Head of chair Alexeev M.A.

Department of Software Engineering (DoSE) was established in 2003 by the National Mining University order # 1029l from 9/22/03 on the basis of the Department of Electronics and Computer Science. The goal of DoSE is to produce bachelors (4-year courses), specialists and masters (5-year courses) in the fields of "Information Management Systems and Technologies" (8.050101) and "Automated Systems Software" (8.050103) of the "Computer Science" direction (0804).

A study in the Mining Institute, and later - University of professions associated with the computer technology using, started in September, the 2nd, 1964, when by the Dnepropetrovsk Mining Institute order num. 636 the department of "Industrial Electronics and Computer Science" had been established. The department was headed at that time by Assistant Professor, and in the future a renowned scholar and educator, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Zhukovitsky.

Vladimir Zhukovitsky

In 1970, instead of the lab of computers and computer technology at the department was organized the department of computer engineering, which in 1974 was transformed into an independent unit - Computer Center of the Mining Institute, which during the existence was equipped by such well-known computers as "Ural-1", "Minsk 22", "BESM 6m", "MN 10", "ES 1022", "ES 1035", "ES 1060". In the late 80's the Computer Center had been re-equipped by modern personal computers.

In 2002, the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering was accredited with the highest educational and qualification level "Master" in the specialties "Software support of automated systems" and "Information management systems and technologies".

In 2003, a part of the teaching staff was allocated from the staff of the department for the organization of the Department of Computer Systems Software at the Faculty of Information Technologies, which undertook the training of specialists from both specialties at the bachelor, specialist and master levels. The Department of Computer Systems Software was established by order of the rector of the National Mining University No. 1029 dated September 22, 2003. From 2003 to 2016, the department was headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Oleksandrovich Alekseev. The department graduated specialists in the specialties "Software support of automated systems" and "Information management systems and technologies".

In 2016, the department was headed by candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Udovyk Iryna Mikhailivna.

Since 2016, the training of specialists in specialties 121 and 122 (OPP "Software Engineering" and "Computer Science") at the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels has been started. According to the results of 2021, NTU "Dniprovska Polytechnic" is in the TOP-10 in Ukraine and takes first place in the region in terms of the number of submitted applications for the bachelor's and master's budget in the field of 12 Information technologies.

The department actively cooperates with the leading IT companies of Ukraine. Cooperation agreements have been concluded between Dnipro Polytechnic National Technical University and ERAM, GlobalLogic Ukraine, Ukrainian Information Technologies, Institute of Information Technologies, Dnipro IT Community, within which specialized courses on training teachers and students of the department, industrial practice and employment of graduates, promotion teacher qualifications. Such cooperation improves the quality of practical training of students of the department and contributes to the improvement of the professional qualifications of teachers.

The department pays a lot of attention to the development of international cooperation. Over the last decade, the department has participated in two projects under the Tempus program and in a project under the Erasmus+ program. The academic mobility of teachers is constantly expanding. Many students participate in various academic mobility programs at universities in Germany, Poland, Austria, and Spain.

Over the years of its existence, the department has trained more than two thousand specialists in the field of information technologies, who successfully work in leading companies and organizations.

From July 2022, Professor Alekseev M.O. again headed the department of computer systems software.

The teachers of the department are actively engaged in scientific work. Currently, the state budget work "Methods, models and technologies of data processing in general and special purpose computer systems" is being carried out at the department.