B. Radio engineering and electronics part I. Text 1: The Faculty of Radio Engineering and Electronics

The radio engineering department was established in 1964 to meet the increasing demands of modern industry for highly qualified radio engineers. In 1980 it was reorganized into the faculty of radio engineering and electronics.

At present, the faculty comprises 3 departments: the department of radio engineering devices and radio systems, the department of radio engineering devices, the department of microelectronics. The faculty numbers over 1000 students. The faculty graduates are in great demand by both new and traditional industries. To meet these needs the faculty trains engineers in 2 specialties and 4 majors in the field of microelectronics, radio engineering devices and radio engineering systems. Various subjects including physics, mathematics, circuits theory foundations of radio engineering devices on ICs are taught by the teaching staff. Such subjects as philosophy, history, foreign languages broaden horizons and extend the interests of the students. The five-year curriculum is aimed at training engineers in the field of design, production and maintenance of radio electronic devices.

Theoretical education is supplemented with practical training in 27 educational and 12 research laboratories. Moreover, the curriculum envisages 1 month to be spent in industry after the fourth year. Students get practical skills at industrial enterprises of Minsk: the Horizont Amalgamation, the Radio Plant, the Computing Machinery Amalgamation and some others. Today the students have possibilities to work part time in many modern companies and to study foreign equipment. Electronics engineers are employed by electrical utilities, communications companies, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, consulting firms. They design, develop and test power equipment and systems, industrial process control systems, telecommunications, broadcast, recording and audiovisual systems, microelectronic systems and circuits, computers, computer systems and networks and computer software. Further, they assist in inspection, testing, adjusting and evaluation of incoming electrical, electromechanical and electronic components and assemblies to ensure their conformance with product specifications. They also install, operate and maintain electrical and electronic equipment and systems. They calibrate electrical or electronic equipment and instruments according to technical manuals and written instructions, they collect and compile operational or experimental data, and they assist in the preparation of estimates, schedules, budgets, specifications and reports.

A. Active Vocabulary

Nouns and Noun Phrases

curriculum учебная программа

demand потребность

faculty graduate окончивший факультет

estimate оценка, смета

evaluation оценка

maintenance уход, эксплуатация

schedule опись, список

skill умение

utilities коммунальные предприятия