Students of NITU "MISiS" begin to study Astra Linux software

2021: Memorandum on teaching students the basics of working with Astra Linux

On September 23, 2021, Astra Linux Group of Companies, a Russian developer of secure operating systems and virtualization platforms, and the National Research Technological University (NITU) MISiS, a technical university in the country, announced the signing of a partnership memorandum under which students will study the basics of working with OCAstra Linux.

Cooperation involves the introduction of the course "Operating Systems and Environments" in the university program, in which students will study the Astra OS. Linux Bachelors of the Institute information technology computer sciences and NITU "MISiS" will receive skills to work with Linux-like platform, which are indispensable for those who will later choose work on implementation, maintenance and development of system and application, software compatible with Linux. To ensure that the classes bring the maximum practical benefit to the audience, the educational classes of the university are equipped with the Russian OS.

The signing of a cooperation agreement is a logical continuation of the vendor's cooperation with the university: in the spring of 2021, for bachelors of NITU "MISiS," training was held on working with the general-purpose OS Astra Linux Common Edition. According to its results, 96 students were issued certificates "Administration of the Astra Linux operating system. Basic administration. Students who received certificates in 2021 will be able to apply for a special scholarship from the development company on a competitive basis.

The cooperation of Astra Linux Group of Companies with NITU "MISiS" began quite a long time ago and has already brought tangible benefits. Our experts have developed specialized programs for both students and teachers. For example, Andrei Shirokov and Sergey Gromov, associate professors of the departments of engineering cybernetics and automated control systems of NITU "MISiS," were trained in a special course for teachers of operating systems of the Astra Linux family, which helped them easily and efficiently implement solutions and technologies in the educational process. In our immediate joint plans - the launch of student training in the master's degree and the elective school course "Fundamentals of the Astra Linux operating system," said Fedor Kirdyashov, director of the education department of Astra Linux Group of Companies.

Training in Astra Linux GC software products increases the competitive advantages of IT specialists in the labor market, taking into account the policy of import substitution and refusal to use software from foreign suppliers, as well as the mandatory transfer of government services and institutions to software included in the Unified Register of Russian Programs, "said Andrei Shirokov, associate professor of engineering cybernetics at NITU" MISiS. "