Short Description of the Program

The purpose of the program is to train specialists in the field of translation and translation studies, which involves development of the translator’s professional competence for ensuring the process of interlingual and intercultural communication in various spheres of economics, science, technology, education, culture, by means of translating or interpreting different texts from foreign languages, in particular English and German, into the state language and vice versa, as well as the preparation for conducting individual research in the sphere of philology, in particular, in the field of translation studies.

Implementation of the program presupposes formation of professional linguistic knowledge in the history of translation, theoretical foundations of linguistics and translation studies, main processes of language phenomena development; enhancement of foreign language communication and translation skills.

Training masters of philology by the program is carried out at a high level, which will provide them with the opportunity to study philology programs of the next scientific level of higher education, which, in turn, corresponds to the ninth qualification level of the National Qualifications Framework, with further awarding the next higher education degree – Doctor of Philosophy.

Program Benefits

• Field orientation of the program, which is a response to global challenges and requirements in the sphere of translators’ training, as well as the urge of the region for the development of the oil and gas industry, construction industry, IT-technologies. This is what distinguishes National University “Yuri Kondratiuk Poltava Polytechnic” in providing the educational service suggested from other institutions of higher education of the region, which also provide training for philologist-translators;
• Active practical translation activity – the possibility of being engaged for foreign language support of the meetings with foreign partner institutions of the university, international conferences, forums, trainings and other scientific and technical events; a perfect opportunity to practice the skills of oral translation in the simultaneous translation laboratory, which is unique by its technical characteristics in Poltava region;
• High national and international academic mobility, which is ensured by active cooperation with leading foreign higher education establishments as well as those of Ukraine, influential international organizations, powerful industrial enterprises and provides for more active and efficient research activity which is an integral part of master's studies;
• High-quality educational and research base, which is implemented through teaching professional linguistic and translation disciplines by means of using the latest teaching methods, access to modern scientometrical databases, the ability to publish research results in leading scientific journals and to participate in high-ranking scientific conferences; powerful scientific and technical base – the availability of specialized classrooms, computer laboratories and high-tech simultaneous translation system, which are actively used in teaching practical aspects of translation;
• Teaching staff of the program is represented by highly qualified scientific and pedagogical workers, who, by qualification, stay in compliance with the profile and the direction of the disciplines taught, have the required experience of pedagogical work and practical activity;
• Involvement of native speakers in teaching foreign languages (English and German language teaching assistants, in particular from the US Peace Corps, the German Goethe Institute, etc.), professionals with experience in research / management / innovation spheres and field work.

Possibilities for studying and training abroad

Key possibilities: the EU's academic mobility program Erasmus+, program for research in the US Fulbright Research and Development Program, international students exchange program The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD), National Academic Exchange Agency NAWA (Poland), program for Government grants of the People's Republic of China for Ukrainians.

The list of grant and scholarship programs, academic exchange programs is constantly updated.

Possibility to undergo internship (translation) at powerful industrial enterprises.

Main disciplines of professional training

Methodology of Translation Studies; Practice of Interpretation and Translation (English); Practice of Interpretation and Translation (German); Methods of Teaching Translation in Institutions of Higher Education; History of Translation; Third Foreign Language; Translation Training; Production Training; Teaching Training; Master’s Thesis.

Positions that graduates can hold

Translator; Translator of technical literature; Editor-translator; Guide-translator; lecturer of higher education institutions; Philologist-researcher; Researcher (philology, linguistics and translations); Researcher-consultant (philology, linguistics and translations); Junior researcher (philology, linguistics and translations).

Partner Institutions

British Council in Ukraine (Great Britain), Peace Corps (USA), Goethe Institute (Germany), Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities (Poland), National Academic Exchange Agency NAWA (Poland), Research and Technical Enterprise “Burova Technika” (Kyiv, Poltava), centre of foreign languages “Status” (Poltava).

Additional Information

https://nupp.edu.ua/page/kafedra-germanskoi-filologii-ta-perekladu.html

https://nupp.edu.ua/page/gumanitarniy-fakultet.html

Phone: (066) 427 99 10

E-mail: kafedra_pntu@ukr.net, kafedragph@nupp.edu.ua

Contact Information

For further information contact the Admissions Office:

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 +38 (099) 057-65-17

 +38 (0532) 56-19-48

 +38 (0532) 56-18-97

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