Place of socio-humanitarian faculty at the technical university: setting the problem

В статті розглядається феномен соціогуманітарного факультету в технічному університеті в сучасному освітньому просторі України. Досліджується ставлення студентів соціогуманітарного факультету технічного вишу до освіти, яку вони здобувають. Наголошується на необхідності поєднання соціогуманітарної освіти зі знаннями з технічних та природничих спеціальностей та навпаки.The paper considers the problem of the relationship between technical and liberal education. In deciding which stands on both sides. According to one technical and socio-humanitarian education should be strictly separated and universities should prepare only specialized professionals. According to the opposite point of view, the university has not only to prepare specialists, but also give the student the entire range of possible knowledge. The authors advocate the position that the university has to form fully developed personality and give it a clear platform for acquiring knowledge and further, – constant and continuous, – self-education (implementing the principle of "from education for life, to education throughout life"). And consider the phenomenon of socio-humanitarian faculty at the Technical University in today's educational environment of Ukraine. The authors seek to acquaint the public with the results of the survey that was conducted in one of the leading universities of Ukraine, National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". As a result of which was investigated socio-humanitarian attitude of students of technical university faculty to education they acquire. Based on the results of the study authors emphasize the need for a combination of socio-humanitarian education with the knowledge of technical and natural specialties and vice versa. It is believed that the presence at the Technical University of socio-humanitarian faculty significantly contributes to the development of the university in its classical sense and helps address the priorities of the education system, namely: the comprehensive development of the student's personality, give young people a broad and solid scientific base, fundamental training of young professionals, formation of stable interest in culture a more students, strengthening the desire for self-education, expansion of research capacity as a university in general and members of his faculty.В статье рассматривается феномен социогуманитарного факультета в техническом университете в современном образовательном пространстве Украины. Исследуется отношение студентов социогуманитарного факультета технического вуза к образованию, которое они получают. Подчеркивается необходимость сочетания социогуманитарного образования со знаниями по техническим и естественнонаучным специальностям и наоборот