MODERNIZATION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT AS A UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

The paper discusses the problems and challenges of engineering education, aspects of its modernization in the context of project training organization at universities that is based on the principles of CDIO, focused on generating innovation and addressing the specific needs of the regional economy. In the article, the authors cite and summarize the experience of software organization in four universities that have successfully implemented and used software: Astrakhan State University, Moscow Polytechnic University, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics. Information on the implementation of software in ChSU is also used. By analyzing information, the authors draw conclusions relating to the positive role of project learning (introduced and practiced in universities) for the development of regions, the necessary measures to set up software systems at universities.