Adaptation of Bachelor’s and Master’s Students in Engineering to a Changing Environment
<p>This chapter examines how undergraduate and master’s engineering students adapted to university life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample comprised 626 students majoring in physics and chemical engineering from two Russian universities (KFU and KNITU), with data collected in...
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| author | Nugmanova, Dzhamilia Kozlova, Inna Kupriyanov, Roman |
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| description | <p>This chapter examines how undergraduate and master’s engineering students adapted to university life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample comprised 626 students majoring in physics and chemical engineering from two Russian universities (KFU and KNITU), with data collected in 2018 and 2021. Adaptation was assessed across four domains: sociocultural, physiological, sociopsychological, and academic. Before the pandemic, no significant differences were observed between student groups. However, during the pandemic, master’s students demonstrated higher adaptation levels, particularly in the sociocultural and physiological domains. The strengthened correlation between sociocultural and physiological adaptation during the pandemic (from 0.27 to 0.49 for master’s students and from 0.34 to 0.48 for bachelor’s students) suggests that students’ health and well-being became more closely linked to their sense of social and cultural integration under crisis conditions. Enhancing students’ adaptation thus requires a holistic strategy that integrates cultural belonging, peer networks, well-being, and study skills. In an era of rapid technological and social transformation, these dimensions are central – not peripheral – to preparing engineers whose adaptability underpins the workforce readiness demanded by Industry 4.0.</p> |
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<dc:title>Adaptation of Bachelor’s and Master’s Students in Engineering to a Changing Environment</dc:title>
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<dc:description><p>This chapter examines how undergraduate and master&rsquo;s engineering students adapted to university life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample comprised 626 students majoring in physics and chemical engineering from two Russian universities (KFU and KNITU), with data collected in 2018 and 2021. Adaptation was assessed across four domains: sociocultural, physiological, sociopsychological, and academic. Before the pandemic, no significant differences were observed between student groups. However, during the pandemic, master&rsquo;s students demonstrated higher adaptation levels, particularly in the sociocultural and physiological domains. The strengthened correlation between sociocultural and physiological adaptation during the pandemic (from 0.27 to 0.49 for master&rsquo;s students and from 0.34 to 0.48 for bachelor&rsquo;s students) suggests that students&rsquo; health and well-being became more closely linked to their sense of social and cultural integration under crisis conditions. Enhancing students&rsquo; adaptation thus requires a holistic strategy that integrates cultural belonging, peer networks, well-being, and study skills. In an era of rapid technological and social transformation, these dimensions are central &ndash; not peripheral &ndash; to preparing engineers whose adaptability underpins the workforce readiness demanded by Industry 4.0.</p></dc:description>
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| spelling | intech-12371682026-03-25 Adaptation of Bachelor’s and Master’s Students in Engineering to a Changing Environment Dzhamilia Nugmanova Inna Kozlova Roman Kupriyanov Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology <p>This chapter examines how undergraduate and master’s engineering students adapted to university life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample comprised 626 students majoring in physics and chemical engineering from two Russian universities (KFU and KNITU), with data collected in 2018 and 2021. Adaptation was assessed across four domains: sociocultural, physiological, sociopsychological, and academic. Before the pandemic, no significant differences were observed between student groups. However, during the pandemic, master’s students demonstrated higher adaptation levels, particularly in the sociocultural and physiological domains. The strengthened correlation between sociocultural and physiological adaptation during the pandemic (from 0.27 to 0.49 for master’s students and from 0.34 to 0.48 for bachelor’s students) suggests that students’ health and well-being became more closely linked to their sense of social and cultural integration under crisis conditions. Enhancing students’ adaptation thus requires a holistic strategy that integrates cultural belonging, peer networks, well-being, and study skills. In an era of rapid technological and social transformation, these dimensions are central – not peripheral – to preparing engineers whose adaptability underpins the workforce readiness demanded by Industry 4.0.</p> IntechOpen 2026-03-25 Chapter, Part Of Book https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1237168 doi:10.5772/intechopen.1014190 en ISBN:978-0-85014-730-8 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.intechopen.com/books/1005745 ; Industry 4.0 - Transforming the Future Beyond Manufacturing - Volume 2, Human-Centred, Organizational and Societal Transformations |
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