The new educational unit will strengthen students' competencies in the field of information technology.

The Faculty of Digital Technologies will start working at Stavropol State Agrarian University in 2024. The key task of the new structural unit will be the training of IT personnel for the agro-industrial complex industry.

The Faculty of Digital Technologies will combine the existing developments, technological and educational competencies of the university in the field of IT. In addition, the faculty will also create new high-tech laboratories for artificial intelligence, network technologies and computer graphics. With their help, students will be able to gain competencies in demand in the labor market in working with AI, machine vision, IT engineering, as well as skills in working with big data.

Experts from the country's leading IT companies will be involved in filling out some of the educational programs. Among the announced partners are Yandex, Beber and Stilsoft. Classes at the Faculty of Digital Technologies will be held in new modern classrooms: An entire floor of one of the academic buildings was allocated and converted for student accommodation. At the same time, laboratories and classrooms will be equipped with the most modern high-performance computing equipment.

— Today, digitalization is moving literally by leaps and bounds, and in this regard, our task is to «saturate» our student with the necessary digital competencies. Our graduate should be of a completely new quality and a different level of training, which is necessary for employers and the economy,» commented Vladimir Sitnikov, Rector of the SSAU.

The work on the creation of the Faculty of Digital Technologies is carried out within the framework of the state program «Priority 2030».