However, most often different types of resources were used simultaneously. For example, Head Teacher of the Department of Design - Milyausha Khaliullina combined work in her personal account and Vkontakte, while her colleague, Docent - Svetlana Murtazina, posted lectures and presentations in her personal account, and conducted seminars and exams in the Zoom system.

On April 6, the work returned to its previous intensive mode, only now teachers have to go live directly from home. Many teachers have organized real classrooms in their apartments. For example, Head Teacher of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Material Resistance - Artur Kurbangaleev installed a real chalk board. Docent of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics - Inis Salimyanov got a whiteboard, and Docent of the Department of Higher Mathematics - Andrey Mikheev explained the topic of improper integrals to students on an interactive whiteboard.

On April 8, Alexey Burmistrov - Vice-rector for Academic Affairs, Professor of the Department of Vacuum Engineering of Electrophysical Installations, started giving online lectures. The Deans do not stand aside:Elmira Khairullina (Faculty of Design and Software Engineering), Oleg Stoyanov (Faculty of Technology, Processing and Certification of Plastics and Composites), Hasya Yaroshevskaya (Faculty of Technology and Processing of Rubbers and Elastomers), Dilbar Sultanova (Faculty of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers in Medicine and Cosmetics), Andrey Tuzikov (Faculty of Industrial Policy and Business Administration).

Now mathematicians, chemists, and scholars of KNRTU give real-time online lectures and video conferencesin Moodle in accordance with the schedule of the educational process. Part of the lectures and practical classes are published in the public domain.

By the way, since 2015, Center for open (distance) education, founded on the basis of the Institute of Additional Professional Education at KNRTU, has been providing advanced training and occupational retraining to employees of «Gazprom»Enterprises using the Moodle platform.

Most staff and student are sure that remote format will not lead to a serious decrease in the level of acquiring knowledge. On the contrary, the possibilities of distance learning systems help students distribute the preparation time more independently, and professors are now able to reach each student.

Extracurricular activities are now also held remotely. For example, the Faculty of Social Engineering Systems has a club for interested students, where they develop projects, meet with practitioners, and conduct games. "Now we are trying an online mode and for now we are running online quiz" - says Docent of the Department of Logistics and Management - Irina Zaichenko.

Student life, even in conditions of self-isolation, is not only a study, but also an opportunity for self-realization. Here, as always, the student asset is ahead: "In social networks, we have launched a video contest with hashtag #ФННХсидитдома(FPPCStaysHome) with prizes for the best video from the heads of the petrochemical complex enterprises and our Faculty, we write a regular column #нашивыпускники, we also actively maintain contacts in the Network, and encourage students not to miss the opportunities that have opened up to us now," says the Head of the Media Center of the Faculty of Oil and Petrochemistry, student Maria Ivanova.

“Of course, this is a stress for all structures: the load on preparing and conducting classes with the transition to distance has increased significantly” - says Gleb Vasiliev, Head Teacher of the Department of State, Municipal Management and Sociology. “Distance learning also has a lot of requirementsto students: they need high motivation, the ability to learn independently, plan workload and perform tasks without obvious control” - says the Head of the Department of Design - Venera Khammatova.

“Distance learning is good, but it is necessary that all issues related to its implementation are regulated, including issues related to the procedure for passing exams and complete missed assignments” — said Sergey Sidorin. By the way, KNRTU already has examples of passing exams via video conferences. Recently, students of the Department of Design passed an exam on the Design of Ceramic Products: they picked tickets and answered them via video conference. Ahead is the defense of creative graduation projects and preparation for state exams.

The main drawback of distance learning in Engineering Universitiesis the inability to perform laboratory and practical work in this mode. "It is obvious that the study of chemical and other natural science disciplines completely in virtual form will not allow you to prepare a qualified chemical engineer-technologist" – says Stanislav Borisevich.

Almost all the teachers are unanimous: the methods of working online that are currently used at KNRTU will be applied in the future, when the University returns to normal classes.

The University authorities will undoubtedly implement distance education more decisively. This will improve the working efficiency with students, use the best educational practices of leading Universities in Russia and around the world, and share their best practices. Scientific conferences and meetings of departments are already being held online, in the near future, perhaps dissertations will also be organized in that form.

But still — in any case, when we are talking about engineering education in the classical sense - it is impossible to be done by remote technologies alone.

“Relations between students and teachers will also change. The ability of active communication over the Internet will bring them closer together. Working remotely has not only a practical, but also an emotional dimension” - says Lyudmila Safina.