The launch of the Erasmus+ Project Modernization of Doctoral Education in Science and Improvement of Teaching Methodologies (MODEST) was announced at the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on January 2019.
The meeting was attended by representatives of partner universities from England, Finland, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Belarus and Armenia.
During the meeting, the project coordinator (the Grant Holder) University of Latvia presented the aims and objectives of the project, while the partner universities presented their research activities and the main directions of research.
Later on, the participants discussed cooperation in the field of research, postgraduate education, as well as administrative and organizational issues of the project.
MODEST is a three-year project which aims at modernization of doctoral education in science in partner countries. Wider project objective is to enhance cooperation capacities of Higher educational institutions of Partner Countries in the field of Doctoral Studies within European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA).
The MODEST project aims to improve the quality of postgraduate studies in engineering by modernizing the curriculum, optimizing the work of postgraduate students, enhancing the supervision of their scientific research and increasing academic mobility.
To achieve the sustainable results, it is planned to develop web-platforms and virtual network environment using various approaches and information and communication methodologies.
 was announced at the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on January 2019.){kind=link}