TOMSK, November 15. /TASS/. Master's programs built on a symbiosis between IT and the energy sector will be launched at at Tomsk Polytechnic University's Advanced Engineering School in 2023. They will train developers of so-called 'digital twins' for the energy sector simulating oil and gas fields, the press service of the Tomsk State Technical University (TSU) told reporters on Tuesday.

"Tomsk Polytechnic University's Advanced Engineering School (AES)  will open enrollment for five Intelligent Energy Systems master's programs in 2023, with 88 tuition-free seats available. They programs were created at the intersection of IT and specialized areas of power engineering. Graduates, for example, will become developers of digital twins for the energy sector: they will model oil and gas fields and implement digital solutions in nuclear fuel production processes," the university's press service noted.

According to Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University Dmitry Sednev, all master's degree students under these programs will work with projects of specific enterprises. "For example, the Intelligent Energy Systems program is built in such a way that the first year is focused on IT disciplines. This will allow graduates to design digital twins and other intelligent digital energy systems. In the second year, students will take on specialization tracks - nuclear, electric power, and oil and gas. Here they will implement their competencies by working on specific tasks from our industrial partners," said Sednev.

Also within the framework of NSP, additional education programs were launched, two of which are open to employees of the Siberian Chemical Combine. The company is implementing the "Breakthrough" project to build the BREST-OD-300 fast-neutron reactor. By the end of the year TPU will train specialists for the nuclear fuel fabrication-refabrication module, as well as employees for operating nuclear power plants with fast-neutron reactors.