• Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Upon completion of this educational program, it is expected that doctoral students will be able to:
1. Develop a technological methodology of museology providing processing in the process of museum documentation and museum communication, focused on practical activities in the museum; to carry out a study of conceptual models of the functions of the museum through the concepts: research and educational institution, communication system, cultural form.
2. Develop priorities and principles of museum policy to create a concept for the development of museum institutions and individual areas of museum activity based on a communication approach and new trends in museum exhibiting;
3. Organize and plan areas of research based on the objectives, goals, profile of the museum institution;
Apply scientific criteria and principles in research activities, present scientific research at various conferences, implement interdisciplinary research programs in the context of preserving, studying and promoting the historical and cultural heritage;
4. Develop forms and methods of cultural and educational activities, the scientific concept of recruitment, the criteria for selecting materials in the stock collection in order to document the natural-historical (natural), historical processes in the region; own the methodology of theoretical and experimental research in the field of museology, museum and culture.
apply the theoretical foundations and methods of museological and monumental research in the preparation of majors.
5. Create a scientific concept of stock work, giving a systematic view of the museum's activities in accounting, storage, scientific processing, conservation and restoration of museum funds;
6. To form a reasoned expert conclusions (interpretations) on the authenticity, attribution, identification, uniqueness of cultural values;
7. To create marketing models of museums, using the existing experience of working with visitors, allowing fairly reliably determine the interests and needs of potential audiences and justify ways to meet them;
8. Develop a concept of museum management based on macro and world-segmentation strategies. Develop long-term development plans, a system of fundraising for museum and cultural institutions, evaluate financial resources and apply PR technologies;
9. Develop concepts for the digitization of museum objects, historical and cultural monuments and how to present them on virtual platforms: mobile applications, 3D services for displaying models and the virtual space of the museum. apply digital marketing in museum and cultural institutions;
10. Analyze the specifics of the preservation and development of the cultural and natural heritage in historically specific periods, including in the current situation; to present projects on the problems of preserving the historical, cultural and natural heritage;
11. Conduct classes in special disciplines of museology based on a student-centered approach and using digital technology and interactive methods; develop training courses, disciplines (modules) in teaching, conduct certain types of training sessions in higher education programs and additional retraining programs using digital technologies and interactive methods;
12. Organize cooperation and joint activities, interact and work in a team; build and develop competencies in the use of information and communication technologies; solve creative problems, present the results of their activities in various forms (communication, essay, presentation, abstract, etc.); interpret the trends of sociocultural development of cultural institutions and present the results of their research to the general public; integrate the results of their own scientific research into the practical needs of museum institutions and organizations for the protection of monuments.