them to work here. A minimum five-year contract for graduates should not only guarantee employment but also provide a strong starting point for applying the knowledge and skills they have acquired,” Ivanets said.
Admission to the academy will be open, following a selection process, to graduates of the National Children’s Technopark, winners of international and national academic competitions, as well as graduates of colleges and students already enrolled in related programs at other universities in Belarus under separate admission conditions.
Instead of defending a traditional diploma thesis, graduates of the academy will be required to present a technological startup project demonstrating and substantiating the competencies they acquired in their field of study.
