On October 22, the long-awaited celebration for first-year students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (MSF) — "Freshman Day 2026" — took place in the assembly hall of Building 11A. For two months, the first-year students and their academic advisors had been actively preparing for the event.

On October 13, the "Digital Mechanical Engineering" Competence Center at the BNTU Mechanical Engineering Faculty hosted a session for students from the engineering-track classes of Minsk Gymnasium No. Under the guidance of Veronika Sergeyevna Danilovich, a senior lecturer in the Department of Technological Equipment, the students designed a gear using CAD software and then examined a prototype that had been 3D-printed in advance.

Meet the first cohort of master’s students at the Chinese-Belarusian Institute of Outstanding Engineers.

Students of secondary school No. 45 in Minsk took part in a career guidance meeting with Sergei Dolgim, assistant of the Department of Machine Science and Machine Parts at BNTU. During the live dialogue, schoolchildren learned about the directions of university preparation, the peculiarities of admission and student life. Particular attention was paid to the issues of conscious choice of the specialty and the opportunities that BNTU opens up for future applicants. The meeting was an opportunity for high school students to look into their professional future and get answers to exciting questions firsthand.

The parties discussed issues related to mutually beneficial areas of cooperation..

A total of 190 people took part in the event. Representatives of 16 BNTU faculties came to the start, ready to fight for every second of the race.

Participants discussed preparations for an upcoming forum, the universities' scientific and technical potential, and the development of academic mobility programs.

By joint efforts, we managed to harvest several tons of juicy apples.

The position of study group representative is a key role within a higher education institution's student self-governance system. The representative acts as a liaison between the dean's office, faculty members, and the students in the group, fulfilling the functions of coordinator, organizer, and responsible executor.

On September 29–30, 2026, the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) held career guidance events for students of Secondary School No. 108 and Gymnasium No. 31 in Minsk. The students were introduced to modern digital technologies, computer modeling, prototyping, automation, and robotic manufacturing processes. Particular attention was paid to the activities of the Digital Mechanical Engineering Competence Center and the application of computer-aided design systems. As part of a practical session, the students learned the basics of creating a two-dimensional drawing in KOMPAS-3D and gained an insight into modern engineering professions.

On September 30, students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering visited the 2nd International Industrial Exhibition "INNOPROM. Belarus." "INNOPROM. Belarus" is a major forum that brought together over 360 enterprises from Belarus, Russia, and the CIS countries. The scale of the exhibition was impressive: thousands of square meters of pavilion space were occupied by the stands of industry giants such as BELAZ, MAZ, MTZ, Rostec, KAMAZ, Rosatom, and many others.

On September 30, 2026, first-year students from the BNTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, accompanied by their instructors, visited the 2nd International Industrial Exhibition "INNOPROM. Belarus" in Minsk. The event offered these future engineers an excellent opportunity to see cutting-edge technologies in action and meet leading employers in the industry.

On the last Sunday of September, the Republic of Belarus celebrates Machine Building Day — a professional holiday for workers and engineers in one of the key sectors of the national economy.

The MSF professor describes her entry into the field of engineering as a series of coincidences that, however, led her along a perfectly logical path.

Teams from the faculties followed the routes indicated on the maps, completing tasks that tested their erudition, speed, and ability to work in a team.