Abstract:

Graduates are less prepared for demands of practice. Graduates of the Slovak University of technology have the higher opportunity to succeed in practice thanks to innovated study programs. The aim of the submitted paper is to compare the required skills within the "Trainee programs" that you can pass in some industrial businesses right after graduating and innovations introduced during the engineering study in study program "Management of technological processes in chemistry and food" at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (FCHPT, STU). In the context of the contribution we used classic research methods such as analysis, synthesis, comparison and qualitative methods in the form of expert interviews with professionals who work together on ' Trainee programs ". This will result in a recommendation for employers and at the same time for a study program, with regard to improving the skills of the graduate in the labor market. The output will help in establishing of cooperation with the practice and also to improve the study program. The article is processed in the framework of the project KEGA "Innovation in Teaching Economic and Managerial Subjects at FCHPT STU in Bratislava"