Development of Social and Entrepreneurial Skills of Students of Engineering and Technical Specialties in the Modern University

Abstract

The article analyses experience of the National Research Tomsk State University on development of social and entrepreneurial skills of students of engineering and technical specialties. The experience includes description of activity of the Park of social and humanitarian technologies, which is a TSU's structural unit. The article is based on analysis of global trends of university development, analysis of documents and practical experience in developing students' social and entrepreneurial skills and includes project- research experiment. The authors conclude that in current conditions training of students of engineering and technical specialties requires modern dealing with knowledge, focus on the synergetic development of the personality, integration of information with innovative methods of education and various forms of social and cultural activities.