PROJECT NAME: Modern Online Teaching Formats for Geodetic Reconstruction Methods in Ukraine (GeoRek) 

PROJECT TIMELINE: 01.10.2025 – 30.06.2029

CONSORTIUM:

Jade Hochschule (Germany)

Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Ukraine)

Dnipro University of Technology

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The GeoRek project aims to make a significant contribution to the education and training of Ukrainian students and scientists for the reconstruction of Ukraine, for which modern geodetic methods (photogrammetry, laser scanning, mobile mapping, 3D point clouds, artificial intelligence analysis) are essential. The necessary knowledge and equipment are currently not sufficiently available in Ukrainian universities. Therefore, a focused program of joint courses, e-learning tools, microcertificates, project weeks (summer schools) and practical case studies will lay a sustainable and effective foundation for a future-oriented and effective reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure, buildings and monuments. 

The project is divided into three main areas of activity: 

1. Virtual learning formats 

2. New courses and micro-qualifications 

3. Intensive exchange between teachers and students 

Virtual learning formats have already proven their value during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to be an important tool for self-teaching of training material during military operations. Thanks to the virtual simulator, already developed within the framework of the previous joint German-Ukrainian DAAD project VRscan3D, it is possible to learn terrestrial laser scanning methods in a playful way without using real and expensive equipment, while using the latest but cost-effective virtual reality (VR) methods. The concrete plan is to further develop the simulator towards more complex mobile scanning systems, as mobile scanners are now actively entering the market and also play a crucial role in documenting the damaged environment. Hybrid sensor systems (scanners, cameras, GNSS) are used on mobile platforms (human, robot, vehicle, drone), which complicates data collection and data processing. Relevant courses have not yet been created in Ukrainian universities. 

The new courses within the project address this shortcoming. Based on existing courses at the partner universities, these courses are being developed so that German and Ukrainian students can simultaneously participate and obtain joint qualifications both online and in person (after the end of the war). Such micro-qualification programs are being developed for a selected catalogue of subjects. The target group includes both students currently studying and former graduates who can obtain such micro-qualifications while working. This also ensures that the useful results will last after the project ends, contributing to the structural and substantial strengthening of the Ukrainian partners. German universities also benefit, as there is a two-way exchange of knowledge, thereby expanding the range of German language courses offered. 

 Finally, an intensive two-way exchange of students and teachers is planned, which is implemented in the form of student project weeks and longer stays. This concept has already been extremely successful in the VRscan3D project, as it has promoted intercultural exchange together with professional feedback, thus sustainably strengthening the ties between German and Ukrainian participants. The student project weeks include stays in Ukraine and Germany.  

 Contact person: Mykola Trehub tregub.m.v@nmu.one